Polestar this week unveiled a convertible sports car concept called the O2. The concept is based on a shortened version of Polestar’s own aluminum bonded platform debuting in the Polestar 5, and with any luck we’ll see it enter production to take on Tesla’s second-generation Roadster. 2022 Ford Everest Ford revealed its 2022 Everest, a […]
The vehicles and auto parts endangered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine may seem thousands of miles away from being a real problem. But the war could bring new worries to an issue that’s already bedeviling automakers: the global microchip shortage. Ukraine is the source for 70 percent of the world’s output of neon. Neon
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The vehicles and auto parts endangered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine may seem thousands of miles away from being a real problem. But the war could bring new worries to an issue that’s already bedeviling automakers: the global microchip shortage. Ukraine is the source for 70 percent of the world’s output of neon. Neon
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The original Acura NSX revolutionized the supercar industry by combining performance, reliability, and (relative) affordability in a way that no previous supercar had done until then. While the current-generation NSX has never reached the iconic status of its predecessor, the new Type S variant is a serious bit of kit. Unveiled by Acura in August
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WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it denied a General Motors request that would have allowed the automaker to avoid fixing headlight glare problems on about 725,000 U.S. sport utility vehicles. If the agency had agreed to declare the problem inconsequential, GM would not have been required to notify customers
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Russian self-driving tech company Yandex has placed its operations in the U.S. on hiatus. The company said Friday it has paused testing of its robotaxi fleet in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is no longer making restaurant deliveries with its six-wheeled sidewalk Rover bots on college campuses across the country. “Our AV test fleet in Ann
Lincoln’s Navigator has been updated for 2022, and we’ve just driven the latest version. The big SUV has stepped up its ride quality, infotainment system, and driver-assist technology to keep up with some of the newer competition. A modern De Tomaso is developing a supercar called the P72, and we have new video of it.
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TOKYO – Honda Motor Co., in the midst of a radical corporate makeover, will team with Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. on a new joint venture to develop and sell electric vehicles. Honda and Sony said they will form a new company this year for “high value-added” battery electrics and commercialize them in conjunction with
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Ukrainian authorities are continuing to troll Vladimir Putin as the country’s National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) has said citizens don’t need to declare captured Russian tanks and other military equipment as part of their income. A not so subtle reference to Russia’s higher than expected losses, the NAPC joked “Have you captured
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Ford Motor Co. unveiled a two-pronged future this week, with its gasoline-powered and electric businesses divided into two new business units. Do two-wheeled vehicles fit into that vision? Not so much. Amid the new structural developments announced this week, Ford quietly sold its electric bike and scooter division, Spin, to European micromobility operator Tier Mobility
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