Month: September 2023

Tesla recently shared an interesting and beautiful photo entitled “Family trip” of all its currently offered or soon-to-be-produced electric vehicles. There is a red Model S, white Model 3, blue Model Y and a Cybertruck pickup on the upper deck of the Tesla Semi‘s trailer, while on the bottom, we can see a white Model X,
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Volvo Cars is restructuring its U.S. and Canadian operations as part of an $88 million global effort to tighten spending, drive efficiencies and update its work force for an all-electric future. Volvo Car USA and Canada President Michael Cottone said the initiative, code-named CORE+, is “all-encompassing.” “There’s not any area of the business that is
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Associated Press Sep 10, 2023, 06:17 PM ET MONTEREY, Calif. — Scott Dixon snagged his third win of the season — one week too late to contend for the IndyCar championship — with a strategic run in Sunday’s season finale at Laguna Seca. The win for Dixon was the first of his career at Laguna
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MUNICH — The IAA Mobility show here that kicked off on Monday showcased a range of important new cars, giving fans of auto shows hope that the format might revive in Europe.  Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Renault, Seat, Volkswagen — as well as the Chinese newcomer Avatr — were among those unveiling new cars, while
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Electric vehicles offer significant savings in operating costs compared with traditional gasoline-powered cars. By making the switch, drivers can save up to $3,000 a year on fuel and reduced maintenance alone. Most EVs also have a lower total cost of ownership over their lifetime, especially when factoring in the incentives under the federal Inflation Reduction
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Associated Press Sep 9, 2023, 10:29 PM ET MONTEREY, Calif. — Felix Rosenqvist will end his tenure with Arrow McLaren Racing by starting from the pole in the IndyCar Series season finale at Laguna Seca. Rosenqvist won his second pole of the season — first since the Texas Motor Speedway oval in March — with
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Larry Dominique is just happy to see people talking about Alfa Romeo. The Italian brand grabbed headlines in late August by unveiling the limited-edition 33 Stradale, a supercar that surpasses 620 hp with a twin-turbo V-6 engine or more than 750 hp in an electric iteration. Although Alfa Romeo is building only 33 of the
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Tesla revealed a major update for the Model 3 this week. There’s new styling inside and out, and potentially more range thanks to improved aerodynamic efficiency. Lotus Emeya Lotus revealed the Emeya, an electric sedan to challenge the Tesla Model S Plaid. It enters production next year, and in range-topping guise will deliver 905 hp.
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Associated Press Sep 8, 2023, 03:34 PM ET MONTEREY, Calif. — David Malukas filled one of the final pieces of IndyCar free agency Friday when the relatively unknown Chicago native snagged one of the most coveted seats in the series. Arrow McLaren Racing named the 21-year-old to its third car — the one that presumably
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The 2023 class of Automotive News Rising Stars distinguished themselves by addressing some of the industry’s biggest challenges, from keeping parts moving and sales growing during the depths of essential-only work to driving electric vehicle production and adoption to developing the tools and systems needed for automated driving. They’ve proved themselves during an era of
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Sep 9, 2023, 08:18 AM ET Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko, one of the leading figures in the dominant Formula One team, apologised on Friday for blaming Mexican driver Sergio Perez’s fluctuating form on his ethnicity. The 80-year-old Austrian, a former racer who was a close friend of Red Bull’s late owner Dietrich Mateschitz,
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As an upstart interloper in a market dominated by what was then “The Big Three,” Toyota established a beachhead in the U.S. pickup market five decades ago with a small, fuel-efficient, utilitarian offering that separated itself from the much larger trucks rolling out of Detroit. Today, Toyota’s pickups are much larger, as is both the
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Flying cars, Malcolm Gladwell and Shaggy are coming to this year’s Detroit auto show. The show is bringing back its Air Mobility Experience for a second year, featuring displays from two companies developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles. The CEOs of both companies — Rani Plaut of AIR in Israel and Jim Dukhovny of
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To sell or stay and grow remain constants in conversations involving dealership consolidation. Last month, we invited dealers to submit their succession stories, or reasons for deciding to exit auto retail, for consideration in a future feature. Automotive News is committed to covering the active dealership buy-sell market, in which we continue to see many
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