Month: February 2022

TOKYO — Toyota said it will suspend all domestic factory operations on Tuesday losing around 13,000 cars after one a company supplying plastic parts and electronic component was hit by a suspected cyberattack. No information was immediately available about who was behind the attack or the motive. The attack comes just after Japan joined Western
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8:36 AM ET Ukraine’s motor racing federation has asked Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, to ban all Russian and Belarusian drivers amid the ongoing war in its country. If the request is accepted it would prevent Russian driver Nikita Mazepin from racing for Haas in F1. Russian military invasion of Ukraine has caused widespread
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BRIMLEY, Mich. — Magna International Inc. seeks to maintain its position as the industry electrifies and becomes more connected. The supplier says its ability to offer complete systems to automakers, not just individual components, will be a key differentiator as it looks to do so.“Having different systems come together and how well they interact with
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Oklahoma-based Classic Recreations has unveiled some stunning carbon-fiber bodied Mustangs in the recent past, and now it’s giving the Shelby Cobra the same treatment. Called the Diamond Edition in honor of Shelby American’s 60th anniversary, it reproduces the design of Shelby’s CSX Cobra replicas in beautiful carbon fiber. The body shell weighs just 88 pounds
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By Maria Merano Posted on February 27, 2022 A recent report from Germany suggests that Tesla Gigafactory Berlin’s final approval is expected to be released at the end of this week. A grand opening event, complete with the first deliveries of the Made-in-Germany Model Y, is reportedly being prepared as well.  The information was recently
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7:08 PM ET Associated Press CHANDLER, Ariz. — Robert Hight raced to his second straight Funny Car win to open the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, beating Matt Hagan on Sunday in the NHRA Arizona Nationals. In a matchup of two three-time season champions at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Hight had a
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Volvo Cars unveiled an ambitious product road map at its annual dealer meeting on Wednesday as the Swedish automaker accelerates toward an all-electric future. At the conference in Miami, attended by about 800 Volvo retailers from across the Americas, company executives laid out plans to introduce seven new and redesigned electrified models over the next
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5:29 AM ET Alfa Romeo has revealed a striking new take on its traditional Formula One colours for the new season. Alfa Romeo’s C42 car made its debut this week during F1’s first preseason test running a black and white camouflage livery. On Sunday it revealed its new look for the coming season. Alfa’s car
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An Israeli nanotechnology startup wants to supersize — and smarten — the conventional head-up display. Spectralics, which has drawn interest and investment from Volvo Cars, has developed a hardware development kit for imaging systems, with a novel thin optical film technology as one of its core components. When integrated into a vehicles’ windshield, the film
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Kiwibot’s semiautonomous sidewalk- delivery robots are set to roll around a lot more college campuses delivering food to students this year. The Miami-based company this month announced new business from Sodexo North America that, combined with existing Sodexo business, will total $20 million this year. Today, Kiwibot has 200 robots delivering Sodexo food on 10
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The original Tesla Roadster is quickly becoming a collector’s item. It’s estimated that, after several fires and accidents, only around 2,000 are still in existence. Given Tesla’s dramatic rise to the top of the automotive industry, prices for its first production car are now soaring. Gruber Motors, an independent service and sales company that specializes in
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5:32 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — Austin Cindric followed up his Daytona 500 victory by earning his first career pole in the NASCAR Cup series Saturday at Auto Club Speedway during a tumultuous debut for the new practice and qualifying format at intermediate tracks. Cindric posted the fastest average lap speed in his
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