WASHINGTON — Only two out of 15 vehicles in the small crossover category earned an overall “good” rating in the first frontal crash test in the U.S. to include a rear dummy, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Tuesday. The 2022-23 Ford Escape, built after May, and the 2021-23 Volvo XC40 were the only […]
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AutoNation Inc. has agreed to buy RepairSmith, a mobile automotive repair and maintenance provider. The $190 million deal, made public Monday, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. RepairSmith’s technicians come to a home or workplace to service individual, dealership and fleet customers, who can schedule appointments online. The business also will
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The Williams Formula 1 team announced on Monday the departure of its CEO and Team Principal, Jost Capito. The motorsports veteran and brains behind Ford’s original Focus RS and F-150 Raptor only joined Williams at the end of 2020, having postponed retirement plans to join the squad following its sale to U.S. investment firm Dorilton
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SAN DIEGO — To bring new technologies to market faster, electric vehicle battery makers need to manage data in creative ways and consider different business models, industry executives said the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference on Dec. 6 “Companies that are able to build data infrastructure to understand what goes into their products and how they’re
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Despite widespread electric vehicle buzz, studies show most Americans have never been EV passengers, let alone drivers. Their most likely first experience? A rental car, said Gregory Scott, spokesperson for the American Car Rental Association. Car rental companies are committing to sustainable mobility, Scott said. It’s an important statement, as the American Car Rental Association’s
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If you ever have the opportunity to travel to Richland, Washington, you may stumble across a Ford Fiesta that is truly unlike any other. This bizarre Ford Fiesta appears to have been roaming the streets of Washington for over 8 years when images of it first surfaced on Reddit. More recently, it was also snapped
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Watch The Moment A Semi-Truck Falls Off An Overpass Onto Another Crash Site | Carscoops California Highway Patrol says the wet conditions contributed to the crash by Brad Anderson December 11, 2022 at 17:57 by Brad Anderson First responders have been lucky to escape injury after a large truck crashed and fell from a highway
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The 2022 Lexus GX 460 is a unique SUV among its peers. That’s mostly due to the fact that this second generation was introduced all the way back in 2009, first in China, and the following year in North America, being closely related to the Toyota 4Runner as well as the global-market Toyota Land Cruiser
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A water-cooled Porsche 911 was once unimaginable, but the automaker has now been making them for 25 years. Porsche started introducing water-cooled road cars in the 1980s in the form of the 924, 944, and 928. Yet the automaker’s flagship 911 continued with water cooling, which was considered an important part of its identity. Porsche
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