SAN DIEGO — Vietnamese automaker VinFast is facing a rough patch on the road to breaking into the U.S. market. New tax rules removed the $7,500 federal electric vehicle incentive for its imported vehicles last year. Its first model, the VF 8 crossover, was rated at just 200 miles (322 km) of battery range by
Month: May 2023
Associated Press May 21, 2023, 06:53 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou will lead the field to green in the Indianapolis 500 after the young Spaniard put together the fastest four-lap pole run in history Sunday, edging Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist to give Chip Ganassi Racing its third consecutive pole in “The Greatest Spectacle
There was a time when just qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was a story all to itself, and perhaps none more evident than the story of Pacific Coast Motorsports. A young and free-spirited team that rose from the ranks of junior racing all the way to the top levels, team owner Tyler Tadevic took a
By William Johnson Posted on May 20, 2023 Twitter has begun hiring for positions related to its upcoming “everything app” offering. Since Elon Musk started the process of acquiring Twitter late last year, his intentions have been clear; make an “everything app” that could rival the incredibly successful WeChat offering in China. From this app,
Toyota isn’t just winning the battle for Hispanic consumers — it’s dominating the nation’s second-largest ethnic group, in a triumph that’s more than 30 years in the making. The brand accounted for five of the top six nameplates sold to Hispanics in 2022, according to U.S. new-vehicle registration data from S&P Global Mobility. The Toyota
Used-vehicle retail giant CarMax Inc. tops Automotive News’ debut list of retailers by used-vehicle-only sales. Joining CarMax on the inaugural list is a mix of national and regional used-vehicle retailers with high-volume, multistore operations. There are also publicly traded online used-vehicle retailers that gained more prominence in the last decade and grew sales volumes substantially
A 2019 pre-owned Nissan Leaf SV on the lot in 2022 during the chip shortage that depleted stock of new auto inventory. Boston Globe | Boston Globe | Getty Images Affordable EVs have been on sale in the U.S. well over a decade and the data analytics company Experian says about 2.2 million were on
Call My Mom! Teen BMW Driver’s Hilarious Request After Wild 140MPH Police Chase | Carscoops PIT maneuver videos are a dime a dozen but this one is so well executed that it’s worth a deep dive by Stephen Rivers May 21, 2023 at 09:38 by Stephen Rivers Police officers from all over the nation know
Review: The 2023 Nissan Murano Is Just Good Enough | Carscoops Its mix of interior materials, a punchy engine, and driver safety aids continue to make it a soldier for Nissan by Stephen Rivers May 21, 2023 at 11:59 by Stephen Rivers Since the introduction of the third generation of the Nissan Murano in 2015,
TOKYO — The rebranded Tokyo auto show wants to become the “Davos of Mobility.” Imagine a who’s who meetup of business leaders from the traditional automotive industry and whiz kids from innovative startups in artificial intelligence, software and renewable energy. But instead of gathering at a snowy Swiss ski resort, they do it on the
Associated Press May 19, 2023, 02:27 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Rarely has someone as accomplished at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Bobby Rahal looked so uncomfortable there. That will happen when you’re asked about the future of your own kid on your race team. Yet there he sat Friday morning, overlooking the famed yard of bricks
AC Cars, the British company that built the Ace sports car used by Carroll Shelby in the 1960s to create the original Shelby Cobra, this week launched a modern sports car. It’s called the Cobra GT Roadster, and it not only looks like the original Cobra, it’s also powered by a Ford V-8. 2024 Toyota
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Deion Sanders, the former NFL star who’s preparing for his first season as head coach at the University of Colorado, showed off his customized Ford F-650 Super Duty on social media. The truck, which has a 7.3-liter V-8 engine and is designed for heavy commercial use, retails for about $150,000 before Sanders’ personalizations. “You gotta
A new manufacturing process developed by supplier giant Magna International Inc. and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory could soon make it possible to reduce aluminum parts suppliers’ reliance on new aluminum. The process — Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion — allows a company to collect scrap and leftover aluminum trimmings and directly
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In an aerial view, Tesla Corporate Headquarters are seen on January 03, 2023 in Travis County, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Tesla just kicked off its 2023 annual shareholders meeting at its Austin, Texas factory, on Tuesday with shareholders voting to add former Tesla
BMW will start producing its next-generation of electric vehicles, dubbed Neue Klasse, in the northeast China city of Shenyang in 2026, giving a major boost to its EV product lineup in the world’s biggest light-vehicle market. The new EV models will be assembled at BMW Brilliance Automotive, its joint venture with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings,
Associated Press May 20, 2023, 07:15 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ganassi, Ganassi, Ganassi. It was practically the only name mentioned as the four-car organization returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway poised to defend last year’s Indianapolis 500 victory. Arrow McLaren Racing pushed it aside on the first day of Indy 500 qualifying. Felix Rosenqvist, a former
Driver Flees Scene After Crashing Rented Lamborghini Huracan Into Used Car Dealer Lot | Carscoops The Lamborghini Huracan came to a stop on top of a parked Ford Falcon, and caused damage to two other vehicles by Sebastien Bell 1 hour ago by Sebastien Bell It is often said that the ability to buy a
One of the most polarizing figures in the history of open-wheel racing, no two people have the same opinion of Paul Tracy. From his aggressive checkers-or-wreckers approach on track, to his antagonism over social media, the key to understanding Paul Tracy is to not just eat with him, but also those closest to him. In
Geely’s Zeekr brand officially started customer deliveries of a new version of the Zeekr 001 model, equipped with the all-new CATL Qilin battery (English “Kirin”), which is the longest-range electric car available on the market in China, and potentially globally. The Zeekr 001 with a 140-kilowatt-hour (kWh) CATL Qilin battery has a CLTC range of
The Biden administration has dropped, for now, a plan that would have awarded automakers such as Tesla Inc. credits for using renewable natural gas to power EVs. That proposal was excluded from drafted regulation setting biofuel-blending quotas for the next three years that is undergoing final review at the White House, according to people familiar
In this article STLA GM F 7203.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2024 Toyota Tacoma Trailhunter Toyota DETROIT — Size matters. Just ask America’s largest automakers. Ford, General Motors and Toyota are among those increasingly looking to capitalize on the growing midsize pickup truck segment: vehicles big enough to command high price tags but
Britain is close to winning a major battery plant for electric vehicles as Tata Group, the parent company of Jaguar Land Rover, leans toward choosing it over Spain. Tata, a conglomerate involved in industries from cars to salt, is currently favoring a factory in England after the U.K. government offered a support package, according to
Associated Press May 19, 2023, 04:14 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Few drivers have experienced a bigger boost from winning the Indianapolis 500 than Marcus Ericsson, who has turned last year’s victory into a life-changing event. Not only did it resurrect the Swedish driver’s career, which had stalled after five seasons in Formula One, it also
Cops Catch 19-Year-Old Doing 176 MPH In BMW M3 – And He Admitted Going Even Faster | Carscoops The 19-year-old was put into jail, but his car was not impounded by Stephen Rivers 2 hours ago by Stephen Rivers The Washington County authorities jailed a 19-year-old after they say they caught him driving at 176
Private equity investors and other funders put in at least $402 million in automotive-related startups in April, up 2 percent from the $394.1 million invested in March. The slight increase in deal activity may be a sign that investment in the automotive startup space is stabilizing. Investment in American automotive startups fell to $690.5 million
BMW will use this weekend’s 2023 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este to formally present the Concept Touring Coupe. Revealed by the automaker on Friday, the concept imagines what a shooting brake based on the latest Z4 convertible might be like if given the green light for production. Replace the hatchback with a more sloping liftback design
By Richard Angle Posted on May 19, 2023 NASA has awarded Blue Origin $3.4 billion dollars for its Human Landing System (HLS), Blue Moon. Blue Moon will launch atop their brand new rocket, New Glenn, and will support landing capabilities for Artemis V, currently scheduled no earlier than 2029. NASA had originally only selected SpaceX
Tesla Inc. is offering discounts of more than $1,300 on some Model 3 cars in its U.S. inventory following even heavier discounts in Europe, according to a Reuters’ review of its website, even as the electric carmaker has raised U.S. prices on most newly ordered cars this month. Facing economic headwinds and mounting competition, Tesla
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