Month: March 2023

General Motors Global Chief Marketing Officer Deborah Wahl is leaving the automaker.  A GM representative confirmed the news, saying Wahl “elected to retire” and “will be transitioning through March 31, 2023,” adding: “We appreciate Deborah’s contributions since joining GM in 2018 and wish her well in her next chapter. We will conduct an external search
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6:18 AM ET Formula One is not in talks about a London street race despite plans being drawn up for a track in the east of the city, ESPN understands. This week reports circulated of new plans for a race around the Docklands area, which currently hosts a Formula E event, put forward by built
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration opened applications Tuesday for a $2.5 billion funding program to expand access to electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure in urban and rural communities across the U.S. The discretionary grant program was created by the bipartisan infrastructure law signed in 2021 and provides the multibillion-dollar funding over five years
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FRANKFURT — Porsche said it is in talks with Google about integrating its software into its car cockpit. Talks about Google Automotive Services are underway, CEO Oliver Blume said on Monday after presenting the brand’s full-year results for 2022. A source told Reuters in January that Porsche was weighing integrating Google’s software, which would give
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By Joey Klender Posted on March 13, 2023 The State of Maryland followed in the footsteps of California today by banning all new gas vehicle sales by the model year 2035. On Monday, the State of Maryland’s Air Quality Control Advisory Council unanimously voted to approve a regulation that would see an implementation of California’s
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BERLIN — Volkswagen Group will invest 180 billion euros ($193 billion) in the next five years into areas including battery cell production, digitalization in China and expanding its presence in North America. More than two-thirds of the five-year investment budget is allocated toward electric vehicles and software, up from 56 percent in the previous five-year
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5:39 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar driver Jack Harvey has not been cleared to race following a hard wreck in the open-wheel series’ season opener in Florida. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing said Monday that Juri Vips was testing for Harvey at Barber Motorsports Park. Harvey missed an IndyCar race last season with a concussion. Harvey
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Volkswagen Group plans to build its first North American battery cell manufacturing plant in Canada as the automaker establishes a regional supply chain to build electric vehicles. VW and its in-house battery subsidiary PowerCo on Monday announced the investment in the southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas midway between Toronto and Windsor. Financial details were
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WASHINGTON — The Alliance for Automotive Innovation said Monday it had elected Bob Nelson, American Honda Motor Co.’s executive vice president of corporate services, as its 2023 board chair. Nelson succeeds Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford Blue, Ford Motor Co.’s internal combustion business. “In my 36 years with Honda, the auto industry has never faced
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5:13 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tony Stewart ended up in the NHRA winner’s circle to start 2023 — as a team owner. Stewart red-lighted in the second round of eliminations in the Top Alcohol class Saturday, but the three-time NASCAR champion finished drag racing’s season opener with Matt Hagan, one of his
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