YORK, England — What the world needs is more Pininfarina-styled two-seat convertibles, right? On the other side of the Atlantic, Ford believed this to be the case and created a very small yet very cool Pininfarina-designed convertible based on the Ford Ka, itself based on the Ford Fiesta Mk3. During my recent trip to the
By Joey Klender Posted on February 9, 2024 Tesla’s 2023 regulatory credits generated an additional $1.79 billion in revenue, according to its 10-K filed last week. The money Tesla makes due to other carmakers needing assistance to reach emissions standards continues to accumulate, and since 2009, it has made almost $9 billion in revenue because
We’re counting down the top 10 best Roadkill project cars of all time. Most of these cars have been with us for years and years, through breakdown after breakdown. Did your favorite make the list? 0:22 10. Crusher Camaro 1:48 9. Crusher Impala 3:34 8. Nascarlo 5:20 7. Vette Kart 7:10 6. Draguar 9:30 5.
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Millions of people have driven their Toyota to a shopping mall, but few have actually driven right through the middle of one. Toyota Gazoo Racing organized a drift race through a dead mall for a video to promote the 2022 GR86. Three frigid days of filming at the Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles, Ill., left
Jay Leno has driven a lot of cars but the Maserati MC20 supercar hits a sweet spot in his eyes. In this lengthy video review, the auto enthusiast and comedian highlights all of its best facets and reminds us how closely it’s linked to the brand’s history. Right from the get-go, Leno positions his own
BERLIN — Germany’s Sono Motors has signed up a new partner for its partly solar-powered cars and is sticking to its goal of commercial production in 2023, after abandoning talks with the electric carmaking arm of indebted Chinese property developer Evergrande. Sono said on Tuesday it will produce its first vehicles in Finland with supplier
Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled its third and final vehicle collaboration with the late Louis Vuitton fashion designer Virgil Abloh. While the previous collaborations were one offs, this is one is a limited-edition version of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class sedan that will actually go on sale. It will be available in the United States later this year
A list of all vehicles that were aboard the Felicity Ace, the transport ship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean following a fire, have surfaced (pun intended) thanks to an online data tracking website called importinfo.com. Sorting out all the information from the site shows that, along with all the vehicles you’d expect the Volkswagen
BERLIN — Volkswagen’s commercial vehicles division plans a full-electric vehicle based on the ID Buzz that will use self-driving technology. The vehicle would be significantly different from the ID Buzz, which VW is rolling out as a passenger van and light commercial vehicle, Carsten Intra, the head of the commercial vehicles unit, said in remarks
According to research teams and engineers at multiple US energy laboratories, the acceleration of EV adoption will not reach any sort of “tipping” point in which charging EVs will overwhelm the electrical grid. In fact, experts state that the entire industry is well aware of this imminent electrical load coming to the US grid and
Did Elon Musk break securities laws again? Former securities officials and professors said Tesla CEO Musk might have missed a key disclosure deadline when he bought 9 percent of Twitter. And Securities and Exchange Commission regulators could use any shortfall to try to punish Musk more for other lapses, some believe. Musk on Monday disclosed
The BMW i7 is a newcomer in the full-size electric sedan space, a segment currently dominated by brands like Mercedes-Benz, Lucid, and Tesla. But, Bavaria’s first big BEV brings technology, power, and poise to the party, even if it is a late arrival. BMW invited me to Munich to test the new i7 prototype (and
Group 1 Automotive Inc. has purchased a Toyota dealership in New Mexico from Asbury Automotive Group Inc. — a store Asbury had owned for just a few months. Group 1 said Monday that it bought Larry H. Miller Toyota Albuquerque on Friday, marking the public auto retailer’s 17th Toyota dealership in the U.S. It renamed
A teenage driver’s twister trouble has resulted in a new Chevrolet Silverado. When Riley Leon, 16, drove through a powerful tornado on his way home from a job interview last month, his red Silverado flipped multiple times before landing upright on the road and he drove to safety, according to media reports. Leon was not
Swedish electric-car maker Polestar has inked a deal with rental giant Hertz to supply up to 65,000 battery-powered vehicles. The five-year global deal should represent more than $3 billion of potential revenue for the EV startup, a source told Automotive News. While car rental companies typically demand significant discounts from automakers, Hertz is said to
The Geneva auto show will return in 2023, show organizers announced Monday. Dates for the revived auto show will be Tuesday, February 14, to Sunday, February 19, 2023, according to a Facebook post. The Geneva show was the first to be cancelled with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, shutting down in 2020 just days
Footage has emerged online of a Toyota Camry driver getting absolutely walloped by two wheels sent flying down the road by a crashing vehicle. Posted to Reddit’s popular IdiotsInCars sub, the video shows not only the misfortune of the Camry driver but the destructive power of wheels when they become unmoored from their vehicle. The
Qualcomm Inc. said Monday it completed its acquisition of Swedish tech supplier Veoneer’s Arriver software stack, giving the semiconductor giant a larger foothold in advanced driver-assistance technology. “Something like this positions us extremely well,” said Nakul Duggal, general manager of Qualcomm’s automotive business. “Traditionally, we’ve been a provider of silicon and software. But now, with
At 2014’s FR Shootout, we saw everything from the FR-S to the 370z to wickedly fast S2000’s all competing for the same thing – the fastest lap time of the day… period. From boosted to normally aspirated cars, key components like braking, suspension, and vehicle set up played a crucial role in getting a fast
By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 4, 2022 Last month, United States Labor Secretary Marty Walsh paid a visit to Gigafactory Texas to speak with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The official’s visit to Giga Texas was quite surprising considering the Biden administration’s reported reservations about the CEO. Reports of the visit simply mentioned that Musk
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk has built a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter Inc., a regulatory filing showed on Monday, sending the micro-blogging site’s shares soaring 24 percent in premarket trading as of 7 a.m. EDT. In late March the silicon valley billionaire said he was giving “serious thought” to building a new social media
KYMCO Chairman Allan Ko recently shared new plans from the company’s electric vehicle developments, including the debut of the KYMCO Ionex Smart Streetlights system. Once employed, the system would see connected streetlights and traffic lights in smart cities tied into the brand’s swappable EV battery stations. The Ionex brand is the Taiwan-based motorcycle maker KYMCO’s
TOKYO — After running the gauntlet through Japan’s justice system for the past three years, former Nissan director Greg Kelly was triumphantly escorted to the Tokyo airport last month by the U.S. ambassador to fly home to Tennessee. Kelly may now be back home, but he is hardly home free. The former human resources executive’s
Hyundai launched the Kona back in 2018 as a subcompact crossover based on a tweaked version of the i30 platform. A decade ago, a crossover like the Kona wouldn’t exist and people would simply buy the i30. Nowadays, people can’t get enough of SUVs and crossovers. So, the Kona came to be. But what about
Toyota reaffirmed its commitment to the UK after a newspaper reported it may halt making cars in the country because of government plans to shift more rapidly to fully electric vehicles. The Japanese automaker said it’s ready to sell only zero-emission cars and reiterated its view that hybrids have a role to play in the
A very early Ferrari LaFerrari test mule is headed to auction with RM Sotheby’s on May 14. Code-named M6, the test mule is based on a Ferrari 458 Italia that still looks largely stock on the outside. However, it features an early version of the LaFerrari’s hybrid powertrain, including a V-12 engine. This engine is
An Audi owner received an unexpected message on their infotainment system after they pushed a physical button on the dash for a feature they hadn’t purchased. Posted on r/mildlyinfuriating, the Audi Q4 E-Tron owner shared a video pushing the “Sync” button for the climate control, only to get a message on the infotainment screen that
As automakers build more electric vehicles, a lack of charging infrastructure continues to be a barrier for some shoppers. That concern has sparked some companies to offer EV charging solutions that sidestep complex hard-wired infrastructure challenges. Two of them, Renewable Innovations and SparkCharge, have different approaches in technology, but their missions are the same: Break
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