Month: June 2023

Jun 26, 2023, 02:35 AM ET Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are joining Otro Capital and RedBird Capital Partners in an investor group taking a 24% equity stake in Alpine Racing, the Formula One team’s parent company Renault announced on Monday. The €200 million ($218.10m) deal values British-based Alpine Racing at around $900m
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MUNICH — German supplier Allgaier, whose customers include Porsche, has filed for insolvency, a court said on Wednesday, a year after being sold to a Chinese investor. The Goeppingen district court said it had appointed Pluta law firm’s Fritz Zanker as provisional insolvency administrator. Allgaier, which has about 1,700 employees, supplies major automakers with sheet
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With dealership service technicians in short supply, General Motors says it’s seeing some improvement toward building a talent pipeline. Enrollment in GM’s Automotive Service Educational Program, which trains aspiring technicians through a partnership mostly with community colleges across the U.S., is at a 10-year high, said Eric Kenar, GM’s manager of technician environment and service
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Volkswagen Group is trying to build up a leading battery maker to supply its ever-expanding fleet of electric vehicles — a feat so challenging it’s leading to sleepless nights at the automaker. The cell plants VW is setting up in Germany, Spain and Canada will underpin its shift away from the combustion engine. The automaker
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Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 07:27 PM ET LEBANON, Tenn. — A.J. Allmendinger pulled away on the second overtime restart Saturday to win his second NASCAR Xfinity race this year and 17th of his career at the Nashville Superspeedway in the Tennessee Lottery 250. The 41-year-old Allmendinger pitted on Lap 145 and used fresher tires
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WASHINGTON — U.S. auto safety regulators said on Saturday they are investigating Ford Motor Co.’s prior recalls of 710,000 Explorer large crossovers over power loss reports to determine if the fix is adequate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration noted the No. 2 U.S. automaker issued recalls in April 2022 and March on Ford Explorers from
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Former Volvo Cars Chief Technology Officer Henrik Green has joined Swedish autonomous truck startup Einride. Green will be general manager of autonomous technologies at the company, which last year received regulatory approval to operate its self-driving truck in the U.S. Einride in 2019 became the first company in the world to deploy an autonomous, electric
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It’s back! The World’s Greatest Drag Race returns with twelve of the world’s best supercars and sports cars for 2013 facing off in an epic quarter-mile sprint for glory… and ultimate bragging rights! This year’s field includes all twelve contenders from Motor Trend’s 2013 Best Driver’s Car Powered by Mobil 1 (https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialMobil1). We have the
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Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume has promised to revive the fortunes of Audi after admitting the brand’s lineup was “lagging the competition,” particularly when it came to electric vehicles. As part of a shakeup at the Audi Group, which also includes the Bentley, Lamborghini and Ducati marques, the brands have been reclassified as “progressive” in
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Michael Schumacher came out of retirement to race for Mercedes between 2010 and 2012. Mark Thompson/Getty Images Mick Schumacher will drive his father Michael’s 2011 Mercedes Formula One car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. Schumacher is currently a reserve driver for Mercedes, who his father raced for between 2010 and 2012 after coming
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