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In this article STLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT  Jeep Wagoneer S Trailhawk EV concept Michael Wayland / CNBC AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Stellantis expects to grow sales of Jeep vehicles globally by 50% in the next three years, as the automaker attempts to leverage the quintessential American SUV brand for increased profits. The
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The Chinese auto sector is increasingly making global automakers and politicians hot under the collar. In the early 1980s, the Chinese auto industry barely existed. Today the country has the capacity to make about 40 million vehicles annually — enough to supply half the world. Only about 25 million cars sold in the country in
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 14, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the leading candidate for Mercedes’ vacant seat in 2025. Getty The minimum age at which a driver can compete in Formula One has been lowered from 18 to 17,
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Associated Press Jun 13, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fox Sports has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world with the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR
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Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Will Power pondered retirement last year as his wife battled a near deadly staph infection that had the Australian wondering if he needed to focus on his family’s future. “She almost died,” Power said. “You start thinking, ‘Yeah, I’m going
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 9, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — Max Verstappen revealed a groundhog nearly cost him victory at the Canadian Grand Prix when it crossed the track in front of his car on lap 32 of the
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Jun 10, 2024, 03:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sergio Perez retired in the pits in Sunday’s Canadian GP in Montreal. Getty Sergio Perez will have a three-place grid penalty at the next Formula One race in Spain after the Mexican drove his car in an unsafe condition at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. The offence also
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Jun 10, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fans made their way onto the track at the Canadian Grand Prix. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images The Canadian Grand Prix promoter has said it will investigate and take action after spectators invaded the track before the end of Sunday’s Formula One race at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 10, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — Esteban Ocon described Alpine’s team orders at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix as “unexplainable,” insisting he is the “nice guy” in an increasingly tense and difficult situation
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Jun 9, 2024, 06:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions George Russell secured his second career pole position on Saturday. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images George Russell secured Mercedes their first podium of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday but the Briton said he should have done better than third and it was a “missed opportunity.”
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Jun 9, 2024, 02:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mercedes have ruled out Carlos Sainz for a 2025 Formula One drive because they are focusing on young Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli as Lewis Hamilton’s likely replacement. Spaniard Sainz is handing over his Ferrari seat to seven-time world champion Hamilton at the end of the year
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 8, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — George Russell is confident he can hold off Max Verstappen to secure Mercedes’ first victory since 2022 at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. Russell and Verstappen clocked identical lap times
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Jun 8, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FIA had promised the introduction of smaller, lighter and more raceable cars in 2026. Getty Formula One’s governing body said it recognised concerns about the sport’s proposed technical regulations for 2026 but assured teams and drivers on Saturday that further refinements were in the pipeline. The FIA
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