Month: July 2022

4:20 PM ET Associated Press Colton Herta posted a fast lap of 59.2698 seconds in Saturday’s qualifying at Toronto, becoming IndyCar’s first two-time pole winner this season. The Californian will start from the No. 1 spot for the ninth time in his career and first since competing in Long Beach, California, in April. A different
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Carvana is again prohibited from selling used cars in Illinois after the Secretary of State Police reinstated a temporary suspension. The state says the online seller has been issuing car buyers temporary registration permits from outside Illinois, not using a licensed third-party to transfer titles and not processing the registration paperwork through the Secretary of
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GAF Energy, the sister company of GAF, the largest roofing and waterproofing company in North America, will build a 450,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Texas, to meet growing demand for its “world’s first” nailable solar shingle, the Timberline Solar Energy Shingle, which launched in January. The new factory, which will be GAF Energy’s second, will
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5:44 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Bobby East, a three-time USAC national champion driver, has died. He was 37. The United States Auto Club announced Friday that East died Wednesday. It didn’t provide details of the death. East, whose father was a noted short-track car builder, won SAC Silver Crown championships in 2004,
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What kind of car is the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV? What does it compare to? The Chevrolet Blazer EV is a battery electric version of the Blazer mid-size crossover SUV. Though it shares nothing but a name with the gas version, the electric crossover SUV with Camaro vibes competes with the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Kia
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The sedan landscape has changed dramatically as a number of automakers have trimmed their lineup, while Buick and Ford have exited the segment altogether. Full-size sedans have been among the hardest hit as the Buick LaCrosse, Chevrolet Impala, Ford Taurus, Kia Cadenza, and Hyundai Azera have all fallen by the wayside. Furthermore, the Chrysler 300
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PRAGUE — Automakers will need to adjust their manufacturing strategies to account for a constant stream of disruptions affecting everything from supply chains to product distribution, Toyota Europe’s executive vice president for manufacturing, Marvin Cooke, said. “We have been through an unprecedented period of challenges, and the previous normality is gone,” Cooke said as the
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Not all of us can afford to collect classic cars, but purchasing stamps with your favorite wheels printed on them can also be fun. The U.S. Postal Service periodically issues stamp collections featuring an automotive theme, and the latest features some of our favorite pony cars. Known as the Pony Cars Forever collection, it’s comprised
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5:40 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Scott Dixon had been waiting more than a year to join Mario Andretti in second place on IndyCar’s career wins list. The only one ahead of him now is A.J. Foyt. The six-time series champion finally snapped a 22-race winless streak Sunday when he held off pole sitter
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PRAGUE — Hyundai plans to launch a full-electric, entry-level car in Europe – just not yet. The automaker is working on a battery-powered minicar, but it will take some time to develop a production-ready version, said Hyundai Motor Europe’s marketing chief, Andreas-Christoph Hofmann. Automakers in Europe are developing affordable small electric cars as lawmakers tighten
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In this article F 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Ford DETROIT — As Ford Motor ramps up production of its electric F-150 pickup, it’s not giving up on offering new, highly profitable performance models with gasoline engines. The Detroit automaker Monday morning unveiled the F-150 Raptor R, a new version of its high-performance, off-road pickup
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9:18 PM ET Associated Press MORRISON, Colo. — Leah Pruett raced to her first Top Fuel victory for Tony Stewart Racing, powering past Shawn Langdon in the final of the NHRA Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. Pruett, who is married to Stewart, had a 3.884-second run at 316.38 mph in the final for her 10th
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Tesla Inc.’s top artificial intelligence executive and a key figure behind its driver-assistance system Autopilot is leaving the electric-car maker after a months-long sabbatical. Andrej Karpathy, who joined Tesla in 2017, announced his departure in a series of tweets Wednesday. He was senior director of AI and led the Autopilot computer-vision team that’s tried for
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Sporting an 8.0-liter V-10, the original Dodge Viper seriously outgunned the contemporary Chevrolet Corvette C4. So General Motors decided to drop a V-12 into the ‘Vette as a possible way to compete. First spotted by Road & Track, this video from YouTube channel DtRockstar1 shows the V-12 Corvette prototype—dubbed “ZR-12″—at the National Corvette Museum in
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