By Eric Ralph Posted on September 9, 2021 SpaceX and Middle Eastern satcom provider Yahsat have announced a contract to launch the company’s next-generation Thuraya 4-NGS satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket in the second half of 2023. Apparently falling between the cracks, SpaceX also reportedly won a contract in July to launch a South
In this article .FKRX300 GM Signage stands on display outside the General Motors Co. Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan, U.S., on Friday, March 22, 2019. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors is extending downtime at a Michigan plant that produces its Chevrolet Bolt EV as it works with
British coachbuilder Radford has been revived, and its first modern project is a retro sports car inspired by the Lotus Type 62. The sports car is also based on a modern Lotus, specifically the Evora. It’s known as the Lotus Type 62-2 coach-built by Radford, and on Wednesday Radford revealed a new flagship variant packing
Rivian is coming out with the first to market EV pickup truck. How does it drive compared to its internal combustion rivals? Get our first drive impressions right here. ➡️ https://bit.ly/2WGEKXt #Rivian #R1T #MotorTrend MotorTrend is the ultimate streaming destination for gearheads coupled with the latest automotive research and news. Get a fast, simple, and
Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. Through Oct. 11, the 25 winners will be featured. The Rising Star for Autonomous & Automated Driving is Syed Shahrukh Kazmi, who is customer chief engineer at Aptiv. For his full profile click here. The 2021 Rising Stars winners were honored on Sept.
Volkswagen U.K. together with CJL Leisure Vehicles has completed the construction of a one-of-a-kind T6.1 Transporter for Alan Murchison, a Michelin-star chef who works in support of the Canyon/SRAM UCI Women’s World Tour cycling team. “In order to travel across Europe supporting professional athletes, I need a vehicle that is suitable for long-distance travel in
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. will extend downtime at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo., to a fourth-straight week due to the ongoing global semiconductor shortage. The automaker informed employees Wednesday that both the truck and van sides of the plant will be shuttered until Sept. 20. Workers there build the bestselling F-150
MUNICH — German supplier giant Continental is counting on the launch of a new business unit dedicated to autonomous mobility to help it become more nimble and more attractive to tech startups it wants to partner with. The creation will also help make Continental’s push deeper into emerging technologies more visible to outsiders and investors,
In this article 9868-HK GUANGZHOU, China — For the foreseeable future, Chinese electric car start-up XPeng is trying to boost its sales in the world’s largest auto market. But the Guangzhou, China-based company is also exploring areas including robotics and flying cars, which could play a role in its longer-term goals. In an interview with
MUNICH — Semiconductor supplier Qualcomm is open to working with foundries in Europe if incentive programs to boost automotive chip production on the continent attract the right partners, CEO Cristiano Amon said. Foundries in Europe are now geared towards mass production of semiconductors, Amon told Reuters at the IAA car show in Munich, but there
Anyone who’s been lucky enough to drive a classic Lamborghini Miura knows they have a more, shall we say, agricultural feel than the company’s modern supercars. But maybe that’s only right given the company’s founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, was already famous for his tractors long before he put his name to a car. We’re not much
The Malaysian semiconductor firm Unisem will shut some plants for seven days after three employees died recently from COVID-19, dealing a fresh blow to the chip supplies that carmakers and other companies rely on. The company said it will close Ipoh plants in the state of Perak until Sept. 15 to curb the spread of
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 5G networks will not completely change the game for autonomous vehicles, but they will make self-driving technology more robust and widespread. Whether they use 4G LTE or 5G, AVs are connected vehicles and regularly communicate basic safety information, such as vehicle position and driving patterns — an aggressive braking incident, for
With fall on the horizon, you might be picking out vacation spots to go see the colors change before it gets too cold. If that’s the case, and you’re wanting to be able to stay off-grid for a while, solar is the way to go when it comes to powering your campsite or RV. Today,
Floodwater surrounds vehicles following heavy rain on an expressway in Brooklyn, New York. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images Anyone who considers buying a used car in the upcoming months may want to be extra-cautious. As storm-ravaged areas take stock of the destruction left by Hurricane Ida, thousands of flooded cars are expected to
A prototype for Volkswagen’s redesigned Amarok mid-size pickup truck due in 2022 has been spotted for the first time. It was snapped undergoing testing at Ford’s main test site in Dearborn, Michigan. Some readers will recall that VW’s Volkswagen Group parent in 2019 said it was working on a handful of joint projects with Ford,
Intel will dedicate production at its plant in Ireland for the manufacture of chips for automakers as the company pushes into a growing market currently buffeted by shortages that have crippled vehicle production. The U.S.-based chipmaker has a facility in County Kildare in Ireland that has been used for manufacturing its mainstay computer processors. Intel
A dark blue Tesla Model Y has been badly damaged after it was driven into a warehouse at high speed in Orlando, Florida. Video shared to YouTube shows a group of young men driving the Model Y in an industrial area. Immediately before the crash, one of the friends in a red T-shirt hops into
Ford Motor Co. is hiring the head of Apple Inc.’s car project away from the iPhone maker. The automaker said Tuesday that it’s bringing on Doug Field, who’s been a vice president in Apple’s special projects group. Field was a top engineer at Tesla Inc. between two stints at Apple and played a major role
The 2022 Audi RS E-Tron GT is an impressive EV on the road, but can it perform as well as Audi says it can where it counts? We put the RS E-Tron GT through our 70-mph highway range test in the 100-degree California desert weather. We then hook it up to a 350-kW charging station
In this article F AAPL Ford Motor Co. displays a new 2021 Ford F-150 pickup truck at the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, September 17, 2020. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – Ford Motor has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer, the company announced
MUNICH — Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess is optimistic that there are sufficient funds, internal or external, to pull off its ambitious plan to build six large battery factories across Europe with partners by the end of the decade. “The required capital is available in the market. Northvolt has shown this,” Diess said on the
An autopsy report has revealed that one of the two victims in a deadly Tesla Model S crash where no one was behind the wheel had a blood-alcohol level exceeding the legal driving limit. Per Reuters, according to the report by Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, William Varner had 0.151 g/100mL of alcohol in
Solid Power, a maker of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, is expanding its factory outside Denver to scale production so it can deliver test cells to Ford Motor Co. and BMW in early 2022. The startup, which counts both carmakers as investors, is building a new facility at the Colorado site to increase output of sulfide-based
By Eric Ralph Posted on September 7, 2021 For the second time in five weeks, SpaceX has rolled Starship’s first orbital-class Super Heavy booster from its Starbase factory to the launch pad ahead of a challenging and multifaceted test campaign. Deemed Super Heavy Booster 4 or B4, the 69m (~225 ft) tall rocket first rolled
In this article 7267.T-JP 7203.T-JP BMW-DE The Hyundai Xcient Fuel Cell truck on display during the 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center on November 5, 2020 in Shanghai, China. Zhang Hengwei | China News Service | Getty Images The Hyundai Motor Group plans to develop hydrogen fuel cell
Hyundai on Tuesday laid out its fuel-cell strategy for the next two decades, and included in the plans is a sports car being developed in partnership with Rimac. Hyundai and Rimac first announced plans to jointly develop a sports car in 2019, and now we have the first details on the project. The announcement of
The executives chosen as 2021 Automotive News Europe Eurostars set themselves apart by exceeding expectations in a very challenging year. Frank Klein, president of Magna Steyr, is this year’s Eurostar winner for Supplier Division Head. For his full profile please click here. Automotive News Europe and Capgemini Invent will honor a new winner each weekday
A video has been posted online showing someone stealing a brand new Chevrolet C8 Corvette Stingray right out of a dealership. This footage was shared to the C8 Corvette and Friends page on Facebook and shows a salesman next to the sports car. Apparently, the individual behind the wheel was just about to get a
BMW’s i Vision Circular concept previews “a sustainable car of the future,” CEO Oliver Zipse said. The concept is built almost entirely from recyclable materials, Zipse said at the car’s unveiling at the IAA Munich auto show on Monday. The four-seat electric car shows the automaker’s mindset when it comes to sustainable mobility, Zipse said.