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Month: December 2022
HIROSHIMA, Japan — CEO Akira Marumoto is steering longtime internal combustion stalwart Mazda Motor Corp. through a delicate shift into the age of electrification. Marumoto previewed the transition last month in a three-phrase business plan running through 2030. Using that road map, Mazda will plow ¥1.5 trillion ($11.07 billion) into electrification with a string of
Electric bike maker MATE is perhaps best known for its compact folding electric bikes. But much like the automotive world, this e-bike company has bigger aspirations. And in the case of the upcoming MATE SUV electric cargo bike, those are aspirations are pretty darn big. The MATE SUV e-bike is designed to haul so much
Kodiak Robotics truck in front of an IKEA store. Source: Kodiak Robotics Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said Tuesday that it won a two-year, $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to help develop automated combat vehicles for the U.S. Army. The company said the vehicles will be tailored for reconnaissance, surveillance and
INGERSOLL, Ontario — As General Motors rolls out a number of high-profile electric vehicles in 2023, including a battery-powered Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Hummer SUV, it’s also starting full-scale production of a much lesser-known EV that is key to achieving its financial goals. GM will begin producing the BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery van on
We’ll be heading to Las Vegas next week to drive the quickest Kia yet, the new 2023 EV6 GT, a dual-motor electric crossover that can evidently sprint from 0-60 faster than a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. And we’re going to put it on a race track to sort out what’s what. Kia’s been touting the all-wheel
PARIS — Valeo said that board member Gilles Michel, a former top executive at PSA Group, will become its new chairman of the board, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Michel will replace Jacques Aschenbroich, who will step down on Dec. 31, in line with commitments he made in the context of his appointment as chairman of
The first day of winter doesn’t occur in the Northern Hemisphere until December 21st, but good luck telling mother nature that as a number of places have already seen snowfall. One of those places was Kitsap County in Washington, which appears to have received a couple of inches of snow recently. While that isn’t unusual,
In this article GETR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Paul Chinn | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Images Carsharing company Getaround made its public market debut Friday through a merger with blank-check company InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. The company saw its share value drop more than 65%, reflecting the chilly environment for both SPACs
A desire to attend his children’s activities during the workday led Zeigler Auto Group CEO Aaron Zeigler to extend the same courtesy to his employees. “I would kind of bounce out to [an event] and come back,” Zeigler told Automotive News. He concluded if he could do so and lead a company, the rest of
A Tesla Model S Plaid modified by Unplugged Performance has set a new lap record at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California. As you may be aware, the Unplugged Model S Plaid holds the Laguna Seca EV lap record. Furthermore, a stock Model S Plaid was briefly the fastest-production EV around the Nurburgring before its time was
Mark Wilkins takes the Veloster N out on the track in Ontario, and Michael Lewis dominates the racing simulator, on episode 4 of Pole Position: Next Level. Watch now! #HyundaiRacing #Motorsports
Mercedes-Benz AMG revealed a redesigned S 63 this week. The car is now called an S 63 E Performance, with the additional designation indicating that the gas engine is augmented by a sophisticated plug-in hybrid system that uses technology similar to that found in Formula 1. 2023 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT2 race car Another AMG in
Lexus is working through an order backlog in Europe after Toyota’s premium brand was hit particularly hard by the chip shortage, forcing it to pause sales of some versions of its newly launched NX midsize SUV. “There’s no denying 2022 was a very tough year for Lexus,” Matt Harrison, president and CEO of Toyota Motor
An automotive influencer from the U.K. has taken his frustrations with his Tesla Model Y online after the vehicle broke down on the road and trapped him inside. Tom Exton, a YouTube personality and car collector, told Insider that he was driving to London on the night of Thursday, December 8, when, within minutes of
BEVERLY, Mass. — It’s a gray November morning, and we’re on board a long, yellow school bus. The bus bounces over this Boston suburb’s patched streets in a way that would be familiar to anyone who ever rode a bus to class. But the bus is quiet – and not just because there are no
U.S. vehicle inventory continued to recover from historic lows, rising another 150,000 vehicles to 1.61 million, according to data from Cox Automotive and the Automotive News Research & Data Center. The increase mirrored the rise from the previous month and extended the run of slight inventory gains that began in June, when automakers and dealers
By Johnna Crider Posted on December 9, 2022 A total of 40 Tesla Megapack battery storage systems replaced a World War II turbojet generator in Lessines, Belgium, Tesla announced. Previously, the generator had been providing energy support to the community since the 1950s. The generator was not only contributing to air pollution in the region,
Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo will serve as president of the European automakers’ trade group ACEA, succeeding BMW CEO Oliver Zipse. De Meo has been nominated for a one-year term, renewable for one year, although presidents traditionally serve two years. ACEA, founded in 1991, represents 16 car, truck and bus manufacturers, but the group
Tiffany & Co has released two automotive-inspired clocks as part of its Time for Speed Collection. Neither of the two clocks are cheap. Each of the two clocks are inspired by race cars from the 1950s and sit on stainless steel wheels with rubber tires. The time is displayed in five-minute increments on a stainless
In this article STLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2016 Jeep Cherokee Sport Source: Jeep DETROIT – Stellantis said Friday that it plans to indefinitely idle a Jeep plant in Illinois, starting early next year, to cut costs as it invests in electric vehicles. The transatlantic automaker, formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, said the
DETROIT — Even as Ford Motor Co. faces litigation over its electric-vehicle certification program for dealers, roughly two-thirds of its U.S. retail network has bought in to the plans, and some are finding that costs could be lower than advertised. Ford CEO Jim Farley, speaking last week at the Automotive News Congress here, said 1,920
GM’s first Ultium battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio has voted to join the United Auto Workers, with 98% of workers voting in favor of union representation. Ultium is GM’s battery joint venture with LG Energy. GM will establish at least four factories in the US to build the batteries for their upcoming EVs. Just today,
UA2022 heads for Dawsonville, Georgia, a small town steeped in automotive history and home of a private piece of land called ‘Black Moose.’ Get ready for some epic wheeling, carnage and one of the coolest automotive museums in the country. #UA2022 #MotorTrend #OffRoad #OffRoadVehicles #Tires #Camping #UltimateAdventure MotorTrend is the ultimate streaming destination for gearheads
Following 2022’s mid-cycle update, the GMC Sierra 1500 enters 2023 with few changes. They include a new AT4X AEV Edition that was first shown in July. The truck was developed with off-road specialist American Expedition Vehicles and makes the AT4X even more capable when heading off the pavement. Among its unique upgrades are additional underbody
The former Nissan car plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, will be run by AvtoVAZ, with production planned to start in 2023, RIA Novosti reported on Friday, citing Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. The Nissan assets in Russia are now owned by state entity NAMI. The
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In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Speaking in front of a backdrop of American-made vehicles and a United Auto Workers (UAW) sign, Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about new proposals to protect U.S. jobs during a campaign stop in Warren, Michigan, U.S., September 9, 2020.
WASHINGTON — With Republicans gaining control of the House and Democrats securing a slim majority in the Senate, the shifted balance of power come January likely will mean no major overhauls of existing policy affecting the auto industry, but it could change command of deciding votes. In a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Raphael
If I were to ask you to think about a rolling piece of art on two wheels, chances are you’d conjure up images of a classic motorbike—say a Ducati 916, or maybe even a Vincent Black Shadow. It could even stand to argue that MV Agusta’s modern-day machines fall under this category. After all, its
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