Month: February 2023

9:51 AM ET Associated Press IndyCar driver Conor Daly will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with the NASCAR team owned by Floyd Mayweather. The Money Team Racing raced its way into the Daytona 500 last year with driver Kaz Grala; Daly made his Cup Series debut for the team in October on The
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, now halfway through his term, celebrated major legislative wins that are designed to boost U.S. production of semiconductors, electric vehicles, batteries and more during his second State of the Union address. “We’re going to make sure the supply chain for America begins in America,” Biden said in a speech late
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The U.S. is not investing enough money in its electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and it’s contributing to American drivers’ range anxiety, a major hindrance to consumers adopting EVs en masse, according to a report issued by UP.Labs, the transportation and mobility division of venture capital firm UP.Partners. Historically, the cost of EVs has been the main reason
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12:48 PM ET Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s exhibition race at the LA Coliseum on Sunday, a mouth-watering appetizer ahead of the 2023 season. Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NASCAR season has arrived. The real season. After the stock car equivalent to a department-store soft opening at the LA Coliseum on Sunday night, the
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Michigan’s Shyft Group is bolstering its investment in commercial electric delivery vehicles with a $16 million expansion of the company’s production facilities near Lansing, the state capitol. Shyft, formerly Spartan Motors, says its plans to expand its Charlotte, Mich., with facility upgrades and additional equipment that will enable production of 3,000 Blue Arc EVs per
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As Mercedes-Benz speeds toward an all-electric future globally, it is also electrifying its commercial segment in the U.S. The luxury automaker will bring a battery-powered version of its workhorse Sprinter van to the U.S. and Canada in the second half of the year. The U.S. is the second-largest market for Sprinter vans after Germany. Mercedes
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Renault and Nissan are finally done reshaping their complex relationship. The new status: better, but still complicated. Following almost a year of discussions, the partners presented a deal in London Monday that will see Renault lower its stake in Nissan and plans for a range of new models alongside junior alliance partner Mitsubishi Motors. There
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5:20 AM ET Formula One drivers need more guidance from the governing FIA on what they can say at races this season after a rule change caused concern, Williams driver Alex Albon said on Monday. The FIA updated the International Sporting Code last December with a clause requiring prior written permission for drivers to make
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Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is cutting its workforce in the United States, the company said on Monday, amid a restructuring in its major overseas market as the startup grapples with a stalled shipment of its first cars and prepares for a potential stock listing. The Vietnamese company, a subsidiary of conglomerate Vingroup, has been
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9:19 AM ET Logan Sargeant says it will be an honour to end Formula One’s eight-year wait for an American driver this year. Florida-born Sargeant, 22, will race at Williams this season alongside Alex Albon at a time when F1’s popularity Stateside is booming like never before. Until this year, F1 had been without a
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Startup Liminal, which makes battery inspection systems for the manufacturing process, raised $17.5 million in its series A2 funding round, the company said Monday. The Emeryville, Calif., company will use the funding to scale production of its EchoStat inspection system, which it bills as an automated factory-integrated system for testing the performance of EV batteries.
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Unlike any Range Rover before it, the LR2-based 2012 Evoque 2-Door is so sopping with sport, style, and urban appeal that venturing off-road seems almost inappropriate. It’s not. Read full story here: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/suvs/1108_2012_land_rover_range_rover_evoque_test/viewall.html Also find Motor Trend on: Tweets by MotorTrend http://facebook.com/MotorTrendMag
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