A person claiming to be a current Cruise employee raised concerns with California regulators about the self-driving tech company’s safety culture and readiness to begin commercial operations in San Francisco. The letter arrived at the California Public Utilities Commission’s inbox for whistleblowers May 19, two weeks before the regulators cleared Cruise’s robotaxis for those commercial […]
A person claiming to be a current Cruise employee raised concerns with California regulators about the self-driving tech company’s safety culture and readiness to begin commercial operations in San Francisco. The letter arrived at the California Public Utilities Commission’s inbox for whistleblowers May 19, two weeks before the regulators cleared Cruise’s robotaxis for those commercial
Drag racing can be a very dangerous pastime and an Aussie enthusiast discovered just that while competing at the recent 2022 GT-R Challenge at Cootamundra Airport in New South Wales. The car owned by Mick Mansour is no ordinary Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R. Indeed, the RB26 turbocharged six-cylinder engine is capable of pumping out 2,100
This Aussie Drag Racer Somehow Survived Rolling His Nissan GT-R 11 Times At 270 KM/H Read More »
Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery maker SK On Co. along with its subsidiary on Thursday finalized setting up a joint venture for building and operating battery production facilities in the United States. The JV, BlueOval SK LLC, will establish a battery plant for EVs in Tennessee and two other facilities in Kentucky, the
Ford, SK On finalize U.S. joint venture on EV batteries Read More »
General Motors is partnering with EVgo and Pilot Co. to bring electric vehicle chargers to highway corridors across the U.S. The companies plan to install 2,000 fast chargers at as many as 500 Pilot and Flying J travel centers starting this year. GM’s previous partnerships with EVgo and other charging networks focused on metro markets.
GM partnership to add 2,000 EV chargers along U.S. highways Read More »
Tesla Inc.’s top artificial intelligence executive and a key figure behind its driver-assistance system Autopilot is leaving the electric-car maker after a months-long sabbatical. Andrej Karpathy, who joined Tesla in 2017, announced his departure in a series of tweets Wednesday. He was senior director of AI and led the Autopilot computer-vision team that’s tried for
Tesla’s top Autopilot exec is leaving the automaker Read More »
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Hyundai Venue? What does it compare to? With the Venue, Hyundai straddles the fence between small SUV and hatchback with this boxy, inexpensive model that starts around $20,000. Shop the Venue against the Nissan Kicks and Honda HR-V. Is the 2023 Hyundai Venue a good car? Review continues
2023 Hyundai Venue Read More »
A smooth ride into a Texas highway turned into a nightmare a few weeks ago, when a driver of a Nissan Altima cut into the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane causing a massive crash with a Ford Explorer that was approaching at high speed. The accident took place in Plano, Texas, on June 24 under broad
Texas Driver Cuts Into The HOV Lane, Causes A Massive Crash With Ford Explorer Read More »
Panasonic Holdings Corp. is planning to invest several billion dollars in a factory in Kansas to supply a new high-capacity battery for Tesla Inc.‘s electric vehicles, Nikkei reported on Wednesday. The Japanese conglomerate aims to triple or quadruple EV battery production capacity by fiscal 2028 from the current level of roughly 50 gigawatt-hours per year,
Panasonic to build EV battery plant for Tesla in Kansas, report says Read More »
The electric 2024 Porsche Macan was spotted in prototype form testing on public roads. In next-generation form, the Macan is set to be the automaker’s second EV when it’s revealed next year. The electric Macan will sport a number of new design elements when it arrives in the U.S. in 2024. The Cadillac Celestiq was
2024 Porsche Macan EV, Cadillac Celestiq, Ford F-150 Raptor R: Car News Headlines Read More »
