TOKYO — Nissan and Renault are working well together to sign a final agreement about the reshaping of their alliance and are confident that a deal will be reached soon, Nissan said in a statement on Friday. The automaker was responding to an earlier report by Japanese news agency Jiji which said that the final
Month: March 2023
4:28 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Just three months in to his first year away from the Formula One grid, Daniel Ricciardo is already eyeing a return to a race drive next season. When McLaren decided to replace Ricciardo with Oscar Piastri at the end of the 2022 season, the 33-year-old Australian was left with
NASCAR Fines Daniel Suarez $50,000 For Intentionally Ramming Drivers On Pit Lane | Carscoops The crashes were apparently in retribution for being knocked out of contention for a top five finish by Sebastien Bell March 30, 2023 at 19:46 by Sebastien Bell NASCAR handed driver Daniel Suarez what it described as a behavioral penalty following
Ford CEO Jim Farley’s total compensation fell slightly in 2022 to $20,996,146, according to the company’s annual proxy statement. Compensation for four of Ford’s top five named executives dipped from the prior year, largely because they received fewer incentives. Doug Field, Ford’s chief advanced product development and technology officer, was the lone named executive whose
Self-driving technology company Waymo will retire its fleet of Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans, the vehicular flag-bearers for the nation’s first autonomous ride-hailing service. Waymo said Thursday it will replace the vans used in its metro Phoenix ride-hailing service by increasing its deployment of Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicles. The transition will occur in a matter of
A driver operates a Daimler Freightliner eCascadia all-electric semitruck during a Meijer delivery in Bath, Michigan, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it’s granting California the legal authority to require that half of all heavy-duty truck sales in the state be
Round three of the 2023 Formula One World Championship takes place this weekend in Melbourne, Australia. The Australian Grand Prix in its current format takes place at Albert Park Circuit, a street circuit that has been on the F1 calendar since 1996. It received a slightly modified layout last season to speed up corners and
MotorTrend’s Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Tesla Chief Designer – Franz von Holzhausen! Franz tells us about his path to Tesla, designer challenges, the prototype reveal in 2009, MotorTrend giving the Model S “Car of the Year” in 2013, his eureka moment, over-the-air updates, the genesis of the Cybertruck, building toward a sustainable
By William Johnson Posted on March 30, 2023 In a letter to the NHTSA, Ford announced that it is abandoning its petition that would allow it to operate autonomous vehicles without physical human controls. Autonomous vehicle technology has grown in popularity since the launch of Tesla’s suite of autonomous driving offerings. Now, countless automakers, including
KG Mobility, the South Korean automaker formerly known as SsangYong Motor before going through bankruptcy, is seeking to revive its fortunes with a $30,000 full-electric SUV. The carmaker Thursday unveiled four new vehicles at the Seoul Mobility Show, including the Torres EVX, its first electric car since conglomerate KG Group bought a majority stake in the
9:20 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The FIA has clarified the rules around penalties being served at pit stops so as to avoid a repeat of the confusion over Fernando Alonso’s podium finish in Saudi Arabia. Alonso finished third on track in Saudi Arabia, but received a 10-second penalty after the podium ceremony — demoting
YouTuber Mr. Beast In Hot Water For Tipping Waitress A Branded Car | Carscoops The famous YouTuber gave a waitress a Toyota Corolla as a tip by Stephen Rivers March 30, 2023 at 21:18 by Stephen Rivers Typically when one person gives another person a car as a gift it’s seen as an unquestionably lovely
Tesla Inc. is looking to build a battery plant in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would likely be a controversial arrangement with China’s dominant electric-vehicle battery manufacturer. The EV maker discussed plans involving Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. with the White House in recent days, said the people, who
DETROIT — Stellantis looks to generate more revenue through vehicle software in the years ahead, but consumers don’t have to worry about the automaker charging for basic amenities such as heated seats. Any premium services coming from Stellantis will provide additional value, said Mamatha Chamarthi, Stellantis’ chief business growth officer, software experience. The company expects
In this article NKLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT U.S. Nikola’s logo is pictured at an event held to present CNH’s new full-electric and Hydrogen fuel-cell battery trucks in partnership with U.S. Nikola event in Turin, Italy, December 3, 2019. Massimo Pinca | Reuters Electric heavy-truck maker Nikola said on Thursday that it plans
Tesla is rumored to be planning a new battery factory to produce LFP cells in the US with China’s CATL, the world’s biggest battery manufacturer. Over the last few years, CEO Elon Musk has said multiple times that Tesla plans to shift more electric cars to LFP batteries in order to overcome nickel and cobalt supply
SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy — Lamborghini is adopting a cautious stance toward e-fuels, in contrast to its competitors Ferrari and Porsche, who see them as a way to continue to market internal-combustion engine cars in Europe after 2035, when the EU will allow only zero-emission vehicles to be sold. Stephan Winkelmann, the chairman and CEO of
12:06 PM ET In his 17th full-time season in the Cup Series, Denny Hamlin is still searching for that elusive first championship. Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images You can hate Denny Hamlin all you want. If you are a NASCAR fan, you can boo him. If you are a fellow NASCAR competitor, you can feud
Shift Happens: Manual Gearbox Thwarts Teen Carjackers’ Plans To Steal Subaru WRX | Carscoops The failed carjacking attempt at a Maryland gas station was caught on video by Thanos Pappas March 30, 2023 at 13:35 by Thanos Pappas While carjacking is never acceptable, it’s certainly not a smart move to attempt it without knowing how
Getty Images By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News The UK’s car sector could disappear unless the government follows the US and EU in helping with the switch to electric, an industry veteran warned. It was “probable” car firms would leave the UK without a huge subsidy package similar to the billions of support the
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. announced that it’s started producing electric vehicles following years of turmoil and more than $3 billion spent. The company celebrated the milestone with a live-streamed event where it showed off a vehicle body built by a supplier outside its Hanford, California, plant. Faraday started assembling the rest of the vehicle
WASHINGTON — Ford Motor Co. has withdrawn its petition to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles without traditional driving controls or features on U.S. roads, an unpublished federal document shows. In the notice, which is scheduled to be published Friday, NHTSA said Ford has withdrawn its July 2021 request for a temporary exemption from
In this article F F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford F-150 Lightning trucks manufactured at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn Michigan. Courtesy: Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor said that it has resumed full production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup following a February battery fire — and that it’s once again
The Porsche Taycan is about to come in for an update, as evidenced by camouflaged prototypes spotted in the wild. The fully electric Taycan first arrived as a sedan for the 2020 model year and spawned the Cross Turismo soft-roader and Sport Turismo wagon body styles for 2021 and 2022, respectively. The complete updated range
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American luxury RV maker Bowlus will transition its entire lineup of camping trailers to all-electric, thus becoming the first fully electric RV company, as shown in a recent press release. Bowlus introduced the first lithium-powered RV that could power air conditioning in 2016 and launched its first electric RV, the Volterra, in August of last
Geely will include eight powertrain plants in China and one in Sweden in its future combustion engine joint venture with Renault and Saudi Aramco, two sources close to the matter said. Code-named “Horse” by Renault and “Rubik” by China’s Geely, the JV was signed in November last year to develop more efficient gasoline engines and
1:45 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Sainz says Ferrari is currently experiencing one of its toughest moments since he joined the team in 2021. Sainz finished fourth and sixth at the opening two rounds of the season, while teammate Charles Leclerc retired from the Bahrain Grand Prix and was seventh in Saudi Arabia after
2023 GR Corolla Owner Experiences Catastrophic Engine Failure, Toyota Foots $32,000 Bill | Carscoops That includes part of a piston exiting the engine and a hole in the transfer case by Stephen Rivers March 29, 2023 at 19:34 by Stephen Rivers When things go bad in an engine it often results in an issue that
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin said he’s prepared for a fight over how the U.S. Treasury Department might interpret battery production and critical mineral sourcing rules in the Inflation Reduction Act’s consumer tax credit for new electric vehicles. “I think they’re going to try to screw me on this,” Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, said
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