Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 12:49 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on
Month: August 2023
Ferrari Enzo Designer Nearly Went To Jail In Japan After Speeding In One | Carscoops Ken Okuyama will have to drive very carefully after being caught driving 55 mph over the speed limit in an Enzo in his home country of Japan August 9, 2023 at 21:01 The Ferrari Enzo may not be everyone’s cup
NEW YORK — Cadillac is electrifying the Escalade full-size SUV, giving its best-known nameplate a jolt of new energy, design and capability as the luxury brand moves to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles. The 2025 Escalade IQ unveiled here Wednesday offers a slate of advanced technology, luxury comforts and sleek design cues that carve out a
On August 8, 2023, electric vehicle charging company ChargePoint announced its new plan to “approach 100 percent EV charger uptime” across its network. Segments of the plan include what the company describes as 24/7 proactive station monitoring, using machine learning to speed identification of stations that are down, as well as integrating predictive analytics to
Infiniti will use next week’s 2023 Monterey Car Week to present a concept previewing both a new design language and the next-generation QX80. Infiniti’s current design language can be traced back to the Essence concept of 2009, but a new look is planned and we’ll see it first on the QX Monograph concept set to
The Mazda CX-9 has many new features for the 2020 model year. Here’s Ed Loh with a complete walkaround of the beautiful three-row SUV. #Mazda #MazdaCX9 #MotorTrend
Lithia Motors Inc. last week exited North Dakota with the sale of two dealerships and separately closed a dealership it acquired just more than a month ago. The auto retail giant on Thursday sold its last two North Dakota dealerships, Lithia Ford of Grand Forks and Lithia Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram of Grand Forks, to the Nelson family,
In this article STLA GM F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT During a Facebook Live on Aug. 8, 2023, UAW President Shawn Fain Screenshot The leader of the United Auto Workers on Tuesday adamantly defended lofty demands for the union’s members who work for the Detroit automakers, while calling recent contract proposals from Stellantis
TOKYO – Honda’s operating profit jumped 78 percent in the latest quarter as improved semiconductor supply fed North American production and boosted the Japanese automaker’s sales. Operating profit climbed to 394.4 billion yen ($2.73 billion) in the company’s fiscal first quarter ended June 30, compared with 222.2 billion yen ($1.54 billion) a year earlier, Honda
Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 02:46 PM ET STATESVILLE, N.C. — Mike Rockenfeller, a two-time Le Mans winner, has been chosen to replace suspended driver Noah Gragson in the next two NASCAR Cup Series races. Legacy Motor Club CEO Cal Wells announced Tuesday that Rockenfeller will be in the No. 42 Chevrolet this week at
Here’s How RAYS Makes Their Legendary TE37 Wheels | Carscoops The production process of the famous wheel is much more involved than you might expect 13 hours ago When talking about wheels, it’s impossible not to mention the iconic RAYS TE37. Their timeless design works with everything from Fords to Ferraris, earning them their lasting
Santa Clara County, Calif., is giving buses more green lights. Louisville, Ky., is collecting real-time data on viaduct flooding to prevent car drowning deaths. College Station, Texas, is outfitting five intersections with warnings for pedestrians when buses and emergency vehicles approach. A long stalemate over the details of deploying vehicle-to-infrastructure, or V2I, technology has ended,
By Richard Angle Posted on August 8, 2023 Following the static fire test of Booster 9, which saw the Raptor engines ignite on the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) for the first time in months, SpaceX lifted Booster 9 off of the OLM for its trip back to the production site. While 33 Raptor engines did
Rivian Automotive Inc. sees continued strong demand for its electric R1T pickup and R1S crossover and will not join EV rivals such as Tesla Inc. and Lucid Motors in cutting prices to stimulate sales, CEO RJ Scaringe said on the startup’s second-quarter earnings call Tuesday. “We take a very methodical and thoughtful approach to how
Mahindra atom electric car at Auto Expo 2020, on February 5, 2020, in Greater Noida, India. Pradeep Gaur | Mint | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Mahindra Group isn’t worried about global players like Tesla entering India’s highly competitive electric vehicle market, its CEO and managing director Anish Shah told CNBC. “We’ve seen tremendous competition
Volvo Cars and EV startup Polestar will be tapping into an old U.S. trade program to import Chinese vehicles at a lower cost, giving the Swedish brands a competitive leg up. By using the U.S. Duty Drawback program, the Geely-affiliated automakers can recoup import duties and the 25 percent U.S. tariff assessed on the Chinese-made
Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 04:38 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar driver Linus Lundqvist will replace the injured Simon Pagenaud in Saturday’s Indy Grand Prix, Meyer Shank Racing announced Tuesday. Lundqvist will again be driving the No. 60 Honda as a teammate of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves. Lundqvist was among the 12 fastest
Houston Road Works Cause Ramp In Road That Sends Drivers To Hazzard County | Carscoops Drivers in Houston got a nasty surprise when they launched off a piece of asphalt that appears to have unintentionally created a ramp next to a construction zone August 8, 2023 at 19:08 If you’ve ever watched the Dukes of
A solar roof is a feature that Tesla said would be available on the Cybertruck, but with the electric pickup truck being closer to production, it’s not clear if it is still in the cards. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar to electric vehicles, but it has never pulled the trigger
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Alpine has been spotted testing a new version of its A110 mid-engine sports car that appears to be more extreme than the already hardcore A110 R launched last year. The new version may resemble the A110 R to the casual observer, but a closer inspection reveals additional features aimed at improving track times. These include
All of General Motors‘ electric vehicles could soon become backup home generators. The automaker plans to offer bidirectional charging on all of its EVs by 2026, starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST this year. Bidirectional charging allows the EV to send energy from its battery to other sources, such as a house. GM’s
BEIJING — China’s passenger vehicle sales fell for a second month in July, as discounts and government support measures failed to persuade consumers wary of buying cars amid a sputtering economy and a prolonged slump in the housing market. Automakers are concerned about a demand slowdown as the world’s second-largest economy loses its post-pandemic bounce.
Chevy Bolt EV That Missed Battery Recall Spontaneously Combusted On Mass. Driveway | Carscoops Firefighters used 11,000 gallons of water putting out the blaze and said it was fortunate the car was parked outside and not in a garage https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ by Chris Chilton August 8, 2023 at 06:22 News stories about electric car fires are
New passenger car registrations in France increased in July by 20 percent year-over-year to 128,947, taking the year-to-date total to 1,018,732 (up 15.8 percent year-over-year). The plug-in electric car segment was growing even faster last month. According to L’Avere-France, last month 30,097 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in France (up 50 percent year-over-year),
Lucid Motors expects better sales in the second half through price cuts, deliveries to Saudi Arabia and the launch of new versions of its sole vehicle, the Air sedan, executives said Monday. CEO Peter Rawlinson said Lucid will soon begin delivering Air models to the Saudi market as part of an agreement with the government
In this article LCID Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In an aerial view, a sign is posted on the exterior of Lucid headquarters on March 29, 2023 in Newark, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Group reported its second-quarter earnings on Monday. Here are the key numbers: Loss per share: 40 cents.
Tesla said Zachary Kirkhorn stepped down as its chief financial officer and named its accounting head, Vaibhav Taneja, as its new finance chief. Kirkhorn, a company veteran of 13 years, stepped down from the role on Friday, although he will remain with Tesla through the end of the year. The Elon Musk-led firm did not
Speeding BMW Rams Into A Garbage Bin, Damages Several Parked Vehicles In Spain | Carscoops The accident is reportedly the result of the conflict between two families which started with threats and insults and ended with plenty of damaged vehicles August 7, 2023 at 13:29 A bizarre incident that looks like a scene from a
By Richard Angle Posted on August 6, 2023 Here are some of the stories you may have missed in the past week. The first week of August 2023 featured developments from the SpaceX Starship program, Falcon Heavy to Rocket Lab’s issues launching Electron. Falcon Heavy launches heaviest GTO Satellite – The triple core heavy-lift rocket