Making a right-hand turn at an intersection isn’t something that any motorist should struggle with but for the following driver, this simple task proved to be a little too difficult. Admittedly, it’s not just a normal motorist featured in this video. Instead, it is a Ford Mustang driver and as history has taught us, some
Month: September 2022
New ideas in how to control vehicles and how to build them better have earned 11 suppliers a total of 12 Automotive News PACE Awards for 2022. Continental, American Axle & Manufacturing and Magna International are among the winners. Yazaki Corp. won two PACE awards. Automotive News announced the winners Monday night at a gala
Uber Technologies Inc. said Monday a hacker affiliated with the Lapsus$ hacking group was responsible for a cyber attack that last week forced the ride-hailing company to temporarily shut several internal communications. Uber said the attacker had not accessed any user accounts or the databases that store sensitive user information such as credit card numbers,
A Ford Bronco vehicle on a demonstrative course during the Motor Bella Auto Show in Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the stocks making notable moves in extended trading: Ford — Shares fell about 3.8% post market Monday after the automaker told investors it
Dacia, the Romanian automaker owned by Renault, intends to keep offering internal combustion-engined vehicles even after the year 2030 and keep selling them until it becomes illegal to sell ICE in Europe. The European Union has banned the sale of thermal-engined vehicles on the continent after 2035, though, and Dacia does need to make an
If you’re a fan of Chris Harris, you probably know that he loves Porsche 911s and that he hates SUVs. So, when he was recently handed the keys to an Aston Martin DBX 707, he decided to give it a go, heading to the closest racetrack to see what this ultimate performance SUV is capable
BERLIN — Tesla still plans to produce batteries in Germany, but the company is prioritizing the U.S. because of the prospect of tax incentives. Tesla has paused plans for a 50 gigawatt-hour battery factory next to its car assembly plant in Gruenheide, near Berlin, while it looks into tapping into tax credits that will be
Dinosaurs abound at this year’s Detroit auto show. No, this isn’t the start of a joke about local automakers living in the past or President Joe Biden’s visit last week. Dozens of lifelike dinosaur replicas are scattered around the convention hall as part of an attraction organizers are calling Dinosaur and Off-Road Vehicle Encounter. There’s
Being a car owner right now in Portland isn’t great for your blood pressure. According to data provided by the Portland Police Bureau, reported car thefts for the seven months from January to July 2022 are a staggering 6,312, almost double the figures for the same period just two years ago. Honda, Ford, and Subaru
SHANGHAI – Tesla is reevaluating the way it sells electric cars in China, its second-largest market, and considering closing some showrooms in flashy malls in cities like Beijing where traffic plunged during COVID restrictions, two people with knowledge of the plans said. The shift would put more emphasis on stores in less-costly suburban locations that
Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads declined in the second quarter, halting an almost two-year rise even as Americans are driving more. Some 10,590 people died in car crashes from April through June, down 4.9 percent from the same period in 2021, according to estimates the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released Monday. Fatalities had been
Buyers of the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 will soon be able to build their own engines at the Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The option will be costly and is expected to be different from previous Engine Build Experience programs run by General Motors brands, as buyer-builders will stay at one station instead of
By Eric Ralph Posted on September 18, 2022 SpaceX has completed its 60th operational Starlink satellite launch after a rare string of scrubs. Flying for the 6th time just 66 days after its 5th launch, Falcon 9 booster B1067 lifted off with 54 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s Starlink 4-34 mission at 8:18 pm EDT, Sunday,
HAMBURG/BERLIN — Volkswagen Group is targeting a valuation of up to 75 billion euros ($75.1 billion) for luxury sportscar maker Porsche, it said on Sunday, in what will be Germany’s second-largest initial public offering (IPO) in history. Volkswagen will price preferred shares in the flotation of Porsche AG at 76.50 euros to 82.50 euros per
The supplier International Automotive Components Group used the Detroit auto show as a chance to highlight its products — not at a booth, but on a gown worn by one of its top executives. IAC Group said a team of its designers and seamstresses created the bespoke gown for Iwona Niec Villaire, its chief administrative
No less than 11 vehicles were damaged and destroyed by a fire in the parking lot of the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida after a tailgate party went horribly wrong. As fans got ready for the Dolphins v Patriots game, one attendee fired up a grill for a tailgate party but forgot to
Getty Images German car making giant Volkswagen (VW) has said it is aiming for a valuation of up to 75 billion euros ($75bn; £65.8bn) for Porsche when the luxury brand is floated on the stock market. Trading in the shares is due to start in Frankfurt on 29 September. A prospectus will be published on
DETROIT — Carlos Tavares saw frugality on display at the first Detroit auto show in more than three years, but he doesn’t view that as a negative. Automakers, the Stellantis CEO said, are doing what they can to get the best return on their investments. He thinks the savings from a toned-down atmosphere could result
As more autonomous vehicles operate in pilot programs and limited commercial deployments in multiple states, questions linger over how they should interact with law enforcement. Some autonomous driving tech companies have encountered problems. In April, a robotaxi operated by General Motors-backed Cruise was pulled over by San Francisco Police Department officers for driving without its
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Volkswagen Group plans to list its Porsche luxury sports-car business on the stock market listing in late September or early October Here are key facts about the structure of the listing: Share capital Porsche’s share capital is being split in two: 455.5 million ordinary shares and the same number of preferred shares, totalling 911 million
More than 1,000 Ford Mustangs from every era were on hand for last week’s reveal of the seventh-generation pony car. Ford Motor Co. summoned Mustang owners from around the U.S. to Detroit to take part in the event. Some came from as far as Tacoma, Wash., with cars joining the procession along a nine-state, cross-country
Mario Zelaya, the owner of a 2013 Tesla Model S, says he was locked out of his vehicle after the battery pack died because of an alleged design flaw. Now, he says he can’t even get inside the car to access the ownership documents to sell the vehicle he has opted not to fix. Zelaya
Legacy auto companies are chipping away at Tesla’s formidable early-mover lead in electric vehicles as they introduce new models and ramp up production flows. New registrations of full-electric vehicles in the U.S. surged among non-Tesla brands in the first seven months of the year. According to data from Experian, legacy automakers and other startups posted
DETROIT —Of all the electric vehicles showcased at the Detroit auto show, only one can fully charge in 60 minutes, reach a speed of 155 mph and climb to a height of 12,000 feet. That distinction belongs to the Air One prototype, a two-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft brought to the Motor City
The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 set the template for modern 911 track cars, so to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, Porsche gathered World Rally champion Walter Röhrl, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Timo Bernhard, and a selection of classic 911s to recount the history of the Carrera RS 2.7 and its successors.
According to a recent report by Automotive News, the end is near for the Volkswagen Arteon. Revealed in 2017 as a replacement for the CC, the Arteon hasn’t done too well in the US with just over 7,000 sold to date. That said, VW is committed to keeping a flagship sedan in its lineup and
Porsche’s leadership set-up and the limited influence for stock market investors after its IPO are prompting some fund managers — particularly those focused on governance issues — to think twice about whether to invest in the listing. Volkswagen Group has said it will list its Porsche sports car brand this month or early next month.
Sep 13, 2022 Lewis Hamilton fears he might have the first winless season of his Formula One career because he thinks Max Verstappen and Red Bull are “almost unbeatable”. Seven-time world champion Hamilton has won at least one race in every season stretching back to his rookie year, 2007. Mercedes has crept closer to the
Police in Four Oaks, North Carolina have arrested two individuals for leading them on a chase that reached 150 mph (241 km/h). Local media reports that the 2022 Dodge Charger was stolen from the Hendrick’s Dodge dealership in Cary at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday night. It was a high-performance Scat Pack model. The chase
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