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Elon Musk hands over a Model Y car to a customer during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul | Pool | Via Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now requiring employees to install and show customers how to use the latest version

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 24, 2024, 10:22 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Christian Horner has dropped the biggest hint yet that Australian Grand Prix race winner Carlos Sainz is in the frame for a Red Bull drive next year. With Lewis

In this article 1810-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Xiaomi’s first EV, the SU7, is on display at a Xiaomi Automotive delivery center on March 25, 2024 in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. Chinese tech company Xiaomi’s first electric vehicle, the SU7, will be formally launched on March 28.  Ruan Xuefeng | Visual China

Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia – Daniel Ricciardo’s underwhelming start to the season has become a major talking point in Formula One but the Australian said he is ignoring his critics and is sure a turnaround is coming soon. Editor’s Picks 1 Related While Tsunoda claimed valuable points for Red Bull’s junior team by finishing

In this article STLAM-IT STLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Stellantis sign is seen outside the FCA Headquarters and Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Jan. 19, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky | Afp | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis is laying off roughly 400 salaried employees in the U.S. in its engineering, technology

Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — William Bryon started on pole and delivered a dominant drive Sunday to win NASCAR’s first road course race of the season at the Circuit of the Americas. The Daytona 500 winner snatched his second win of the season and delivered the

Car insurance is getting more expensive. The average annual premium for full coverage auto insurance in the U.S. rose to $2,543 in 2024 — up 26% from the previous year, according to Bankrate. Factors such as longer repair times and more expensive rental car costs are resulting in rising prices, according to a report by

Mar 24, 2024, 06:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With Lewis Hamilton retiring early and George Russell crashing out late, Mercedes suffered their first double ‘Did Not Finish’ (DNF) at a Formula One race in over five years at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, piling on yet more early season gloom. Seven-time world champion

Nico De Pasquale Photography | Moment | Getty Images So-called connected cars, vehicles equipped with internet access, are becoming the norm, and their proliferation is sounding the alarm for consumer data privacy advocates. By 2030, more than 95% of the passenger cars sold are likely to have embedded connectivity, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research.

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 23, 2024, 04:40 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has dropped from third to sixth on the Australian Grand Prix grid after being penalised for impeding Nico Hulkenberg during qualifying. Hulkenberg encountered Perez’s

President Joe Biden speaks at the United Auto Workers political convention at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2024. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — The Biden administration’s decision to ease its timeline for all-electric vehicle adoption and give automakers more ways to meet new tailpipe emissions standards is expected

Mar 23, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mercedes endured their worst qualifying session of the season at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, leaving seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton crushed and team boss Toto Wolff seeing no hope of catching Red Bull in the short term. Hamilton was eliminated in Q2 to qualify

The SpaceX logo is shown on a Falcon 9 rocket as it is prepared for launch to carry NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2024. Joe Skipper |

Mar 22, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sebastian Vettel retired from the sport at the end of the 2022 season. Getty Retired four-times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel is getting back behind the wheel to test a Porsche Penske Le Mans hypercar in Spain next week. The world endurance team said Vettel, a

In this article STLAM-IT TSLA F GM BYDDY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A BYD Seagull small electric car is on display during the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images LIVONIA, Mich. – A small electric vehicle is

Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — America’s Logan Sargeant will take no part in the Australian Grand Prix after Williams sacrificed his chassis for teammate Alex Albon, who damaged his own beyond repair on Friday. The controversial call followed Albon’s heavy crash in opening practice. Albon walked away unhurt but his car suffered extensive damage,

Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images After a year full of supply shortages and climbing borrowing costs, 2024 is shaping up to be a better time to buy a car. The average transaction price for a new car in the U.S. last month was $47,244, down 2.2% from February 2023. That’s also down 5.4% from

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 21, 2024, 03:44 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has said it is becoming increasingly difficult for fans to trust Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, adding that its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has never had

In this article VOW-DE VOW3-DE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Audi SQ6 e-tron SUV. Audi Audi on Monday revealed its new all-electric Q6 e-tron SUV, the first production vehicle on its next-generation electric vehicle architecture. The Volkswagen-owned luxury carmaker says the new “Premium Platform Electric” opens up new levels of technology for Audi,

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMar 21, 2024, 05:17 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — After weeks of speculation over Max Verstappen’s future at Red Bull, the reigning champion has said he intends to see out his contract until the end of 2028. Tensions

Angela Chao attends the AFI Awards Luncheon at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison | Getty Images Texas authorities on Wednesday released the findings of their investigation of the drowning death in February of Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao after she accidentally drove

Open Extended Reactions F1 Academy boss Susie Wolff has filed a criminal complaint over the FIA’s short-lived investigation into her and husband Toto last year. Motor racing’s governing body last year announced an investigation over an alleged conflict of interest between Susie and Toto Wolff, boss of the Mercedes F1 team. – Unlapped: How to

In this article VOW3-DE VOWB-FF VOW-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bentley Continental GTC Speed in Kingfisher. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Bentley Motors is pushing back its plans to exclusively offer all-electric vehicles by the end of this decade due to changing market conditions and a delay in its first EV. CEO Adrian Hallmark

The business of tires has historically been marked by tight competition, low growth and slow margins. The total market value has remained around $50 billion in the past few years, and the overall market grows at a rate of about 2% per year, according to consultancy AlixPartners. But electric vehicles are presenting a whole new set

Mar 19, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly is veering off the track and into the football world after investing in French third division club FC Versailles. “I’m delighted to be joining FC Versailles because I’ve always wanted to get involved in professional football,” said Gasly, who drives for

A Ferrari is parked outside the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of Ferrari Automotive Company’s IPO on October 21, 2015 in New York City. Andrew Burton | Getty Images Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna promised on Tuesday that the luxury carmaker’s new electric vehicle will offer drivers the same roar as its historic combustion engines.

In this article ZE594-CN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship are seen stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on February 8, 2024. STR | AFP | Getty Images In the race against Tesla for the

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMar 18, 2024, 12:56 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Drivers saw extreme tire wear during Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Everyone has tried

Mar 16, 2024, 05:56 PM ET The Red Bull Formula One employee who accused team boss Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour has lodged an appeal after her complaint was dismissed, the BBC and the PA news agency reported. The move is likely to keep the subject as a major talking point in Formula One and

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Norway has had massive success with EV adoption — 82% of new cars sold in the country in 2023 were electric, according to the Norwegian Road Federation. This high adoption rate can be attributed to the generous subsidies the Scandinavian country has offered to electric