Electrical automobiles could be extremely quick and that applies to only about each physique model, together with vans. Ford says that its top-of-the-line, 580 hp and 775 lb-ft (1,050 Nm) F-150 Lightning Platinum has a producer projected 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time within the mid-4-second vary which is fairly fast. Now that it’s been independently
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The Hagerty Drivers Basis introduced that the 1952 Hudson Hornet “Fabulous Hudson Hornet” and the Chrysler Turbine Automotive have been inducted into the Nationwide Historic Car Register. They’re the thirty first and thirty second autos inducted into the Nationwide Historic Car Register, which is the one federally acknowledged program to doc the historic and cultural
A digicam has captured the second that race automotive driver Dominik Olbert crashed his KTM X-Bow GTX whereas competing in April’s Pöllauberg hillclimb occasion in Austria. On this clip from YouTube channel Motorsportvideos Luky M., Olbert may be seen taking a left-hand bend however seems to have achieved so with somewhat an excessive amount of
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a “tremendous dangerous feeling” concerning the economic system and needs to chop about 10 % of jobs worldwide on the automaker, he mentioned in an electronic mail to executives seen by Reuters. The message, despatched on Thursday and titled “pause all hiring worldwide,” got here two days
6:16 PM ET Related Press EPPING, N.H. — 4-time defending Prime Gas season champion Steve Torrence made the quickest run in New England Dragway historical past, driving to the provisional No. 1 spot Friday within the NHRA New England Nationals. In a side-by-side qualifying run with factors chief Brittany Pressure, Torrence set the monitor time
Richard Hershey is one in all about 50 technicians licensed to work on the Ford GT supercar, and generally the automaker will ask him to depart his job as lead tech at Pompano Ford in Pompano Seaside, Fla., to go to different dealerships to work on the high-performance sports activities automotive. Hershey and different Ford
The electrical automotive market is turning into increasingly more attention-grabbing as different automotive teams intend to problem Tesla’s dominance. The Volkswagen Group is likely one of the primary challengers, however as we noticed after the primary quarter, the corporate just isn’t but there. Really, it is third, behind BYD when it comes to battery-electric automotive
President Joe Biden on Friday dismissed Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s reported “tremendous unhealthy feeling” concerning the U.S. financial system, whereas praising a few of Musk’s opponents for increasing their investments in electrical automobiles. Biden then took a dismissive-sounding swipe at Musk, a frequent critic of his administration. “Plenty of luck on his journey to the moon,”
DeLorean revealed the Alpha5, Ford teased the 2024 Ford Mustang GT, and we drove the 2022 Audi RS 3. It is the Week in Reverse, proper right here at Motor Authority. The DeLorean Alpha5 debuted on-line earlier than it rolls onto the world’s stage on the Pebble Seaside Concours d’Magnificence Award ramp on Aug. 18.
Shortly after the latest-generation BMW X1 was unveiled, the German automobile producer has launched the official configurator for the small luxurious SUV. The configurator displays the accessible engines provided in Germany. As such, you’ll be able to select between the iX sDrive18i, xDrive23i, sDrive18d, and xDrive23d variants. Relying on which mannequin you select, the SUV
Common Motors Cruise on Thursday turned the primary firm to safe a allow to cost for self-driving automobile rides in San Francisco, after it overcame metropolis officers’ objections. Self-driving take a look at automobiles with human security drivers have change into a continuing sight in San Francisco, and fully driverless ones are more and more
South Korean auto provider Dongshin Motech Ltd. will construct a $60-million manufacturing unit in Windsor, Ont., to provide the North America auto business with aluminum casings for electric-vehicle batteries. The 170,000-square-foot (15,793 sq. metres) manufacturing facility will probably be constructed on 12 acres (4.8 hectares) of land on the Windsor Worldwide Airport, just some kilometres away from
Volkswagen Group has formally confirmed it is going to be launching the Scout model within the US, with two US-made absolutely electrical fashions. The rugged SUV and pickup that had been teased in these official sketches will premiere in idea kind in 2023, previewing the fashions that may go into manufacturing in 2026. Confirming earlier
This coming Saturday, June 4th, the Scorching Wheels Legends Tour makes a cease in Bentonville, Arkansas to spotlight the “better of Arkansan customized automotive tradition.” The winner will go on to be part of the International Grand Finale later this yr in November. Right here’s a have a look at 4 of the primary opponents.
AvtoVAZ stated it should resume manufacturing of its best-selling Lada Granta mannequin from June 8, after partially halting manufacturing in March resulting from a scarcity of digital elements due to Western sanctions on Moscow. Renault struck a deal in Could to promote its majority stake in AvtoVAZ to a Russian science institute, reportedly for the
5:58 AM ET Jos Verstappen, the daddy of F1 world champion Max, has criticised Pink Bull’s Monaco Grand Prix technique and stated the workforce ought to have prioritised his son and never Sergio Perez. Verstappen completed third in Monaco as Pink Bull teammate Perez claimed victory on the Principality. 2 Associated Perez’s win was constructed
Atlantic Coast Automotive Group, a big privately owned auto retailer, has acquired six dealerships in upstate New York from Nye Automotive Group. Atlantic Coast, of Miami Lakes, Fla., purchased the dealerships from Nye Automotive proprietor William Nye on Could 24, mentioned Rob Lee, Northeast director of Tim Lamb Group, a Columbus, Ohio, dealership buy-sell agency.
By Joey Klender Posted on June 3, 2022 Common Motors’ Cruise grew to become the primary autonomous driving program to safe a allow to cost folks to experience in a self-driving automotive after quite a few objections from metropolis officers in San Francisco. Cruise gained the approval with a unanimous 4-0 vote by the California
On this article TSLA Elon Musk, throughout an occasion at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Bloomberg /Getty Tesla shares dipped about 6% on Friday on information that CEO Elon Musk plans for a hiring freeze and 10% job cuts at his electrical car and renewable vitality enterprise. Reuters reported
Ineos hasn’t even began deliveries of its first mannequin, the Grenadier off-roader, however the firm is already dropping particulars on what comes subsequent. Along with a Grenadier pickup truck that was first introduced in 2020 when the Grenadier SUV made its debut, Ineos has since confirmed that it’s also engaged on an electrical off-roader. The
The following-generation Hyundai Kona has been spied testing, offering us with a brand new have a look at its design. Whereas this prototype is roofed in camouflage and physique cladding, it’s barely extra revealing than the 2024 Kona that our spy photographers snapped in late April. The entrance finish instantly stands out due to a
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Conquest consumers are extremely sought-after as as soon as an automaker brings a buyer into the fold, it’s simpler to maintain them shopping for their merchandise. With that in thoughts, Ford is celebrating the profitable launch of the Maverick which has been embraced by conquest consumers. Citing knowledge from S&P International Mobility, the automaker instructed
Mercedes-Benz is shortly filling out its portfolio of electrical automobiles and never each entry is on the high finish. The most recent arrival is the EQB primarily based on the GLB-Class compact crossover. It begins gross sales this summer time priced at $55,550, together with a $1,050 vacation spot cost. Mercedes additionally has an EQA
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Division on Thursday charged the U.S. enterprise of Stellantis with legal conspiracy in its multi-year emissions fraud probe surrounding automobiles with diesel engines. The federal government fees FCA US with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to violate the Clear Air Act and to commit wire fraud. The automaker deceived
8:49 AM ET Mexico’s Sergio Perez has signed a contract extension with Crimson Bull to maintain him with the System One workforce till the top of 2024. Perez claimed the third F1 win of his profession at Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, and after the race he was heard joking to Crimson Bull workforce boss Christian
What sort of car is the 2022 Audi Q7? What does it examine to? The Q7 crossover SUV wraps Audi model round a seven-seat physique and a cutting-edge cabin. It’s a rival for the BMW X7, Benz GLS, and Volvo XC90. [embedded content] Is the 2022 Audi Q7 a great SUV? Overview continues beneath It’s
Toyota will introduce the fifth era of its progressive hybrid know-how within the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross, giving the all-wheel-drive subcompact crossover an additional 25 hp whereas delivering a 23 % increase in mixed gas financial system over the mannequin that went on sale final yr. The Corolla Cross Hybrid, geared up with a typical
Elon Musk introduced that Tesla may need a working prototype of Tesla Bot, also called Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robotic, by September 30 – the tip of the third quarter of 2022. Final month, Musk introduced ‘Tesla AI Day #2’ with ‘many cool updates’ on August 19. The unique “Tesla AI Day” held final 12 months
An aerial view exhibits the Tesla Fremont Manufacturing facility in Fremont, California on February 10, 2022. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Photos In 2017 and 2018, as some staff sought to type a union on the Tesla manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, Elon Musk’s electrical car firm was paying a consultancy, MWW PR, to