By Joey Klender Posted on January 7, 2022 Tesla will raise the price of the Full Self-Driving suite by $2,000, bringing the price to $12,000 effective on January 17. The price revision was announced by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who shared details on the decision via Twitter. “Tesla FSD price rising to $12k on January
8:10 AM ET New year, new rules, new look. After one of the most exciting seasons in its history, Formula One is due to make one of the biggest regulatory shake ups for decades. Why change the regulations? The overhaul of Formula One’s technical regulations for 2022 is so extensive that it’s easier to list
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 GMC Sierra 2500HD? What does it compare to? The 2022 GMC Sierra Heavy Duty lives up to its billing with serious capability for those who need it the most. Shop it against the nearly identical Chevrolet Silverado HD as well as the Ford Super Duty, Ram Heavy Duty,
Demand for the F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck has proven to be through the roof, with Ford even announcing they would be ramping up production just to keep up. As a result of this though, some Ford dealerships feel they can impose additional conditions to the Lightning’s ordering process to profit off that demand. However,
People look at BMW’s iX Flow prototype at the BMW booth during the CES tech show, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in Las Vegas. The iX Flow is a system that replaces regular car paint with with E Ink technology that allows the car to change color and design. Joe Buglewicz | AP BMW doesn’t want
Mercedes-Benz sold 2.05 million passenger vehicles globally in 2021, losing its crown as the world’s top-selling luxury brand to BMW. It’s the first time in five years that the BMW brand has outsold Mercedes. Sales of Mercedes brand passenger cars fell 5 percent to 2.05 units last year, parent Daimler said Friday. Volume slumped by
Carl Icahn has reached an agreement with auto supplier Dana Inc. that gives the activist investor two seats on the board. Its shares jumped 2.2 percent in early trading. The axle and powertrain parts supplier will temporarily expand its board to 12 members to make room for Icahn’s directors — his son Brett Icahn and
Cadillac’s vision for the future is a reputation based on the experience of the journey rather than the vehicle itself. “We were designing cars, but now we design experiences,” Frank Saucedo, director of General Motors’ Advanced Design Studio in California, told Automotive News. “The technology is making this [customer] experience basically effortless.” Cadillac showcased the
The all-electric Rivian R1T is one of the most innovative electric vehicles on the market and the guys over at CarWow recently traveled to the U.S. to check it out in person. Ever since customer deliveries of the market’s first electric pickup began, the vehicle has been widely praised by owners and the media alike.
Black ice is nothing to play around with, as even the most skilled drivers can be caught off guard by its unpredictability. A prime example of this is what happened on one New Jersey highway this past Wednesday, where icy roads led to a series of two accidents that resulted in a 65-car pileup. The
Getty Images The RAC has accused petrol retailers of ripping off motorists by refusing to pass on wholesale price cuts. The motoring organisation said unleaded petrol fell by 2p a litre, but should have come down by 12p. It estimated drivers were overcharged by £5m a day in December as retailers made an average of
In this article HUM RIVN BIRD GS CRWD CAG Rivian electric trucks are seen parked near the Nasdaq MarketSite building in Times Square on November 10, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Here are the stocks making headlines on Wall Street in midday trading. Humana — Shares of the insurance
Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA), the new car company started by McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray, is just weeks out from revealing a follow up to its T.50 supercar. The new supercar is expected to go by the name T.33, a trademark for which was registered by GMA with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last
Volkswagen Group plans to unveil the ID Buzz, an electric iteration of its iconic hippie-era microbus, on March 9. CEO Herbert Diess announced the date Thursday in a Twitter post that sketched out the contours of the new design, which draws on the lines of the original model. VW’s original microbus — the colorful, bread
Power management company Eaton Corp. said Tuesday that it finalized a deal to acquire Royal Power Solutions for $600 million in a bid to expand its electric vehicle supply chain business. Royal Power Solutions is an electric connectivity components company whose parts are used primarily in EVs. The acquisition will allow Eaton’s eMobility team to
The U.S. Department of Transportation has set six guiding principles for balancing the federal government’s role with ongoing innovation in the transportation sector. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg unveiled the principles Thursday during a virtual keynote at CES. “As policymakers, we have to prioritize,” Buttigieg said. “We need to assess which important innovations will develop
After sharing its quarterly deliveries to cap off 2021, General Motors revealed just how rough of a Q4 it had in terms of EV deliveries. While the legacy automaker has recently unveiled several new and exciting EVs to come, GM’s current EV output is quite nominal, opening the door for rival Ford to carry its
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has long been the gold standard by which luxury cars are judged. An automobile for diplomats, tycoons, the famous and the infamous. A luxobarge that announces to the world that you’ve made it while simultaneously enveloping its occupants in cosseting luxury. At least, that’s true of every generation, bar the fourth. Produced
What kind of car is the 2022 Jaguar F-Type? What does it compare to? The F-Type inherited Jaguar’s sports-car title from the old XK, but it’s much more a precision piece of hardware, more akin to a 911 than to the XK’s SL. Sold in coupe and convertible forms, the F-Type rivals today’s 911 and
The owners of some Honda and Acura vehicles made between 2004 and 2012 may have woken up to find something odd on January 1. Their cars might have been hit by the Year2022, aka Y2K22, software bug that makes their vehicle believe it’s the year 2002. Although that seems like a small issue, owners are
Reuters US car giant General Motors has lost its title as America’s top car seller for the first time in 90 years. Japan’s Toyota claimed the top spot, selling more than 2.3 million vehicles last year, up 10%. GM said its sales, which fell 13%, were hurt by the widespread shortage of semiconductor parts that
DETROIT – General Motors made several announcements at the CES technology show Wednesday that investors should take note of – specifically its future plans for electric and autonomous vehicles. GM CEO Mary Barra, who was one of the event’s headliners, unveiled the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup that’s expected to go on sale next year
PARIS — BMW has signed a deal with Faurecia to use the supplier’s Aptoide Automotive App Store in future vehicles, both cars and motorcycles. Aptoide is a scalable platform that allows over-the-air updates and new apps to be added. Faurecia and Aptoide, an independent Android app store platform, created a joint venture in 2019 to
Startup company Battery Resourcers plans to open a recycling plant for lithium-ion batteries in Georgia this year, as automakers shifting to EVs drive up demand for the energy-storage devices. Battery Resourcers will invest $43 million in the facility and expects it to be fully operational in August, the Worcester, Mass., company said in a statement
In November 2021, Chinese automaker GAC announced the Plus version of its Aion LX electric crossover, promising an NEDC range of up to 1,008 km (625 miles). Now, GAC Aion (the new energy vehicle subsidiary of GAC Group) reconfirmed the impressive range at the start of sales of the Aion LX Plus in China. Offered
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Dodge Charger? What does it compare to? The Dodge Charger is the last of its breed, a mid-priced, rear-wheel-drive Detroit-bred (if Canadian-built) full-size sedan. As the final holdout, it doesn’t have any real rivals, though the Chrysler 300 offers similar size with a little more luxury, and you
We can’t think of many things worse than losing a wheel while you’re driving along but losing a wheel while performing donuts in a modified Chevrolet Monte Carlo in front of a crowd of spectators is certainly enough to leave anyone red faced. This is exactly what happened to the owner of a Monte Carlo
Getty Images Sales of electric vehicles soared last year, but the market as a whole failed to recover from the Covid pandemic. More electric cars were registered in 2021 than in the previous five years combined, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Yet the industry body said much more investment is
In this article AMZN RIVN STLA-IT Stellantis announced on January 5, 2022, a major partnership with Amazon to connect its vehicles, including using the US giant’s AWS servers and its Alexa voice command system. Marco Bertorello | AFP | Getty Images Stellantis, the automaker formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, said Wednesday that Amazon will provide
Volvo on Wednesday announced the new self-driving system Ride Pilot at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show underway in Las Vegas. Ride Pilot is described as a hands-off, eyes-off system, meaning a driver will be free to do other things when the system is activated, like writing a text or checking email from behind the wheel.