Ford Pro, Ford Motor Co.’s unit focusing on commercial customers, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Post DHL Group to supply the German courier service with 2,000 electric vans and provide access to E-Telematics software and charging solutions. At least a portion of the order will come in the form of Ford‘s E-Transit, […]
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Training self-driving vehicles to handle unexpected situations is one of the biggest challenges to commercialization. Autonomous technology companies frequently showcase how their self-driving software responds to unusual events and edge cases in general traffic, but few demonstrate what happens when something is physically amiss with the autonomous vehicle itself. Flat tires,
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As we’ve come to learn in recent years, some Ford Mustang drivers are truly a different breed, seemingly unable to perform even the most basic of driving tasks without disastrous results. This Mustang driver is just like that. This clip appears to have been filmed at a drag strip somewhere in the U.S. and a
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WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — Pierce College inaugurated a $22.3 million Advanced Automotive Technology building in mid-October to expand its automotive service technology program. Community colleges such as Pierce are a vital source of service technicians for auto dealerships. The job of automotive service technician is evolving, and funding is pouring into programs to meet the
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Drifting on public roads is a very dangerous act, even more so when it is done by non-qualified drivers. This is the case with a BMW Z4 that morphed into a Mustang while attempting to replicate the power sliding maneuvers of an AMG that preceded it. The video was posted on the ThatLookedExpensive thread on
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The Porsche 911 Dakar is an homage to the automaker’s rallying heritage, right down to the available two-tone paint scheme replicating the classic Rothmans livery worn by some of the Dakar rally cars from the 1980s, which inspired it. Applying the paint to the car is quite a process. It takes approximately 34 hours to
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A year and a half of tight dealership inventories and strong consumer demand have let automakers dramatically curtail what they spend marketing their products, allowing those dollars to instead pad their bottom lines and soothe any financial damage from rising costs. But while the industry doesn’t need a lot of glitzy television ad campaigns or
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This year in an industry first, late-model used electric vehicles held their value better than the market as a whole, according to Black Book, although only briefly. Alex Yurchenko, chief data science officer for Black Book, speculated higher gasoline prices made a difference. However, there’s been a “very steep drop” in the percent of sticker
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2023 is on the way. As in, it’s on a trailer being towed across the country by a Kia Telluride X-Pro. For the third consecutive December, Kia America is doing a cross-country road trip with the numbers that celebrate the incoming year during the ball drop in New York City’s Times Square. The four illuminated
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Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg is getting ready to deliver the first of its limited-run Jesko. At the same time, it’s lent one out to the folks at Top Gear. Prepare to watch more than 1,200 hp (953 kW) let loose on the track before tackling a small road trip. If you’re a hardcore Jesko fan
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