In this article RIVN A Rivian R1T electric pickup truck during the company’s IPO outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Rivian Automotive, an electric vehicle start-up that went public through a blockbuster IPO last month, hit a new low Friday
Toyota held a presentation this week where it announced plans to launch 30 electric vehicles across the Toyota and Lexus brands by 2030. We got a first look at more than a dozen of the new EVs, one of which was a Lexus supercar with styling inspired by the LFA. Toyota Sports EV A Toyota
Mercedes-Benz has reached agreement with its European dealers to transition to an agency model, in which customers would buy directly from the automaker rather than the dealer, the brand said Friday. The agreement with the European Association of Mercedes-Benz Dealers, or FEAC, creates a framework to introduce the change, which would affect passenger cars and
If auto factory investments were hobbled in 2020 by COVID-19-related fears and global business uncertainties, 2021 could be called the year when automakers made up for lost time. The auto industry came out of its pandemic doldrums, spending money with a vengeance to create new manufacturing capacity and jockeying for position in electric products. The
AUSTIN, Texas — DHL Supply Chain has placed a U.S. order for 100 trucks equipped with TuSimple‘s self-driving technology and manufactured by Navistar to further expand its understanding of driverless trucks in its supply chain. DHL, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, in a statement said that while the partnership was currently in its infant
IN THE PIT takes you behind the scenes with the drivers of 3GT racing. EPISODE 4 follows legendary racer Scott Pruett as he leads the 3GT racing team in their first IMSA racing season in the Lexus RC F. We get an inside look at how Scott mentors his teammates, his commitment to his family
5:58 AM ET ESPN News Services Al Unser Sr., a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and three-time champion in what is now the IndyCar Series, Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Indianapolis Motor Speedway said early Friday that Unser died at his home in Chama, New Mexico, with his wife, Susan, by
Right now, the Ford Bronco is a hot commodity that routinely sells for more than its sticker price. This has some owners considering their options and one of them is Nick Hodges, who is a member of the Bronco 6th Gen Facebook group. Curious to see how much his Bronco was worth, Hodges reportedly took
Nio’s et5 electric sedan is set to begin deliveries in Sept. 2022. Nio BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio revealed Saturday a new sedan and custom augmented reality (AR) glasses that reduce the need for in-car screens. Augmented reality is a technology for imposing digital images over the real, physical world. For cars, the
Louis Desanges, the president of the 126-year-old Automobile Club de France, found himself in a bit of a bind in 2019. Carlos Ghosn had resigned as CEO of Renault following his arrest in Tokyo, and later that year the car company had named Clotilde Delbos as interim CEO. Desanges’s club has traditionally extended honorary memberships
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, Riverside Dodge -Chrysler -Jeep-Ram in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, began offering unlimited sick days to its employees. The message to employees was simple: If you’re feeling sick, stay home. Don’t feel like you have to come into work because you’ll miss out on pay, and risk spreading COVID-19 in the
DeepRoute.ai — an autonomous technology startup based in China — is mapping out a strategy in the U.S. market centered on deploying self-driving medium-duty trucks to make commercial deliveries at night. The plan, explains founder and CEO Maxwell Zhou, seeks to address two primary issues in the commercial delivery sector: the logistical efficiency of deliveries
5:59 AM ET Red Bull’s Max Verstappen collected his Formula One world champion’s trophy at a gala awards ceremony on Thursday and looked forward to fighting seven times title-holder Lewis Hamilton again next season. His Mercedes rival, beaten this year on the last lap of the last race, did not attend the event at the
The 2022 Kia Niro is a frugal choice that brims with practicality and, in many configurations, value. What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Kia Niro? What does it compare to? The 2022 Kia Niro is a small hybrid that delivers excellent fuel economy and offers up a spacious cargo area. It’s a Toyota Prius
Those in the market for a used 2022 Land Rover Defender that won’t break the bank are in luck as that’s exactly what we have found here. There is a slight caveat, however. Viewed from the passenger-side front three-quarter angle, you could be excused for thinking this is a regular Defender 90 that simply needs
If you still use a gas-powered leaf blower, or just don’t have one at all yet, then Greenworks’ 40V model is a great buy all around. Delivering a cordless experience, you won’t need to drag an extension cable behind you while cleaning up. Right now, this cordless leaf blower is on sale for $103, making
Cruise Automation COO Dan Kan (l to r), Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt and General Motors President Dan Ammann Tuesday, November, 20, 2018 at Cruise Automation offices in San Francisco, California. Source: Noah Berger | General Motors DETROIT – General Motors has been mum about the abrupt departure Thursday of Dan Ammann, the CEO of
We detailed Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2022 nominees, Hagerty outlined the class of 2022, and Toyota unveiled a dozen EV concepts. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. After announcing the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2022 nominees at the start of the week, we began diving into why
Harald Kroeger, who has led some of the most technology-intense initiatives at Robert Bosch, will leave the supplier at the end of the year. Kroeger, 54, is responsible for systems integration in the Mobility Solutions business sector, cross domain computing solutions, chassis systems control, automotive electronics, steering and two-wheeler/powersports at the supplier. He is leaving
Lexus may be behind other luxury brands when it comes to getting full-electric vehicles into its U.S. showrooms, but when the first of at least four new EVs arrives late next year, the brand will rely heavily on its dealer network to catch up with — and perhaps overtake — its competitors. Lexus has been
Intel Corp. autonomous driving unit Mobileye is piloting a robotaxi service in Paris that’s ferrying employees of one of the French capital’s most famous department stores to work. The challenges of navigating Parisian traffic will help speed up the development of Mobileye’s self-driving system, said Johann Jungwirth, a company vice president. “It will certainly help
Everyone knows that if you want to put 40-inch tires on a Toyota, you need to cut out the independent front suspension and put in a solid axle. But Fred Williams and Dave Chappelle have other plans. They want to see just what it takes to stuff massive tires on an IFS truck. #DirtEveryDay #4Runner
7:48 AM ET Mohammed Ben Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to Jean Todt as the first non-European president of motorsport’s world governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Friday. The 60-year-old Dubai-born former rally driver was standing against British lawyer Graham Stoker, who has been Todt’s deputy president
What kind of car is the 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5? What does it compare to? The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq is a four-door electric hatchback that’s being marketed as an electric SUV. It offers more than 300 miles of range in some versions and arrives to an increasingly competitive cohort including the Tesla Model Y, Ford
BrightDrop, GM’s electric delivery and logistics unit, today delivered the first five of 500 EV600 electric vans ordered by FedEx. Adding all-electric vehicles to the FedEx fleet is an important step in the company’s goal to operate an all-electric, zero-emission global pick-up and delivery (PUD) fleet by 2040. “The delivery of the first BrightDrop EV600s
Production is now set to begin at the former Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, less than two years after GM announced the massive $2.2 billion investment to fully renovate the facility to build a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors DETROIT – General Motors is beginning to ship its GMC
FRANKFURT — China is pressuring supplier Continental to stop using components made in Lithuania, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, amid a dispute between Beijing and the Baltic state over the status of Taiwan. The Chinese government, which views self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania last month after the
Rivian Automotive Inc. said it expects to fall short of its annual production target as the EV maker gave investors the first look at its operations as a public company. The EV startup will be “a few hundred vehicles short” of its goal to produce 1,200 units by the end of the year, according to
A vehicle operated by self-driving tech company Waymo struck a pedestrian in the road Wednesday night in San Francisco. A human safety driver was operating the vehicle, an electric Jaguar I-Pace, in manual mode at the time of the collision, according to a Waymo spokesperson, who further said the vehicle had been in manual mode
Among the many impressive selling points for the upcoming 2022 GMC Hummer EV – its size, its power, its speed – the automaker has been advertising its wealth of features. Things like the Crab Mode have caught headlines, as have driving modes like Watts to Freedom Mode, and more. It’s all evidence of how much