June 2022

2022 Audi E-Tron GT

What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Audi E-Tron GT? What does it compare to? The Audi E-Tron GT is a sleek electric vehicle that doubles as a grand tourer and a performance car. It competes against a range of luxury electrics such as the Porsche Taycan, Tesla Model S, and the forthcoming BMW i4. […]

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Thousands of accidents might be prevented with new technologies, IIHS study finds

Advanced technologies such as intersection-assistance may be relevant to 650,000 crashes per year and could prevent hundreds of thousands of accidents, new data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. “Left turn assist and other, upcoming intersection-assistance technologies could deliver big safety benefits for drivers in their 70s and 80s,” said Aimee Cox, IIHS

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Driven: 2023 Morgan 3 Wheeler Makes Supercars Look Overpowered And Overpriced

The Morgan 3 Wheeler was one of the biggest performance car surprises of the last decade. Resurrecting the concept of the trikes that made it famous before WWII with a modern V-twin motorcycle engine, Morgan figured it would sell a few hundred units, but ended up shifting more than 2,500 between 2011 and 2021 when

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Low-Speed SUV Flip Reminds Us That The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall

Cast your mind a couple of weeks and you might recall seeing the Jeep Wrangler flipping onto its side during an offset-impact crash test conducted by the IIHS. And that potentially dangerous result came after Stellantis had made changes to the Wrangler’s front chassis structure following its embarrassing fallabout performance in the agency’s 2020 test.

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GM to invest $81 million to build Cadillac Celestiq EV at Global Technical Center

DETROIT— General Motors plans to invest more than $81 million to build the Celestiq, Cadillac’s flagship electric vehicle, at the automaker’s Global Technical Center. The Celestiq, expected to launch next year, will be the first vehicle built at the Warren, Mich., tech center, which has been GM’s engineering and design hub since the 1950s. The

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ZF Friedrichshafen weighs stake sale of axle-assembly unit, report says

ZF Friedrichshafen, an auto supplier to the likes of BMW and many others, is exploring a partial sale of its axle-assembly business amid an industrywide shift to electric vehicles, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The privately-held company is working with Deutsche Bank to search for potential partners for the operation, which offers contract

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2023 Genesis GV60

What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Genesis GV60? What does it compare to? The Genesis GV60 is an all-electric, compact luxury SUV that is brand new for 2023. It competes against a growing field that for now includes the Tesla Model Y and Volvo XC40/C40, as well as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia

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Stellantis prepares for layoffs at suburban Detroit stamping plant

Stellantis said on Tuesday it will begin an indefinite layoff starting next week at its Sterling Heights stamping plant near Detroit. The world’s fourth largest carmaker did not specify the number of employees being laid off but said, in an emailed statement to Reuters, that the decision was made “in order to operate the plant

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