ATLANTA — Acura, striving to return to 200,000 annual U.S. sales, is counting on a new crop of younger and racially and culturally diverse customers to help it meet that goal. To reach those potential buyers, Honda’s premium brand has turned to pop culture platforms such as music and anime. The strategy coincides with the
Month: July 2022
In this article TSLA VLVOF VOW-FF Northvolt’s most recent funding announcement comes at a time when major economies are laying out plans to move away from vehicles that use diesel and gasoline. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric vehicle battery maker Northvolt on Tuesday announced a $1.1 billion funding boost, with a range
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2:41 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Lewis Hamilton has questioned why fans at the Austrian Grand Prix cheered after he crashed out of qualifying on Friday evening. Hamilton lost control of his Mercedes in Turn 7 and crashed into the barriers lining the outside of the track. The impact was severe enough to damage his
Can a sports sedan be front-wheel drive? Many car enthusiasts probably don’t think so, noting that a proper sporty sedan should be rear-wheel drive or at the very least, all-wheel drive. Let those detractors drive the new Hyundai i30 Sedan N, however, and we suspect most will agree that it should be viewed as one
Volkswagen Group’s software unit Cariad believes one of the ways the automaker can monetize future software developments is by offering customers pay-as-you-go autonomous driving technology. “There is a new business model already out there — a subscription model, or function-on-demand — where you can drive autonomously if you want, for the next 50 miles. We
Jeremy Clarkson has just opened the doors to the Diddly Squat Restaurant on his Chipping Norton farm in the UK. The TV presenter, famous for his disdain of physical labor (among other things…), has owned his British farm for many years but only took over the daily operations of it a couple of years ago,
When Jaguar-Land Rover Norwood in Massachusetts was undergoing a facility upgrade for the British luxury automaker’s sleeker, more modern Arch concept, the store’s nearly 20 salespeople and managers were crammed into two trailers at the bottom of a hill. Given the disruption during the store’s face-lift — which took place from December 2019 through June
In this article GM F It’s not just hard to buy a new car these days — it’s getting tough to even get one fixed. There just aren’t enough workers to do the job. Dealers and auto repair shops are struggling to recruit and retain technicians and other service department workers. Auto dealerships, like many
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Porsche has an electric Macan coming next year 2023. It won’t simply be an electrified version of the current Macan but a true next-generation design. However, it won’t immediately replace the current gas-powered model as Porsche plans to sell both versions side-by-side for a few years. 2023 Lamborghini Aventador successor spy shots – Photo credit: S.
After announcing that he was looking to buy Twitter in order to reinstate freedom of speech on the platform, Elon Musk committed to the deal but started to have second thoughts about it after discovering the much larger number of so-called bot (fake, spam) accounts on the platform than he initially expected. Musk argued that
2:45 PM ET Associated Press Matt Kenseth wasn’t sure he was ready to retire from NASCAR competition the first time in 2017, when his seat was given to a younger driver. Kenseth was still winning race when he stepped away as a two-time Daytona 500 winner and the 2003 Cup champion. In fact, he won
Volvo Cars has announced it will leave Europe’s main automotive lobbying group, ACEA, by the end of this year. The automaker, which aims to be electric-only by 2030, said in a statement Friday that its sustainability strategy is “not fully aligned with ACEA’s positioning and way of working at this stage. We therefore believe it
The Ontario Provincial Police have released video of a scary incident that occurred on July 4th. According to authorities, a 36 year old man from Toronto was traveling on Queen Elizabeth Way in Mississauga, when he experienced a “medical episode.” The exact details remain unclear, but the man apparently crashed his Acura as a result.
The rising popularity of Zelle, Venmo and other digital payment platforms has leaders at some large dealership groups asking: Why not try using such technology to pay consumers for their used cars and trucks? Zelle is being used at some of the nation’s largest dealership groups. AutoNation Inc., Group 1 Automotive Inc. and Penske Automotive
In this article RIVN Production of electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks on April 11, 2022 at the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive said it produced more than 4,000 vehicles in the second quarter and that it remains on track to build 25,000 vehicles in 2022. Shares of
By Maria Merano Posted on July 7, 2022 Demand for the Tesla Megapack remains strong based on the latest photos of Giga Nevada. Recent photos from OttoPilot reveal that Tesla is preparing for many Megapack shipments soon. The demand for Tesla’s grid-scale battery storage units has been steadily rising since Q2 2021, ultimately leading to
A California dealership group and a former customer have agreed to a $2.5 million class-action settlement in a case surrounding ringless voicemails — a practice that is popular among auto dealers. The allegations against Moss Bros. Auto Group, based in Riverside, Calif., claim the company continuously used ringless voicemails that amounted to “aggressive unsolicited marketing”
3:52 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria – Sergio Perez has dropped from fourth on the grid at Saturday’s Austrian Grand Prix sprint race to 13th after all his lap times during Friday’s Q3 session and one from Q2 were deleted. Perez cut a corner at Turn 8 on his fastest lap in Q2, meaning he progressed
McLaren’s decision to replace the popular Sports Series with the hybrid Artura was a very brave one. Not only has it made its first hybrid other than the likes of the multi-million dollar P1 and Speedtail, but it has also equipped the Artura with an all-new engine. This engine takes the form of a 3.0-liter
ZF Friedrichshafen has named Holger Klein, a current management board member focusing on China, as its next chairman and CEO, succeeding Wolf-Henning Scheider, who will leave the company at the start of 2023. ZF also said that Chief Financial Officer Konstantin Sauer and Commercial Vehicles chief Wilhelm Rehn would leave the company. Those changes take
Last week we reported on a major crash involving a YouTuber and his Tesla Model S Plaid. The stripped-out sedan was in the running to one day be the fastest of its kind before a major accident at the end of a long straightaway totaled it. Now, the owner is back with an update on
It is taller than expected, clearly crossover inspired and generally bulky but sporty, images of Toyota‘s forthcoming Crown sedan show. Plans for a redesigned, hybrid edition of one of the most venerated nameplates in Japan were reported in April, but details were scarce on how the vehicle would be styled. Images posted to Japan’s government
In this article F Visitors walk past a Ford Escape Titanium at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on April 17, 2019. Greg Baker| AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor joined its crosstown rival General Motors in reporting its worst quarterly sales in China since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, amid a resurgence
The Tesla Supercharger DC fast-charging network will open to non-Tesla electric cars in the U.S. for the first time, according to the White House. That would give more EV drivers access to one of the largest fast-charging networks in the country. First spotted by InsideEVs, the news was briefly mentioned in a White House fact
As several companies across the globe move closer to delivering scaled production of solar EVs, a team in China has taken sustainable transportation a step further by creating a solar vehicle that runs entirely on energy from the sun. Introducing the Tianjin solar car. Garnering range from that giant, burning ball of gas that peers
7:47 AM ET Japanese Formula One racer Yuki Tsunoda thinks it will take time to reap the benefits from working with a new sports psychologist assigned to him by Red Bull, he said on Thursday. The 22-year-old, who drives for Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri, has become a fan favourite for his outbursts on the
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz? What does it compare to? Somewhere between pickup-truck utility and family SUV comfort, the Hyundai Santa Cruz does its best to fill lots of needs. It squares off against the Ford Maverick and Honda Ridgeline, and some shoppers might compare it to smaller pickups such
SALZGITTER, Germany — Volkswagen Group said it will invest more than 20 billion euros ($20.38 billion) in a battery cell business jointly with partners, creating 20,000 jobs and reaching annual sales exceeding 20 billion euros by 2030 as it seeks leadership in the growing market. The PowerCo unit will manage VW’s global battery production and
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