Red Bull Racing announced on Wednesday it has signed Daniel Ricciardo as a reserve driver for the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship, and potentially beyond. In the role he will assist the team with testing and simulator work, as well as some commercial activities. He will also be first in line to race should one […]
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Rarely, if ever, has a car ad started by showing a car that won’t start. But that is how Chevy begins a holiday-themed spot that will run nationally during Thanksgiving Day NFL games on NBC, Fox and CBS. The ad by the General Motors brand features a turquoise-colored 1957 Chevy Bel Air Nomad station wagon.
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With its new Ariya electric crossover cruising toward American shores, Nissan Motor Co. has unveiled a program to smoothen EV adoption and prime the sales pump. EV Carefree+ will offer Ariya buyers a battery warranty and a year of complimentary access to the EVgo public fast-charging network. Also included: 3 years/36,000 miles of scheduledmaintenance, which
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The driver of an older generation VW Passat B4 wagon in Leicester, Massachusetts ended up in the most bizarre of positions after crashing their sedan in the parking lot of a Walmart. Images shared to Facebook by the Leicester Police Department show the VW outside the main entrance of the Walmart and resting on a
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New York’s Vision Automotive Group sold 10 dealerships to Atlantic Coast Automotive Inc., according to the Rochester Business Journal and a person briefed on the transaction. Atlantic Coast Automotive, of Miami Lakes, Fla., bought three Hyundai stores, three Nissan stores, two Kia dealerships, a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store and a Buick-GMC store. The dealerships are in Rochester,
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As online used-car dealer Carvana Co.’s share price unwinds at a fever pitch, Wall Street analysts are slashing targets and warning conditions could worsen. With the company’s shares spiraling down a staggering 97 percent this year, analysts’ average price targets struggled to keep pace, despite coming down sharply. That changed this month, and in just
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Formula 1 last week announced plans for the new F1 Academy, an all-female race series that’s set to launch in 2023 and serve as a driver development program for young female racers. Aimed at drivers currently in go-karting or other junior categories, the series aims to encourage more female drivers to enter higher echelons of
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Tech startups in the automotive industry and mobility space are phenomenal at innovating but terrible at scaling up their operations, Quin Garcia, co-founder and managing director of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Autotech Ventures, said Friday at the Automotive News Congress in Los Angeles. During a wide-ranging discussion about venture capital-backed startups partnering with established
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Amazon.com Inc. emerged as a potential savior for Argo AI, the now-defunct startup backed by two of the world’s biggest automakers, before the deal fell apart because of a sputtering economy, concerns about control and flagging faith in fully autonomous driving. The online retailer was prepared to invest several hundred million dollars into Argo last
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Kia launched their new logo with a record-breaking pyrotechnic display in 2021, but it appears a number of consumers are confused by the new design. In particular, Twitter user @Shwinnabego noticed Google searches for “KN car” have increased significantly since the summer of 2021 when models with the new logo were becoming more common. This
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