Month: May 2023

Associated Press May 23, 2023, 10:28 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Two-time Academy Award nominee Adam Driver, who will soon be starring as Enzo Ferrari in a biopic of the Italian automobile magnate, will serve as the honorary starter for the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Driver perhaps most famously played Kylo Ren
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Associated Press May 23, 2023, 11:32 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Graham Rahal will get a chance to keep his Indianapolis 500 start streak intact after all, replacing the injured Stefan Wilson on Tuesday in the Dreyer & Reinbold entry after failing to qualify for the race with his own team. Wilson was hospitalized with a
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The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation will bring together automakers, electric vehicle charging companies, researchers and other stakeholders to create solutions to improve the EV charging experience. The National Charging Experience Consortium, led by Department of Energy national laboratories, will develop best practices and work to solve charging pain points over the next
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By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 22, 2023 One of the most interesting investor proposals that shareholders voted on during the 2023 Cyber Roundup was the addition of Tesla co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel to the electric vehicle maker’s Board of Directors. A Form 8-K from Tesla now reveals that Straubel’s appointment
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Ford ‘s (F) new partnerships with top lithium producers give us more confidence that the automaker can accelerate electric vehicle production and reach its global target of 2 million EVs per year by 2026. We’re also encouraged by Ford’s financial roadmap for getting there, which was discussed at Monday’s investor event. Ahead of its Capital
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Associated Press May 21, 2023, 05:47 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Graham Rahal was bumped from the Indianapolis 500 field by Jack Harvey, who used a last-ditch qualifying run Sunday to knock his teammate out of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” by a mere .007 mph. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan organization was in a terrible position
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Cadillac will reveal an electric version of the Escalade SUV this year to be called Escalade IQ. The IQ name, which Cadillac confirmed Monday, dates to 2021 when General Motors applied to trademark it. Automotive News has reported that the Escalade IQ is expected in 2024 and may be built at GM’s Factory Zero plant
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Florida lawmakers have produced a bill that would have the state pave its roads with radioactive waste. Now on the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis, HB 1191 could compel the Florida Department of Transportation to study the use of phosphogypsum—a radioactive byproduct of fertilizer production—as a paving material, according to an NPR report. The bill,
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