July 2022

Going, Going, Gong: Woman Celebrating Purchase Of First Car Kicks Gong Onto New Nissan Maxima

Buying your first car is a big deal, but sometimes it’s not a smooth process. That’s especially true these days thanks to skyrocketing inflation and low inventory levels. However, TikTok’s Summar Marie faced an entirely different set of issues. In a clip noticed by Tire Meets Road, a Sunridge Nissan salesperson makes an over-the-top announcement

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Tesla Q2 profits rise on price hikes

Tesla Inc. reported higher-than-expected quarterly profits as a string of price increases on its best-selling electric vehicles helped offset production challenges caused by COVID-19 lockdowns in China. “With each of the Fremont and Shanghai factories achieving their highest-ever production months and new factory growth, we are focused on a record-breaking second half of 2022,” Tesla

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Aurora perfects the tech it takes to stop a self-driving truck

With nagging driver shortages and a dramatic increase in home delivery, commercial trucking and logistics are key and potentially lucrative applications for autonomous-vehicle technology. But first, AV developers must prove to freight companies, government regulators and the public that their self-driving technology is fail safe. What happens if something goes wrong with a self-driving big

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Lithia’s Q2 net income rises despite drop in new-vehicle sales

Despite a drop in new-vehicle sales, Lithia Motors Inc.’s second-quarter net income increased. The growing dealership group profited with higher used-vehicle sales and double-digit percentage gains in gross profit per new vehicle sold, finance and insurance revenue and climbing average vehicle selling prices on new and used vehicles. Net income jumped 11 percent to $337.6

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Aston Martin updates wings logo, launches new brand campaign

With competition increasing, electrification coming and Aston Martin moving into new segments, the British ultraluxury brand is rolling out a new global marketing campaign centered around the words “Intensity. Driven.” And, for just the eighth time in Aston’s 109-year history, the company’s famous winged logo is slated for an update. It’s all part of an

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Bentley Continental GT Shows Its Prowess On The Autobahn, Hits 216 MPH

Few cars manufacturers are able to combine luxury and performance as well as Bentley and this is no more evident than with the Continental GT Speed. Introduced last year, the Continental GT Speed is outfitted with a 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged W12 engine that pumps out 626 hp and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) of torque. Those are

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New Details Come To Light In Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Crash That Sent Passenger To Hospital

Just over a week ago we reported on a crash involving a Cruise autonomous vehicle in San Francisco. The NHTSA opened a special investigation into the incident and a state-level report seemed to describe it but there was no way to verify that the two were linked. Now we know that they are and we

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UAW struggles to reset, root out corruption, monitor says in harsh report

The UAW’s court-appointed monitor on Tuesday said union leaders have been so uncooperative in efforts to root out corruption — including in 19 open investigations — that Department of Justice officials in March were called in to intervene over potential violations of the union‘s consent decree. A new report by the office of Montior Neil

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