This shouldn’t be possible. No car that weighs 5,152 lb and spans 16.3 feet should be able to transfer its considerable weight from one side to the other and back again like the 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo I’m flogging on Southern California’s Angeles Crest Highway. No sports car I’ve driven here has sounded
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PARIS — Leading Paris taxi company G7 has suspended its use of all Tesla Model 3 cars in its fleet after a serious accident with one of the cars at the weekend. A company executive said that the 37 Model 3 cars in its fleet will remain suspended until the conclusion of a police investigation
LANSING — Michigan lawmakers are planning to help the Detroit auto show get back in business after what could be a 44-month hiatus for the event. A $795 million spending bill headed to passage in the Legislature on Tuesday contained a $9 million one-time grant for Detroit’s auto show. The Detroit Auto Dealers Association canceled
The CEO of Uber Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said the company was looking sell stakes in what it considers non-strategic investments in other companies, including its shares in Chinese ride hailing company Didi Global . Speaking at a virtual fireside chat with a UBS analyst, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said many of the companies Uber
Watch more full episodes here: https://bit.ly/2JqZJa1 The Crop Duster is Roadkill’s back-to-basics street and strip machine with big-block power. And after years of paint and body work, it’s finally time to piece the Crop Duster back to life. Freiburger and Dulcich get the engine and trans back in the freshly-painted beauty after adding some extra
2:13 PM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — NASCAR champion Kyle Larson‘s first Formula One race was the season finale, and he is as conflicted as anyone over the controversial ending of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton on the final lap Sunday to win the title, but
What kind of car is the 2022 Nissan Leaf? What does it compare to? The 2022 Nissan Leaf is one of the most affordable fully electric new cars you can get—especially if you focus on the 149-mile Leaf versus the 215- to 226-mile Leaf Plus. The five-seat hatchback is a rival for the Chevy Bolt
The 21-year-old owner of an uninsured 2017 Mercedes-AMG GLE 63S is out $65,000 CAD ($50,854 USD at current exchange rates) after his car was stolen by thieves posing as buyers. The owner, who spoke to Canada’s CTV News, asked only to be referred to as Marco so as to not reveal his identity and said
SWFT is a newer e-bike company that offers compelling quality for the price. Well, today, their already affordable VOLT e-bike is even more so, given that it’s 50% off at Best Buy. That’s right, you can pick up the VOLT e-bike with its 32 miles of range and 19.8MPH speed for just $500 from its
In this article 7203.T-JP The Toyota Motor Corp. logo in the Toyota City Showcase exhibit at the company’s Mega Web car theme park in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toyota, one of the world’s largest automakers, is planning to invest 4 trillion yen ($35 billion) to
Toyota will expand its European lineup with a small full-electric urban SUV with a highly efficient powertrain, CEO Akio Toyoda said, one of the 30 new EVs the automaker plans to add by 2030. Toyoda did not give a launch date for the new vehicle, but Toyota Europe said the EV rollout would be “rapid.”
TOKYO — Toyota said it would invest 4 trillion yen ($35 billion) to build a lineup of 30 battery electric vehicles by 2030 as the automaker looks to tap the growing market of zero emission vehicles. The investment will be part of an overall investment of 8 trillion yen in electrified vehicles, including hybrids and
The city council in Lansing, Mich., moved quickly Monday to endorse property tax breaks for General Motors Co. to build a $2.5 billion battery plant for electric vehicles adjacent to an existing Delta Township assembly plant in neighboring Eaton County. The council’s unanimously approved resolutions that would establish a Renaissance Zone on a 529-acre tract
10:13 PM ET EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Dec. 24, 2020. Since then, Bubba Wallace earned his first career Cup win — making him the first Black driver to win a Cup Series race since 1963. That win came on Oct. 4, 2021, at Talladega, the same track that what was believed to
While Akio Toyoda may have some controversial opinions about electric vehicles, there’s no denying that he is a genuine car enthusiast who loves driving. He also happens to be very handy behind the wheel. Toyoda has quite a lot of racing experience and has even competed at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Were it not
Hyundai announced pricing for the upcoming Ioniq 5 model in the U.S., which allows us to compare the basic numbers with similar electric models. In this post, we will start with the all-wheel-drive version (base SE trim), with 77.4 kWh. It starts at an MSRP of $47,150. There are also more expensive, better-equipped versions like the
In this article TSLA Maja Hitij | Getty Images News | Getty Images SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another 934,091 shares of his electric car company, which are worth around $906.49 million, according to a pair of financial filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission published late Monday. He also exercised options to
Hyundai in 2020 established the sub-brand Ioniq for its future electric vehicles (the name was taken from Hyundai’s current Prius rival), and in February the covers came off the first member of the new EV family: the 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5. Hyundai on Monday provided details on what U.S. buyers can expect, including the all-important
BERLIN — BMW will build the X5 midsize SUV — currently produced in the United States — in China. The automaker will be adding localized production of the X5 in China for the Chinese market to satisfy strong worldwide demand for the SUV, BMW said on Monday. The company did not give a start date
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has put forward “a number of solutions” for resolving its complaint over a proposed U.S. tax incentive on electric vehicles made only by unionized American workers. Canada has slammed the tax credit as a violation of the North American trade pact between the Canada, U.S. and Mexico, saying it
DETROIT — Starting this week, some Dodge owners who want more horsepower can just download it. Ram owners will one day be able to buy extra payload capacity. The kinds of instant upgrades consumers are used to getting on their cellphones are now on the way to their cars and trucks as automakers salivate over
Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as part of Motor Trend’s 2012 Best Driver’s Car competition. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is one of 9 contenders competing for the title of 2012 Best Driver’s Car. The winner will be announced on Thursday, August 23 at
We recently spent a week with the 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5, one of the most interesting electric vehicles to hit the market this year. We were very impressed with Hyundai’s first legitimate Tesla rival and can now answer some of the questions our readers asked a couple of weeks ago. I’d like to know how
1:17 PM ET Formula One world champion Max Verstappen took stock of his new status on Monday and revealed that Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, despite threatening to appeal, had texted his congratulations. The 24-year-old handed Red Bull their first title since 2013 in Abu Dhabi on Sunday when he overtook Mercedes’ seven times world
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Lexus RX? What does it compare to? The RX is a luxury crossover SUV with seating for up to seven people and a catchy shape. It’s still a quiet, comfortable cruiser at its best, which makes it a rival for the Volvo XC60, Lincoln Nautilus, and both Infiniti
Few things grind my gears more than scalpers and just a few days after Tesla launched its Cyberquad for Kids, some of those fortunate enough to secure an order are already looking to flip the electric ATV online. A search on eBay reveals dozens of listings for the ATV from those that secured an order
By Joey Klender Posted on December 13, 2021 A Ford Mustang Mach-E appeared to be successfully charging at a Tesla Supercharger in Franklin, Massachusetts, over the weekend. While Tesla Superchargers are not wholly available to other EVs, a few forgotten Tweets from CEO Elon Musk remind us that the automaker may be quietly allowing competing
In this article RIVN MotorTrend announced Monday that the all-electric Rivian R1T has been named the its 2022 truck of the year. MotorTrend MotorTrend on Monday named the all-electric Rivian R1T the publication’s 2022 truck of the year, beating out other pickups from Ford Motor, General Motors and Hyundai Motor. The prestigious title and accompanying
BERLIN — Daimler’s Chinese shareholder BAIC Group has agreed not to further increase its stake in the Mercedes-Benz maker beyond the 9.98 percent stake it has held since 2019, the German company said in a statement. Daimler said it holds a 9.55 percent stake in BAIC Motor and a 2.46 percent stake in BAIC BluePark.
Kia America is celebrating the holidays early after beating its U.S. sales record well before New Year’s Day. And despite the pandemic and parts shortages, 2022 is looking bright as the automaker introduces a stylish electric crossover. It took Kia just 11 months this year to beat its full-year sales record from 2016, when it