Stellantis and Renault are turning to their own ranks to tackle a shortage of truck drivers that is leaving thousands of vehicles stranded away from dealerships and customers. Stellantis, the maker of Fiat and Peugeot cars, sent off emails and placed posters in some of its factories in a drive to convince workers to fill
Month: March 2023
4:06 PM ET The entire IndyCar field will be chasing defending champion Will Power, front, in the 2023 season. Jamie Squire/Getty Images Nine different winners from six countries. Seventeen races saw 5,881 passes produced. There were 98,145 laps turned and 186,224 miles of racing covered, with a 41-year-old champion crowned:Team Penske’s Will Power. The 2022 edition
Atlanta Police Chase Their Own Cruiser After Man Steals It During Traffic Stop And Crashes On Train Tracks | Carscoops A locomotive delt a glancing blow to the car moments after police pulled the man out by Stephen Rivers 3 hours ago by Stephen Rivers The last thing a police officer might expect when on
Tesla Investor Day was short on details for a new, affordable vehicle that will enable the automaker to maintain its rapid growth curve by moving into mainstream segments, disappointing analysts who expected a product presentation. CEO Elon Musk and Tesla executives spoke on their vision for a global transition to sustainable energy and the need
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Gotion Inc. hopes to move forward with a $2.4 billion EV battery parts plant in the Big Rapids area, but it has a backup plan that could involve leaving the state if the deal falls apart, said Chuck Thelen, the company’s vice president for North American operations. Since announcing the plant and plans to create
Walt Disney (DIS) and Ford Motor (F) could both be at inflection points. Here’s the latest news on both Club holdings as of Thursday, and our take on where things stand. Disney could sell Hulu The news: In a research note this week, analysts at Citi argued there’s an increased likelihood Disney could sell its
The Austrian village of Reifnitz, located on the shores of Lake Wörthersee and forming part of the municipality of Maria Wörth, has played host to an annual meet for Volkswagen GTI fans going all the way back to 1982. VW itself has joined the fun and used the event to introduce new models and concepts
Polestar cut its fourth-quarter operating loss as revenue grew 67 percent to $985 million on strong sales of its Tesla Model 3 rival and lower costs. Polestar’s fourth-quarter operating loss of $204.7 million was down from $337.3 million a year ago, the automaker said in a statement on Thursday. The Swedish automaker’s gross profit during
11:36 AM ET MANAMA, Bahrain — Lewis Hamilton has said he is a fighter and has no plans to leave Formula One if he is unable to challenge for a title this year with Mercedes. The seven-time champion failed to win a race last season for the first time in his 16-year career and goes
Corvette Owner Comes Up With A DIY ‘Stealth Mode’ Just To Keep Neighbors Happy | Carscoops Additional silencers slot into C8’s existing tailpipes to reduce the decibels of its 5.5-liter V8 by Chris Chilton 2 hours ago by Chris Chilton Though it’s hard to believe, not everyone loves the sound of a V8 performing a
Chris Martin knew he needed a bigger car as the birth of his fourth child approached, but he and his wife were already $14,000 underwater on their two vehicles. So the couple proposed an unusual two-for-one deal with an Atlanta-area auto dealer in 2020: trading in both of their vehicles so they could afford a
Tesla announced at its 2024 Investor Day event that it plans to bring an electric motor to market that requires no rare earth elements. While this may not be a very big deal to most folks, there are reasons it matters. Most people who buy an EV probably don’t even think about rare earth elements,
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WASHINGTON — The Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association on Wednesday released a U.S. policy framework outlining key priorities for federal AV legislation and regulation. The group’s framework includes several recommendations for Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation to steer federal action and advance the deployment and commercialization of AVs across the U.S. “AVs are testing
In this article PSNY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Polestar 3 Courtesy: Polestar Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar cut its annual net losses in half last year, while revenue surged and it attempted to set itself apart from other EV startups. The company on Thursday reported an 84% increase in revenue for 2022 to
BERLIN – Volkswagen Group’s supervisory board will discuss plans to build a new U.S. factory at a meeting on Friday, two sources close to the matter said, with one adding the board was expected to approve the project. The factory is a new plant for the Scout brand, according to one of the sources, which
Thieves Steal Six New Dodge Challenger Hellcats Worth $600K And Lead Police On Chase | Carscoops Jailbreak, anyone? Five of the six are accounted for but one is still missing by Stephen Rivers 5 hours ago by Stephen Rivers According to authorities, criminals broke into a dealership around 2 a.m. on Tuesday and drove away
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk confirmed Wednesday that the automaker will build a new assembly plant in Mexico. “We’re excited to announce the next Tesla Gigafactory will be in Mexico near Monterrey,” Musk said at the company’s Investor Day event at its Austin, Texas, factory. Monterrey is the capital of the Mexican state of Nuevo
By Maria Merano Posted on March 1, 2023 Tesla Gigafactory Mexico will build the company’s next-generation vehicle. During Investor Day 2023, Elon Musk confirmed Gigafactory Mexico’s location and Tesla’s plans for the new production facility. Just a day before Investor Day 2023, Mexico’s President Andrès Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Tesla’s new gigafactory location in Monterrey.
The frontrunners among companies vying to develop and deploy autonomous vehicles face tenuous futures. That’s one key takeaway in a new report issued Tuesday by research and consulting firm Guidehouse Insights. The company’s report assessed and ranked the strategies of leading AV developers. Collectively, it spotlights the difficulty most are navigating in building viable businesses
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk speaks at Tesla’s 2023 investor day on March 1. Screenshot Electric vehicle maker Tesla hosted a 2023 Investor Day presentation in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. CEO Elon Musk took the stage to share his “Master Plan 3,” and to discuss how Tesla plans
Buick has revived its Electra nameplate for a family of electric vehicles, the first member of which is the Electra E5 compact crossover destined for sale in China later this year. Buick revealed the exterior design of the Electra E5 last December, and on Tuesday it provided a first look at the crossover’s interior. While
Russia’s Avilon dealership group is poised to buy Volkswagen Group’s Kaluga factory, Moscow-based business news site RBC reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources. RBC reported that one of the sources said the deal was already agreed, and would be finalized on March 3, which coincides with the automaker’s upcoming supervisory board meeting. VW said
9:54 AM ET Susie Wolff, former principal of the Venturi Formula E team and wife of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, has been appointed managing director of the new all-female Formula One academy, F1 said on Wednesday. The new series aims to help young female drivers move up the motorsport ladder. No woman has started a
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Mercedes-Benz this year became the first automaker in the U.S. to say it plans to sell an advanced driver-assistance system that allows motorists to drive eyes-and-hands-free in certain traffic conditions. But the company is aiming for an even more sophisticated Level 4 technology that would enable a vehicle to drive without human
Rad Power Bikes is back with a new version of the company’s RadRunner Plus. The new model, known as the RadRunner 3 Plus (not to be confused with the RadRunner 2 that is still available as the more budget-friendly model), is the brand’s new high-end electric utility bike. This latest model sees several important upgrades
Watch the full episode on MotorTrend: https://bit.ly/2qgvbyc On Episode 87 of Roadkill, David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan bought a completely wrecked ’68 Road Runner and brought it back to life, creating the world’s only C-Body Road Runner. Now on this episode of Roadkill Garage, Freiburger and Steve Dulcich are finally seeing through with the original
TOKYO — When engineers at Toyota recently conducted a teardown study of the Tesla Model Y, it did more than expose key technological secrets of the popular American-made, full-electric crossover. It also tore away a moldering complacency at the Japanese automaker. What laid underneath the Model Y’s sheet metal was a masterfully simplistic vehicle structure
The exterior of an Aston Martin store. Jeremy Moeller | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda forecasts better profitability this year, after widening its 2022 pretax losses on the back of a weakening U.K. currency. The company more than doubled year-on-year pretax losses to £495 million ($598