As brands rush to tell consumers about what electric vehicles can offer, Ford Motor Co. is trying to bring the “frunk” into the cultural lexicon. Frunk is slang for front trunk, or the empty space in the front hood where the gas-powered cars keep the engine. EVs don’t use internal combustion engines, freeing the space […]
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FRANKFURT/MILAN — Stellantis has agreed to buy the Share Now car-sharing business from BMW and Mercedes-Benz as the two German automakers focus on the software part of their mobility alliance. Stellantis wants to position itself as a global leader in car-sharing, using this step announced on Tuesday to expand its existing business in the area.
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Police in Michigan have arrested nine individuals after five new Chevrolet Camaro models were stolen from the General Motors plant in Lansing. Michigan State Police were first alerted to the stolen Camaros at approximately 12:17 a.m. on May 2, prompting troopers to flood I-96 in order to locate them. Before long, five of the stolen
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Elon Musk is in talks with large investment firms and high net-worth individuals about taking on more financing for his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc TWTR.N and tying up less of his wealth in the deal, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The banks that agreed last month to provide $13 billion in
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Will.i.am has a new project car in the works, this time developed in partnership with Mercedes-Benz AMG. The actor and singer is actually a brand ambassador for AMG’s new electrified lineup, starting with the 2023 GT 63S E Performance 4-Door Coupe. AMG even calls him the “protagonist” of the 843-hp plug-in hybrid’s marketing campaign. Judging
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BERLIN — Volkswagen Group’s premium brands, Audi and Porsche, have decided to join Formula One, VW Group CEO Herbert Diess said. Audi is ready to offer around 500 million euros ($556.30 million) for British luxury sports carmaker McLaren as a means to enter, a source told Reuters in March, while Porsche intends to establish a
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Detroit used to have an auto show every year, so the legend goes. The show is scheduled to return this September for the first time in more than three and a half years, and the main floor is completely sold out, organizers said last week. At least five active vehicle tracks will be set up
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The current NSX has never really received much love from buyers but with the new Type S variant, there’s no denying that Acura has made something quite special. Acura created the Type S to send off the NSX in style. It has received a number of updated styling and aerodynamic details but most importantly, some
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A truck driver in Montville, Ohio, narrowly avoided running into several vehicles after his brakes failed last week. Dramatic footage of the event, showing the driver thread the needle between vehicles stopped on the road for a school bus, was recently released. The footage comes from the dash cams of both the runaway truck and
The Fiat 500 is one of the most iconic city cars in the world which makes it a fitting choice for the Italian brand’s first EV. The new generation, introduced in 2020, is exclusively available in electric form and even though it was developed in the FCA days, it is still an important model for
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