Month: September 2023

New Zealand’s Liam Lawson will continue to race for AlphaTauri in place of the injured Daniel Ricciardo at the Singapore Grand Prix. Ricciardo suffered a broken metacarpal in his left hand in a crash ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, which also forced him to miss the Italian Grand Prix. Ricciardo will be present with
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Malaysian Motorcyclist Goes Viral After Being Ticketed For “World’s Smallest” License Plate | Carscoops Malaysian law actually allows vehicle owners to modify their license plate as long they don’t do something wild like, say, make it smaller than a finger nail, which is just what one motorcycle rider did 13 hours ago Throughout the entire
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DETROIT — The GMC Acadia is getting roomier. After shrinking for the current generation, the three-row Acadia returns for the 2024 model year to the larger footprint it once shared with the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave. Acadia production is moving from Spring Hill, Tenn., back to Lansing, Mich., rejoining the Traverse and Enclave. The
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MUNICH — When it comes to in-car digital displays, BMW thinks more is not necessarily better. While automakers carpet vehicle dashboards with jumbo displays, the German luxury automaker is steering toward a less-distracting digital experience in its future electric vehicles. “Your car is your last private space,” said Stephan Durach, BMW Group senior vice president
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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley late Tuesday said the company’s latest contract proposal presented to the UAW is the “most generous offer in 80 years” and includes a number of union priorities, although a four-day work week is not among them. Farley, speaking after Ford introduced the freshened 2024 F-150, said the
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In late August, Hurricane Idalia touched down on the Gulf side of Florida, resulting in significant damage and power outages throughout the Southeast United States. Unfortunately, natural disasters like this have become all too common as a symptom of climate change, so it’s important to stay prepared. Energy storage solutions provider BLUETTI recognizes the dangers
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Silicon Valley battery startup Lyten said that it raised $200 million in new funding as it looks to scale up manufacturing of lithium sulfur EV batteries, lightweight composites and sensors. The latest funding, led by venture capital firm Prime Movers Lab, takes the total equity investment in Lyten to more than $410 million. The company
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Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday said it has hired a new chief marketing officer and moved two members of the Ford family into new roles. The automaker said Lisa Materazzo, who was the top marketing executive at Toyota Motor North America, has been named CMO, effective immediately. She will report to CEO Jim Farley and
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By Maria Merano Posted on September 10, 2023 Morgan Stanley (MS) predicts that Tesla’s supercomputer, Dojo, could bring the automaker’s enterprise value up to $500 billion.  In a recent note to investors, MS analyst Adam Jonas increased TSLA’s price target from $250 to $400 per share. The investment bank is upgrading Tesla’s rating to Overweight
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On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Motor Trend’s John Carey heads to South Africa to ride shotgun in the world’s fastest roadster – the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. Plus Jessi Lang reports from the prestigious Mullin Automotive Museum, home to one-of-a-kind treasures like the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, valued at an astonishing
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The executives chosen as 2023 Automotive News Europe Eurostars set themselves apart by exceeding expectations in a year marked by continuing supply issues, high energy prices and logistics difficulties, even as demand remained strong. Thierry Koskas, chief sales and marketing officer at Stellantis, is the 2023 Eurostar winner for Sales and Marketing. For his full profile,
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Used car sales are soaring all over the U.S., and companies from Autonation to CarMax, Carvana and Buffalo, New York-based used car start-up ACV Auctions are benefitting. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images During the pandemic, shoppers splurged on higher-end new cars. Now, given the current high car costs and interest rates, drivers
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Associated Press Sep 10, 2023, 12:29 PM ET MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar will hold an all-star race next year at The Thermal Club in Southern California, with $1 million guaranteed to the winner of the made-for-TV exhibition. The $1 Million Challenge will be held March 24 and air on NBC, with practice and qualifying the
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Tesla Inc.’s Dojo supercomputer could power a near $600 billion jump in the automaker’s market value by boosting the adoption of robotaxis and its software services, Morgan Stanley analysts said. The electric-vehicle maker started production of the supercomputer used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models for self-driving cars in July and plans to spend more
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Volkswagen on Friday presented the ID.X Performance concept at 2023 ID.Treffen, a gathering of VW electric vehicle enthusiasts that takes place annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The concept is based on VW’s ID.7 electric hatch that’s slated for launch in the U.S. next year, and hints at what a performance-tuned version of one of VW’s ID
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