BERLIN — Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess warned of more output cuts because of the chip crisis at its main factory in Wolfsburg amid rising tensions over how to make the plant fit for the electric age. While VW has made progress managing the global components bottleneck, the situation at its German headquarters in Wolfsburg
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PARIS — Renault-Nissan, once a contender for the world’s No. 1 automaker, has become a “small and fragile” manufacturer, former Nissan and Renault Chairman Carlos Ghosn told a French newspaper in an interview. Ghosn gave the interview to Le Parisien as his co-defendant Greg Kelly, an American former Nissan director, awaits his fate in a
Though it doesn’t get much attention, Audi’s A6 remains one of the most handsome offerings in the mid-size sedan segment. It’s now about to be updated, and fortunately it doesn’t look like the designers are mucking around with the car’s styling. The current A6 arrived in 2018 as a 2019 model. We expect the updated
12:25 PM ET ESPN News Services DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona 500 on Sunday will take place before a sold-out crowd, NASCAR announced Tuesday. Daytona International Speedway is back to full capacity a year after the pandemic roughly limited attendance to 30,000 fans inside the sprawling facility that usually packs more than 100,000 NASCAR
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Chrysler Pacifica? What does it compare to? The Chrysler Pacifica minivan seats seven or eight passengers. Shop it against the Toyota Sienna, Honda Pilot, and Kia Carnival. Is the 2022 Chrysler Pacifica a good car? Review continues below The Pacifica is an exceptionally well-rounded minivan, with great space
Roads are often not completely level. The wiser among us try to slow down for bumps, dips, and humps but they can sometimes be hard to see. That seems to have been the case for the driver of a Porsche Boxster in a video from Sao Paolo, Brazil. In a video posted to Instagram by
In this article TSLA Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promising customers a driverless vehicle since at least 2016. While the company hasn’t delivered on that promise, Tesla lets thousands of employees and customers try new and unfinished driver assistance features on public roads in the U.S. through a program called Full Self Driving Beta,
PARIS — A shifting timetable for the final proposal of the upcoming Euro 7 pollution regulations, now set for July, has raised concerns among European advocacy and industry obbying groups who say they and their members need guidance to plan for the change. The EU standards limit tailpipe emissions of pollutants such as fine particulates,
New York State’s retirement plan is ratcheting up pressure on Tesla Inc., calling on the EV maker to disclose how much it spends on settling sexual harassment and racial discrimination complaints. The New York State Common Retirement Fund, among the country’s biggest public pension plans, filed its shareholder proposal last week following a high-profile racial
The solar industry in Illinois is reaping the rewards of the state’s Climate and Equitable Jobs Act that passed five months ago. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.
1:01 PM ET Williams driver Nicholas Latifi was so worried about the death threats he received after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix he hired bodyguards to protect him and his girlfriend. Latifi’s crash in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi title decider brought out the safety car which ultimately cost Lewis Hamilton the championship,
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Genesis GV70? What does it compare to? The 2022 Genesis GV70 might be the most impressive Genesis model yet, with its balance of comfort, sport, features, and value. It needs to impress to keep pace with popular luxury compact crossovers ranging from the Acura RDX and Lincoln Nautilus
Video footage of bubbling and smoking water taken at a marina and posted to Facebook claim to show the aftermath of an accident involving a Tesla Model X in Spain. The short clip simply shows water bubbling and smoking, not unlike the contents of a witch’s cauldron. Images added by Tom Powell on Facebook’s Boat
In this article TSLA SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk holds a helmet as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Elon Musk unleashed a torrent of stock sales, options exercises, tax payment sales and gifted shares last year totaling nearly
Tesla’s Elon Musk disappointed fans and investors last month when the brash CEO ruled out a 2022 launch for the eagerly awaited Cybertruck, the wildly styled pickup that could open up a lucrative new vehicle segment for the electric automaker. Instead, Musk promised something wilder still: vastly improved “Full Self-Driving” software by year end that
Volocopter plans to start flying electric air taxis in Singapore within two years and is in talks to offer flights to nearby destinations in Indonesia and Malaysia. The German company plans to operate a fleet of 10 to 20 air taxis around the popular tourist destinations of Marina Bay and Sentosa, Chief Commercial Officer Christian
Mizuho Financial Group and other lenders are in talks with KKR-owned parts supplier Marelli Holdings to renegotiate debt and offer financing to keep it operational, people with knowledge of the matter said. The supplier, previously owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, had at least 1.1 trillion yen ($9.5 billion) in total debt as of September, the
It looks like one of the biggest, baddest SUVs in production, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, is about to get a whole lot tougher with the arrival of a new 4×4 Squared variant. Offered on the previous-generation G-Class in G550 guise, the 4×4 Squared option saw the iconic SUV fitted with some serious off-road gear, including portal
Ford’s new $4,000 Eluminator electric crate motor has proven successful, selling out in the first week. It was popular even though Ford Performance, the arm of the company that sells the motor, doesn’t also offer a battery, so this has to be sourced separately for now. You therefore can’t create something like Ford’s poster vehicle
11:54 AM ET In the coming days, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem will present the governing body’s response to the events of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after promising “structural changes” and an “action plan” in a statement on Monday. Formula One team bosses met with Ben Sulayem in London on Monday to discuss
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer? What does it compare to? The Chevy Trailblazer returned to the party last year as a slimmed-down, reasonably-priced crossover SUV with a stylish bod and less turbocharged power than we’d like to see. Shop it against the Hyundai Kona, Kia Seltos, and Jeep Renegade, among others.
Authorities in North Carolina have released dashcam footage that shows the moment a Tesla being driven on Autopilot slammed into a parked police vehicle on the side of a highway. The incident isn’t new and actually occurred in August 2020. This dashcam footage doesn’t offer a view of the Tesla itself but it can be
Visitors wearing face masks check a China-made Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the electric vehicle maker’s showroom in Beijing, China January 5, 2021. Tingshu Wang | Reuters Six of the seven car brands who ran an ad during the Super Bowl featured electric vehicles, according to analysis published Monday by the online
DETROIT — General Motors is doubling its investment to its Climate Equity Fund — part of a strategy to create equitable climate action — to $50 million. The fund is designed to help close equity gaps in the transition to electric vehicles. GM has said it will invest $35 billion in electric and autonomous vehicle
SAN FRANCISCO — Intel Corp.’s Mobileye unit plans to build and deploy self-driving electric shuttles with its U.S. partners in 2024, in a bid to scale up its automated driving system beyond taxis and delivery vehicles, executives told Reuters. Mobileye, Benteler EV Systems and Beep will launch the on-demand driverless shuttles, which will feature 12
Early in the year is an opportune time to assess your business — what’s working and what’s not — to help revenue grow. A major expense for dealerships is advertising and lead generation. In 2021, the U.S. reached $13.29 billion in automotive digital ad spend, according to eMarketer. Are you paying for channels and vendors
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens has declared a state of emergency in an effort to keep trade flowing freely at the Ambassador Bridge on the U.S.-Canada border. For six days, protestors, demanding an end to vaccine and mask mandates — with some calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — blocked access to the key
By Joey Klender Posted on February 14, 2022 Volkswagen announced earlier in February that it would pay out another round of “Coronavirus Premium” bouus payments to employees at its German factories “in recognition of their great dedication in recent months working under difficult conditions.” The bonus is worth €500 ($564) and will be paid out
12:15 PM ET Formula One will have three qualifying sprint races in 2022 with points now given out to the top eight rather than just the top three, it was confirmed at Monday’s F1 Commission. The revised weekend format with qualifying on a Friday evening, a sprint race on Saturday and the main race on
What kind of car is the 2022 Chevrolet Traverse? What does it compare to? The Traverse sits atop Chevy’s crossover family lineup, with seating for seven or eight people and a strong V-6 powertrain, coupled to front- or all-wheel drive. It’s a rival for the Honda Pilot, Kia Telluride, Hyundai Palisade, and Subaru Ascent, among