Russian self-driving tech company Yandex has placed its operations in the U.S. on hiatus. The company said Friday it has paused testing of its robotaxi fleet in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is no longer making restaurant deliveries with its six-wheeled sidewalk Rover bots on college campuses across the country. “Our AV test fleet in Ann […]
Lincoln’s Navigator has been updated for 2022, and we’ve just driven the latest version. The big SUV has stepped up its ride quality, infotainment system, and driver-assist technology to keep up with some of the newer competition. A modern De Tomaso is developing a supercar called the P72, and we have new video of it.
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TOKYO – Honda Motor Co., in the midst of a radical corporate makeover, will team with Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. on a new joint venture to develop and sell electric vehicles. Honda and Sony said they will form a new company this year for “high value-added” battery electrics and commercialize them in conjunction with
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Ukrainian authorities are continuing to troll Vladimir Putin as the country’s National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) has said citizens don’t need to declare captured Russian tanks and other military equipment as part of their income. A not so subtle reference to Russia’s higher than expected losses, the NAPC joked “Have you captured
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Ford Motor Co. unveiled a two-pronged future this week, with its gasoline-powered and electric businesses divided into two new business units. Do two-wheeled vehicles fit into that vision? Not so much. Amid the new structural developments announced this week, Ford quietly sold its electric bike and scooter division, Spin, to European micromobility operator Tier Mobility
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TuSimple Holdings Inc. on Thursday said it was replacing its CEO in a decision it called part of a “planned executive succession,” but which took Wall Street by surprise and caused its shares to plummet more than 20 percent. The self-driving trucking company said Xiaodi Hou, up until now TuSimple’s chief technology officer, will replace
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Chinese billionaire Li Shufu is on a fundraising blitz as he pursues ambitious goals for his global automotive empire. Smart car technology company Ecarx Co., whose backers include Li and his Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., is considering seeking a U.S. listing via a merger with a blank-check company, according to people with knowledge of
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What kind of car is the 2023 Chevy Blazer? What does it compare to? Setting aside the rough-and-tumble trucky Blazer of the 1990s, the Blazer resurrected in 2019 sports a sharp design in an anodyne class populated by the Ford Edge, GMC Acadia, Honda Passport, and Hyundai Santa Fe. Is the 2023 Chevy Blazer a
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Maserati will launch a convertible version of its MC20 flagship later this year. It’s one of two new versions of the supercar coming down the line. The other is an electric version. The battery-powered MC20 won’t be Maserati’s first electric vehicle, though. That honor will go to an electric version of the redesigned GranTurismo. The
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TOKYO — A Tokyo court has found the former Nissan executive Greg Kelly guilty of playing a role in helping former boss Carlos Ghosn allegedly hide more than $80 million in deferred compensation. But after more than three years of prosecution, Kelly, 65, was given a six-month suspended sentence by chief judge Kenji Shimotsu. The
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