Safford Automotive buys 16 Brown’s Cars stores in largest dealership acquisition of 2022

Safford Automotive Group on Monday bought 16 stores in Maryland and Virginia from Brown Automotive Group, more than doubling its dealership count in the largest buy-sell transaction of 2022 so far. The deal adds 14 franchised dealerships, one used-vehicle store and a muscle and classic car store to Safford of Springfield, Va., Safford owner James […]

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Watch Motorcyclist Collide Head On With A Deer At 54MPH After Exiting Corner

Hitting an animal while driving can be quite dangerous, even more so if you’re riding a motorcycle. The nerve-wracking moment when a Yamaha motorcycle collided with a deer on a country road in the US was caught on camera. Thankfully the rider is safe, since the heavily damaged bike miraculously stayed on its wheels following

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With production about to start, Fisker prioritizes deliveries over complete software suite

GRAZ, Austria — Fisker Inc. is poised to begin production next week as promised a year ago, although some features, including those that are common on many competing vehicles, may not be ready until 2024. Early next year, the company plans to add lane-keep assistance, blind-spot monitoring and automatic high beams to its launch edition

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Volvo sets lofty sales goals with ‘volume’ EX90 flagship EV

Volvo is setting lofty U.S. sales expectations for its EX90 crossover, the Swedish automaker’s most significant launch since the XC40 in 2017, foreshadowing the brand’s future technology, design and sustainability efforts. Volvo Car USA CEO Anders Gustafsson said the seven-seater, introduced Wednesday in Sweden, will become the brand’s No. 1 volume EV in the U.S.

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Musk sold $3.95 billion of Tesla stock after buying Twitter

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk sold at least $3.95 billion of the electric-vehicle maker’s shares just days after closing his buyout of Twitter Inc. Musk unloaded 19.5 million shares, according to regulatory filings on Tuesday in New York, his first disposals since August. The documents didn’t indicate that the transactions were pre-planned. The world’s richest

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22 Year-Old VW Golf R Driver Caught Doing 174 MPH (280 km/h) In Australia

A 22-year-old Australian driver has caught the police’s and the Internet’s attention for his unlikely speed on public roads. New South Police claimed in a statement that they clocked the driver going 280 km/h (174 mph) in a blue Golf R. As our Australian readers are no doubt aware, and as readers from the rest

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Lucid reports Q3 net loss of $670 million, reiterates 2022 production target

Lucid Group Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $670 million but reiterated its production goal of 6,000 to 7,000 units of its Air electric sedan this year after dealing with supply chain issues and growing pains as an EV startup. The company’s stock price fell 13 percent to $11.79 in after-market trading after Lucid

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Why Stellantis is building up its software muscles

Ned Curic joined Stellantis in 2021 as chief technology officer from Amazon, where he led Alexa Automotive. The former Toyota and Microsoft executive is charged with executing Stellantis’ plan to generate $20 billion in software-related revenue by 2030, from services and subscriptions, features on demand, and data and fleet services. Curic spoke with Automotive News

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