The 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 will start at $106,395, about $40,000 more than the base 2023 Corvette Stingray, Chevy said Friday. Orders for the high-performance sports car open July 28, and production is slated to begin in September. The Z06 base price includes a $1,395 shipping charge. Despite the price gap between the Stingray and
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In this article TSLA Brand new Tesla cars sit in a parking lot at a Tesla showroom on June 27, 2022 in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Friday that the electric car company could lower prices if inflation “calms down.”
Fisker has hired longtime BMW executive Alpay Uguz to lead its global manufacturing efforts as the startup plans to begin production of its first electric vehicle later this year. Uguz joins Fisker as senior vice president of global manufacturing after spending nearly a decade helping run BMW Group’s joint venture with China’s Brilliance Group. Most
The 2023 Honda CR-V debuted, Walmart gave Canoo a lifeline, and the 2023 Toyota Crown was revealed. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The redesigned 2023 Honda CR-V debuted with a bigger and bolder design. Despite the updated look inside and out the powertrains will carry over with only minor tweaks
8:19 AM ET Formula One technical bosses and the FIA have agreed to regulation changes for 2023 aimed at reducing, and potentially eliminating, the bouncing phenomenon known as porpoising on F1 cars next season. After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June, at which a number of drivers complained about discomfort as a result of the
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Toyota Crown? What does it compare to? Toyota is sunsetting one premium full-size sedan only to introduce another, this one with crossover influences and a pair of hybrid powertrains. It competes with the likes of the Subaru Legacy, Nissan Maxima, Dodge Charger, and Volvo V90. Is the 2023
Stellantis, in its second year of existence, views itself as a startup. And it wants to help other startups along the way. The automaker is looking to foster innovation within its ranks and be a venture capitalist that supports promising outsiders. It’s doing so not only to benefit those companies, says CEO Carlos Tavares, but
Volkswagen Group’s newly formed battery business is working to overcome supply-chain headwinds as it ramps up production and prepares for an initial public offering. PowerCo, which bundles the automaker’s global battery efforts, is trying to secure raw materials amid surging prices and logistics issues, according to the unit’s Chief Financial Officer Kai Alexander Mueller. VW
Drag racing can be a very dangerous pastime and an Aussie enthusiast discovered just that while competing at the recent 2022 GT-R Challenge at Cootamundra Airport in New South Wales. The car owned by Mick Mansour is no ordinary Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R. Indeed, the RB26 turbocharged six-cylinder engine is capable of pumping out 2,100
Netflix and Toyota finally have something in common: Both are reviving “The Crown” in the U.S. this fall after an extended hiatus. Only instead of a dramatized story of Queen Elizabeth II in the 1990s, Toyota dealers will get a hybridized fastback crossover, intended to replace the Avalon large sedan, with a resurrected nameplate that
A Tesla Model S car equipped with Autopilot David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla AI and Autopilot leader Andrej Karpathy announced Wednesday that he is no longer working for the electric vehicle maker. Karpathy wrote on Twitter, “It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5
By Maria Merano Posted on July 14, 2022 The Republic of Georgia’s National Communications Commission authorized the launch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink internet service in the Easter European country. Starlink Holdings Netherlands established a subsidiary Starlink Georgia on June 29, and subsequently applied for permission to provide internet in the country from the National
4:41 AM ET Ferrari test driver Robert Shwartzman represented Israel as he tried out last year’s Formula One car ahead of two Friday practice sessions at grands prix later in the season. The 22-year-old, who was born near Tel Aviv and has dual nationality, represented Russia last season in Formula Two where he finished runner-up
A person claiming to be a current Cruise employee raised concerns with California regulators about the self-driving tech company’s safety culture and readiness to begin commercial operations in San Francisco. The letter arrived at the California Public Utilities Commission’s inbox for whistleblowers May 19, two weeks before the regulators cleared Cruise’s robotaxis for those commercial
Aston Martin is closing in on a deal to raise over 500 million pounds ($589 million) by bringing in Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund as a major shareholder and launching a rights issue for investors, the Financial Times reported. The proposal will result in Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) investing up to 200 million pounds
This, ladies and gentleman, is a prime example of how you should not drive and what can go wrong while driving distracted. The clip was (likely) filmed somewhere in the U.S. and shows a pair of young men messing around in a bright orange Chevrolet C8 Corvette Convertible. One of them can be seen behind
Ford Motor Co. said Hau Thai-Tang, one of its top product development and purchasing executives, and Frederiek Toney, leader of its customer service division, will retire later this year. Thai-Tang, currently Ford’s chief industrial platforms officer, will retire Oct. 1 after more than 34 years at Ford, the automaker said Thursday. Toney, vice president of
In this article GM GM EVGO General Motors is building out a new network of EV fast chargers in partnership with Pilot Co., owner of the Pilot and Flying J highway travel centers, and EV charging network EVgo. The companies will install a total of 2,000 fast chargers at 500 of Pilot’s locations along American
Volkswagen has commissioned a fast charging park in Germany consisting of power storage containers (PSC), each powered by ninety-six reused EV batteries. This portable charging structure emulates a similar product VW Group subsidiary Audi has developed and implemented into a successful “Charging Hub” design. Volkswagen’s ACCELERATE strategy is to further EV adoption and become net-zero
Alain de Cadenet takes a deeper dive into the 2018 Tour d’Elegance and it’s importance to the competition, as it can be a determining factor for Best of Show winner. Enjoy the elegance of these automobiles in motion as they drive this iconic and scenic road, winding for miles through the pine and cypress forest,
BMW in June provided a first look at its new M Hybrid V8 LMDh (Le Mans Daytona hybrid) race car set to compete from next year in the new GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. GTP replaces IMSA’s current DPi (Daytona Prototype International) class as the new top class, and is
4:48 PM ET Associated Press Colton Herta took his biggest leap yet in his attempt to return an American to a seat in Formula One when the 22-year-old IndyCar driver finished two days of testing with McLaren on Tuesday over the Portuguese circuit at Portminao. Herta spent much of the Day 1 getting up to
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Hyundai Venue? What does it compare to? With the Venue, Hyundai straddles the fence between small SUV and hatchback with this boxy, inexpensive model that starts around $20,000. Shop the Venue against the Nissan Kicks and Honda HR-V. Is the 2023 Hyundai Venue a good car? Review continues
Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery maker SK On Co. along with its subsidiary on Thursday finalized setting up a joint venture for building and operating battery production facilities in the United States. The JV, BlueOval SK LLC, will establish a battery plant for EVs in Tennessee and two other facilities in Kentucky, the
PRAGUE — The CEO of wire harness manufacturer Leoni, Aldo Kamper, praised the efforts of the company’s 7,000 employees in Western Ukraine for producing components under pressure. Speaking at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Prague on Thursday, Kamper called wire harnesses “the nervous system of the car” composed of hundreds of wires totaling between
A smooth ride into a Texas highway turned into a nightmare a few weeks ago, when a driver of a Nissan Altima cut into the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane causing a massive crash with a Ford Explorer that was approaching at high speed. The accident took place in Plano, Texas, on June 24 under broad
DETROIT — Electric vehicle startups that promised to disrupt the automotive industry by using a software- and technology-heavy approach are now scrambling to cut costs amid the type of industry slowdown that has bedeviled Detroit automakers over the years. To remain a player in an increasingly competitive business as incumbent automakers introduce their own EVs,
In this article .FKRX300 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Hyundai The newest electric vehicle from Hyundai Motor is a sedan with a unique bubbly design. The South Korean automaker unveiled the Ioniq 6 Wednesday night as an “electrified streamliner,” a nod to its aerodynamic design that Americans may know best through the design of an Airstream trailer.
Following the release of the first Ioniq 6 official photos last month, Hyundai has announced detailed information of its electric sedan, including specifications. The 2024 Ioniq 6 will offer two battery options, a 53-kWh standard battery and a 77.4-kWh long-range battery that’s also offered on the Ioniq 5. On the sedan, the bigger battery enables
9:23 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou‘s top priority remains winning a second straight IndyCar championship. But his future after this year is looking awfully murky. Shortly after Chip Ganassi Racing announced Tuesday it would exercise a team option to keep the star Spaniard next season, Palou and Arrow McLaren SP said they
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