Month: January 2023

3:09 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves has ruled out running next month’s NASCAR season-opening Daytona 500. Castroneves has been chasing a seat since winning one of Tony Stewart‘s summer all-star races last season to win a bet with the SRX head that promised Castroneves help finding
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Purchase the official action-packed UA 2014 DVD at: http://www.offroadpowerproducts.com/c-3194-petersens-4-wheel-off-road-magazine-ultimate-adventure.aspx The Ultimate Adventure technically starts with check-in and tech inspection, but in reality the trip starts for all a few days earlier as vehicle preparation drags on through late nights and into planned departure times. The true adventure begins when tires hit asphalt spinning. Once the
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5:33 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bryan Herta wants to enter Robert Wickens in the Indianapolis 500 as early as 2024 — a year later than preferred as work continues on the hand controls needed for the paralyzed driver. Wickens suffered a spinal cord injury in a crash at Pocono Raceway in
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American Honda Motor expects to increase its sales volume 25 percent this year over its disappointing 2022 performance, which resulted in under 1 million vehicle sales in the U.S. market and a last place finish among the top U.S. manufacturers. Honda brand projects it will close 2023 around 1.2 million sales, and Acura is targeting
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Vehicle pre-ordering has emerged as a more satisfying option for consumers as they increasingly embraced online auto shopping in 2022. At the same time, car buyers were increasingly dissatisfied with their overall experience as they dealt with limited inventory and pandemic-driven supply shortages, two new industry studies have shown. Pre-ordered vehicles encompassed 1 in 5
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In this article VOW3-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Audi Activesphere EV concept Audi Audi’s new concept vehicle is an all-electric luxury SUV that uses augmented reality glasses and can double as a small pickup truck, signaling potential future technologies for the Volkswagen luxury brand. The rear glass of the “Activesphere” vehicle can slide
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Elon Musk made new comments about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving effort, saying he believes that only some “smart retail investors” understand the value that Tesla is going to create. During Tesla’s conference call for the release of its Q4 2022 financial results yesterday, CEO Elon Musk made some comments about Tesla’s self-driving effort. The CEO claimed that most
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The U.S. auto industry is expected to suffer a massive decline in total dealership gross profits this year, but it is still expected to finish with the third-best profit level in history as the industry rebalances itself, says Thomas King, president of data and analytics for J.D. Power. Speaking Thursday at the J.D. Power Auto
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12:18 PM ET The No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 will start this weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona from pole position. Brian Cleary/Getty Images At its peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the International Motor Sports Association’s Grand Touring Prototype machines gave IndyCar absolute fits. The Andrettis were there, Mario and Michael, as
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Tesla’s deep price cuts earlier this month have boosted demand beyond the automaker’s ability to make its cars fast enough, but volume production of the highly anticipated Cybertruck pickup won’t come until 2024, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call. “The most common question we’ve been getting from investors is about demand,” Musk
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Lynkwell, an electric vehicle charging platform company that helps businesses and government entities create their own branded charging networks, raised $30 million in a new funding round. Lynkwell will use the funds to build out its EV charging infrastructure across North America, integrate technology from service partners into its charging networks. It will invest in
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