Month: February 2023

Ram’s ready to start talking about its production-bound electric pickup truck. On Sunday, the truck division of Stellantis revealed the exterior of the Ram 1500 REV with the the automaker’s game-day commercial during Super Bowl LVII. While pre-orders aren’t being taken yet, Ram began taking a refundable $100 fee from customers to reserve their spot
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BERLIN — Volkswagen Group will speed up its shift to electric cars and revamp its software strategy in a five-year investment plan presented by management to the supervisory board on Friday, the automaker said in a statement. VW’s supervisory board discussed how to rejig the automaker’s production network to accelerate the move to cleaner driving,
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GM, Kia and Stellantis have ponied up the money for 60-second ads during Super Bowl LVII. Here is a look at the ads. Ram: Premature Electrification Comedian Jason Jones, a former correspondent on “The Daily Show,” offers a reassuring message for those who might be suffering from EV range anxiety. The upcoming electric 1500 REV pickup
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5:30 PM ET Red Bull sister team AlphaTauri has introduced flashes of red to its colour scheme for the 2023 season. The Italian team, named after Red Bull’s fashion brand, launched their car at New York’s Fashion Week on Friday to continue the company’s U.S-themed start to the new season. AlphaTauri AlphaTauri Reigning champions Red
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General Motors could add different battery chemistries and form factors that move beyond its plans with LG Energy Solution as the automaker launches a line of affordable electric vehicles, analysts said. GM has announced three U.S. battery plants with LG Energy Solution under its joint venture, Ultium Cells. The companies have said for months that they
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By Joey Klender Posted on February 10, 2023 Tesla’s road to $7.5 billion in government subsidies that would help it expand electric vehicle charging means giving up its biggest strength: an exclusive charging network for its owners. Tesla will have to expand its charging infrastructure to include the Combined Charging System, or CCS, connectors, which
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Ford is radically changing its business model in Europe in a bid to become sustainably profitable in the region. The automaker is dropping the Focus compact car and Fiesta small hatchback as it shifts to a smaller, all-electric passenger car lineup. It’s also axing thousands of jobs — many of them product development staff —
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6:43 AM ET Jean-Eric Vergne of DS Penske won an action-packed Hyderabad E-Prix on Saturday, marking a successful return of a high-profile motorsport event in India. Vergne held off a strong challenge from Envison Racing’s Nick Cassidy to cross the chequered flag in the first place despite having less than 0.5 percent energy left in
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Auto dealers fear higher interest rates will affect consumer vehicle demand in 2023, and some expect the increased borrowing cost to erode finance and insurance product sales volume or force lower rate reserve margins. Automotive News‘ 2023 Dealer Outlook Survey of 264 dealers and dealership managers in January found interest rates were overwhelmingly dealers’ biggest
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In this article GFS GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The global chip shortage will continue, and consumers will have to pay for it, an analyst from the International Data Corporation said. Sasirin Pamai | Istock | Getty Images General Motors has signed a long-term agreement with GlobalFoundries to establish exclusive production capacity of
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Renault Group is in discussions with Volvo Trucks to collaborate on the French carmaker’s new FlexEVan electric van project that will help it compete with Stellantis in Europe, according to people familiar with the matter. Talks with Volvo Trucks, which is the parent company of Renault Trucks and is the world’s second-biggest truckmaker, are continuing and
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In this article NFLX STLA-IT GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT General Motors and Netflix partnered for a 60-second ad starring actor and comedian Will Ferrell driving GM electric vehicles in popular Netflix shows and movies to promote the streaming service using more EVs in its productions. Screenshot Automakers — historically among the largest
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It’s hard to believe but it’s now been 22 years since the original “The Fast and the Furious” hit theaters, but the franchise isn’t over yet. There are at least two more movies coming, number 10 and 11 for those counting, and the first trailer for the 10th installment, “Fast X,” was released on Friday.
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