Demand for electric vehicles helped drive a 4.6 percent rise in Britain’s new-car registrations in September, according to industry data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The SMMT said registrations during the month rose to 225,269 units from 215,312 units a year earlier, but still remained 34 percent below pre-pandemic levels. The
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11:09 AM ET The FIA will not release the findings of its audit into Formula One’s 2021 budget cap spending until Monday. Last year’s cap has become the biggest talking point in the sport, with rumours Red Bull and Aston Martin overspent the $140 million limit last year gaining traction in the build-up to the
Michigan officials have approved a bundle of incentives valued at $715 million for a $2.4 billion electric vehicle battery plant to be built by a Chinese manufacturer in the Big Rapids area. The incentives for Gotion Inc., given the green light Wednesday, include $175 million of funding from the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve, according
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla Inc. said on Tuesday it will remove ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles starting this month, as it moves ahead with using only cameras in its safety and driver-assistant features. Tesla vehicles now have 12 ultrasonic sensors on the front and rear bumpers, and short-range sound sensors are mainly used in parking
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks are shown at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on April 26, 2022 in Dearborn, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor is increasing the starting price of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup by $5,000 for the
Watch the full episode on MotorTrend: https://bit.ly/2OSb2dB Vegas, Pintos and Colts, oh my! This time Steve Magnante is in a private yard near Parma, Idaho, with subcompact import fighters on his mind.David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan found this yard on Episode 96 of Roadkill when searching for a replacement for the stolen Mazdarati pickup.Now they’ve
As we learned in July, the 2023 Acura TLX Type S is the latest recipient of Acura’s exclusive PMC Edition treatment. The name comes from the Performance Manufacturing Center, Acura’s specialist plant in Marysville, Ohio, originally set up to handle NSX production. But since 2019, Acura has been applying the same tender love and care
All vehicles incur a noticeable efficiency drop when towing a trailer, but while ICE vehicles can get a full tank in minutes, while an electric vehicle will take longer to charge and its reliance on public chargers that may or may not work further dents its appeal. This seems to be the conclusion drawn from
Renault CEO Luca de Meo said the business world was bracing for a possible recession, adding that the automaker is strong enough to be able to weather that “storm.” “The world is now very much afraid of a possible recession in the next few months and it is going to be our next challenge,” he
Oct 4, 2022 Associated Press Ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone faces trial in October next year accused of failing to declare more than £400 million in a trust in Singapore to the U.K. Government. Ecclestone, 91, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday charged with a single count of fraud by false representation between July
Our Next Energy will spend $1.6 billion on a new battery cell plant in suburban Detroit and begin production of lithium iron phosphate cells and battery packs in 2024, company officials said Wednesday. Known as ONE, the company signed a multiyear lease for a newly constructed 659,589-square-foot building in Van Buren Township, about 25 miles
Multiple owners, conflicts with regulators in several cities — scooter company Spin is riding the ups and downs of micromobility. But with its March sale by Ford Motor Co. to Germany’s Tier Mobility AG, the company is now looking to take a ride into profitability. Spin plans to reach that goal through several initiatives, CEO
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2022 Ford GT LM Edition Ford DETROIT — Ford Motor will end production of its $500,000 GT supercar later this year with a special edition model paying tribute to the vehicle’s racing heritage. The Detroit automaker on Wednesday said the 2022 Ford GT LM Edition
By Maria Merano Posted on October 5, 2022 Tesla recently announced that it has 10,000 Superchargers serving owners in Europe. Tesla has more than 35,000 Superchargers worldwide, offering a recharge of up to 200 miles for around 15 minutes. EV chargers are necessary for the world to transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to all-electric battery-powered cars.
The new Mercedes-AMG SL 63 is not to be underestimated, as this recent review from AutoTopNL reveals. Powering the flagship Mercedes roadster is a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that is good for 577 hp and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque. Mercedes claims the car can hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 3.6 seconds and
BERLIN — Volkswagen Group brands have been instructed to prepare for a stock market listing as a training exercise, CEO Oliver Blume told a German business paper. With the advice of a banking team, chief executives and financial officers at each brand are working on sharpening their focus with capital markets in mind, Blume told
6:42 PM ET Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Cody Ware suffered a foot fracture and torn ligaments in a
SEOUL — Just how slippery is Hyundai’s new Ioniq 6 electric vehicle? When the four-door fastback sedan arrives in the U.S. early next year, it will have the same platform and long-range powertrain as the Ioniq 5 compact crossover. But the Ioniq 6 will get a big boost in battery range — thanks mostly to
Three Club holdings — Ford (F), Disney (DIS) and Starbucks (SBUX) — were in the news Tuesday. Here’s our take on the headlines. The news: Ford announced a year-over-year sales decline of 8.9% in September. But with numbers from the final month of the third quarter in, the company’s sales on a quarterly basis rose
There’s a reason—beyond sheer popularity—why so many full-line carmakers have led with crossovers as they ramp up their lineups for the electric era: Sporty midsize sedans like the Hyundai Ioniq 6 require more push and pull to look right while delivering the aerodynamic efficiency that’s so important for driving range. To fit thick battery packs
LineVision, based in Somerville, Massachusetts, provides “electric utilities with the real-time monitoring and analytics needed to accelerate the net zero grid.” Here’s why this company might play a crucial role in helping to upgrade the US grid and global grids to ensure that the electrification revolution is a success. To explain exactly what LineVision does
It’s difficult to overstate how important the new 2023 Alfa Romeo Tonale is to the Italian brand. Stellantis’s answer to BMW has failed to set the sales charts alight in recent years despite having some decent cars in the shape of the four-door Giulia and Stelvio SUV so there’s a lot of pressure on the Tonale’s
PARIS — The Renault 4, a full-electric interpretation of the original iconic model, will debut at the Paris auto show on Oct. 17. Renault released images of the car’s silhouette and front end on Tuesday. The Renault 4 is expected to be a small crossover or SUV. It will go into production by 2025 as
10:45 AM ET Max Verstappen can win his second world championship at the Japanese Grand Prix on Oct. 9. Verstappen had his first chance of wrapping up the title in Singapore last week, although it was always a long shot — as it turned out, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc, the only two drivers with
A Hyundai Elantra N owner in California is battling authorities who ticketed him over an exhaust that was too loud, despite the fact that the entire car is still stock. The state limit for exhaust on vehicles under 6,000 pounds (2,721 Kg) is 95 dB. A video of the traffic stop provides evidence that the
A luxury vehicle dealership in the Miami area is suing Porsche for $300 million, alleging the German sports-car maker is withholding inventory because the dealership has not built a new standalone store. The Collection, a multibrand dealership in Coral Gables, Fla., alleges that Porsche is violating the state’s dealer franchise law by restricting the allocation
BERLIN — Sixt will buy about 100,000 electric vehicles from China’s BYD under a partnership agreement signed by the two companies. Under the first stage of the agreement, Sixt will order several thousand full-electric vehicles from BYD, the first of which will be available to Sixt customers in Europe in the fourth quarter, the German
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford F-150 Lightning at the 2022 New York Auto Show. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT – Ford Motor on Tuesday said its sales in the third quarter increased about 16% compared with a year earlier, despite a larger-than-expected decline in September. The Detroit automaker, which
Chevrolet celebrates a great comeback of its electric car sales and strong overall results in the US during the third quarter of this year. The brand reports that its total sales increased in Q3 by 23.9% year-over-year, to 372,873 units. This allowed Chevy to narrow the year-to-date gap, as after the first nine months, the
Singer’s Dynamics & Lightweighting Study is one of the more exciting restomods cooked up in recent years and after many years of development, Chris Harris has had the opportunity to see what it is all about. The veteran journalist notes that this is not an objective review of the car as he was involved in