Authorities in New York City have crushed 92 illegal dirt bikes, ATVs, and motorcycles that were seized from local streets. In a video shared to social media, New York City Mayor Eric Adams watched on as a bulldozer drove over the seized vehicles, destroying them and ensuring that they will never return to the road.
Month: June 2022
Bruton Smith, a pioneer-turned-titan in both auto retailing and motorsports, leveraged small roles selling cars and promoting dirt-track races as a youth to create two moneymaking business giants. Smith, founder of Sonic Automotive Inc., NASCAR Hall of Famer, racetrack owner and philanthropist, died Wednesday, June 22, at 95. Smith launched Sonic, of Charlotte, N.C., as
In this article TWLO YELP Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube addresses delegates of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland May 24, 2022. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and departing Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg were among noteworthy tech executives speaking out publicly on Friday’s Supreme Court ruling which
4:46 AM ET The city of Madrid has officially expressed an interest in hosting a Formula One race, the city’s regional government announced on Thursday. Although Spain already hosts a race in Barcelona, which has a contract until 2026, and the lack of F1-grade tracks in Madrid, the Spanish capital’s local government believe it can
Just one year after closing a $10 million funding round, a Detroit-based drone software company that seeks to build highways in the sky for unmanned aircraft is on another high-flying path. Airspace Link Inc. said Wednesday it closed on a Series B funding round totaling $23.1 million at a valuation of about $200 million, according
FRANKFURT — Mercedes-Benz denied a German media report that it was weighing a sale of its vans business as the automaker plans to put more strategic weight on high-end vehicles. The weekly Manager Magazin on Thursday said a possible sale of the vans business – previously seen as unlikely – was being discussed as a
A British YouTuber with over 69,000 subscribers has been handed a 27-month prison sentence for dangerous driving. The YouTuber, 25-year-old Adeel Habib, was behind the Certi Drivers channel and shared videos of him driving dangerously on public roads. The BBC notes that videos showed him hitting high speeds, racing other drivers, weaving in and out
Marelli, the supplier owned by KKR & Co., will enter court-led rehabilitation after failing to complete an alternative dispute resolution process in Japan that lets a company under financial strain continue to operate while renegotiating its debt with creditors. Hiroshi Watanabe, a spokesman for Saitama, Japan-based Marelli, confirmed the outcome after a creditors meeting Friday.
Tesla has relaunched its Enhanced Autopilot option and pulled almost all the features from its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in the process. Over the years, Tesla has changed its Autopilot options and pricing so many times, it has been hard to follow. Finally, the automaker ended up making the Autopilot’s Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control standard on
Swedish EV startup Polestar will supply up to 65,000 vehicles to Hertz over five years, the two companies announced on April 4, 2022. Shares of Polestar are set to debut under the ticker “PSNY” on Friday, making it the latest electric vehicle maker to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company,
What is the Ford Mustang Dark Horse? On Thursday, CarBuzz spotted a trademark filing with the European Union Intellectual Property Office for the Mustang Dark Horse name. Trademark filing 018721280 is for the use of “Mustang Dark Horse” for four-wheeled land vehicles namely electric cars, sport utility passenger automobiles, none of the foregoing including motorcycles,
It’s Mike Finnegan’s dream car, a 1969 first-gen Pontiac Firebird. Roadkill does the Tire Rack One Lap of America race the Roadkill way: buying a Firebird that hasn’t run in 17 years, changing every mechanical bit of it in three days, and then hitting the road for action! #Roadkill #MotorTrend #PontiacFirebird MotorTrend is the ultimate
9:05 AM ET Associated Press McLaren isn’t done with Felix Rosenqvist and on Thursday signed the Swedish driver to a multiyear contract extension. The team just didn’t designate where Rosenqvist will drive. Rosenqvist could be shifted to McLaren’s new Formula E program when it launches in 2023, the team indicated. “McLaren Racing is currently in
General Motors is aiming to simplify the EV charging experience by allowing drivers to plug in and automatically charge their vehicles when using charge points on the Ultium 360 network, rather than rely on a mobile app to set up and pay for charging. GM will launch the plug-and-charge service Thursday with EVgo. After drivers
Polestar and Gores Guggenheim said Thursday that they had they completed their merger, raising approximately $890 million in gross proceeds for the EV maker. This includes approximately $640 million from Gores Guggenheim, a special purchase acquisition fund (SPAC) with the remaining $250 million coming from top-tier institutional investors, Polestar said in a release. Gores Guggenheim’s listing under
Two people were killed when a Nio ET5 fell out of a multi-story parking garage in Shanghai, China, crashing down on the street below. The accident happened at Nio’s headquarters while two test drivers, one from Nio and another from a supplier, were inside the electric sedan. Observer reports that the incident happened at around
China’s chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after U.S. sanctions on local champions from Huawei Technologies Co. to Hikvision spurred appetite for home-grown components. Nineteen of the world’s 20 fastest-growing chip industry firms over the past four quarters, on average, hail from the world’s No. 2 economy, according to data
The Tesla Model Y version, produced on a limited scale at the Tesla Giga Texas plant, has not avoided price increases, which recently rolled through Tesla’s lineup. According to Reddit user phantom17373, the Made-in-Texas (MIT) Tesla Model Y now starts at $61,990, which is $2,000 more compared to the $59,990 reported in April. At the time,
In this article BMW-DE German automaker BMW is ramping up production of electric vehicles in China as it looks to catch up with leaders Tesla and domestic rivals like BYD. The new plant in Shenyang is BMW’s third in China and brings its annual production capacity in the country to 830,000 cars. Anadolu Agency |
Dodge says it’s going to be an electric summer. The Stellantis performance brand plans to preview future products in August during what it calls Speed Week. It kicks off Aug. 12 with a press preview for the MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge event that takes place the next day. Roadkill Nights spotlights muscle
11:31 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — From Italy to Iowa to the simulator and finally the Finger Lakes, there’s been no rest for Jimmie Johnson. He heads this weekend to Watkins Glen for one of this final two scheduled appearances in the IMSA sports car. Then he’ll turn his attention to planning his
General Motors‘ autonomous driving unit Cruise has started charging fares for driverless rides in San Francisco, the company said on Thursday, a step towards commercialization of the service. Cruise earlier this month became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in the U.S. city, after it overcame objections by
By Joey Klender Posted on June 22, 2022 Elon Musk confirmed in a recent interview that Tesla has finalized the design of the Cybertruck and it is locked ahead of production, which is slated for 2023. Musk sat down with members of Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, as well as Eli Burton and Ryan Levenson of the Kilowatts
PARIS — Stellantis will halt production at its Rennes plant in western, France, on July 3 due to a chip shortage, a spokesperson told Reuters, confirming French media reports. The factory, which builds Peugeot and Citroen midsize cars, has suffered previous production halts due to component shortages. A separate production halt at a plant in
We have seen plenty of dashcam footage with slow drivers causing accidents on the highway, and in the latest, the driver of a previous-gen Hyundai Tucson pulls directly into the left lane of a main road somewhere in the US, causing a massive crash. The video we found on Reddit was recorded from a dashcam
Self-driving trucks will not get tired. With regulatory changes that eliminate service hour limitations, these trucks can ostensibly stay on the road for as long as their propulsion systems keep them trundling along. A new startup, Hydron Inc., is working to extend that duration. Company officials unveiled plans this month to design and manufacture purpose-built
In this article TSLA “The past two years have been an absolutely nightmare of supply chain disruptions, one thing after another, and we are not out of it yet,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Patrick T. Fallon | Reuters Tesla’s newest car factories in Texas and Berlin are losing “billions of dollars right now” as
Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Motor Trend’s 2015 Best Driver’s Car. The Porsche Cayman GT4 is one of 10 contenders competing for the title of 2015 Best Driver’s Car. The winner will be announced on Thursday, October 1st on the Motor Trend Channel
Volkswagen on Wednesday teased an electric sedan concept called the ID.Aero. Scheduled to make its public debut June 27, it previews a future production model that will be sold in the China, Europe, and North America. In a press release accompanying the teaser image, VW said the ID.Aero will carry forward styling cues from previous
Spin, the San Francisco-based electric bicycle- and scooter-sharing company, said it will invest up to $2 million in university research on micromobility at Michigan State University and the University of Utah. “We want it to be a collaborative process. Our anchors here are the common goals that we share with universities around transportation,” said John
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