Late-night comedian and Ford F-150 owner Jimmy Fallon surprised employees who make the F-150 Lightning pickup during a stop in Detroit this month. Fallon joined Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley at a track to test drive the battery-powered pickup and at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to see it being built and pose for […]
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Maybe there was a time when the auto industry had all the engineers it needed. But if so, that was a while ago. The industry has been bemoaning the shortage of engineers at least since the dawn of this century. And the situation is heating up now. Automakers are remaking product portfolios to load them
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A mobility company founded by Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt has left some U.S. cities littered with nonfunctional electric bikes and scooters after abruptly shutting down. Bolt Mobility, in an Aug. 3 statement on its website, said investors had failed to deliver on commitments to the company, forcing it to “significantly scale back operations.” It said
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Conventional wisdom holds that it’s a scary time to be in the automotive aftermarket business. The implied message is that you need to transform your business now, or you’ll have missed the runaway EV bonanza forever. But, in reality, the aftermarket industry is on solid ground. It can afford to take its time to make
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Earlier this year, while trying to avoid a crash at Road America, NASCAR Xfinity driver Josh Bilicki ran into an on-track sign advertising the Sargento cheese brand. The incident, which quickly became a meme, now means that Bilicki is making some real cheddar. Sargento is a Wisconsin-based cheese maker, so it makes sense that it
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BMW’s latest 4-Series family has an electric option in the form of the i4 hatchback. The car is a new addition to the BMW lineup for 2022 and in i4 M50 guise, it delivers up to 536 hp and is a hoot to drive. 2023 Nissan Z We also spent more time behind the wheel
2022 BMW i4 M50, 2024 Kia EV9, Mercedes-Benz AMG One: This Week’s Top Photos Read More »
A Florida dealer believes he has found a solution to a long-standing problem for businesses and their employees: rising health care costs. Greg Balasco, owner of Lakeland Automall, which sells Ford, Hyundai and Genesis vehicles, switched in late 2020 from traditional health insurance with a big-name provider to a self-funded plan that he says saves
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PARK CITY, Utah — Going back to the auto industry’s first production car with an electric self-starter, in 1912, and the first mass-produced V-8, in 1915, Cadillac has introduced some of the most novel advances to make driving and owning a car more convenient and enjoyable. The sunroof, memory power seats and air suspension are
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Stellantis has a lofty agenda as it pushes aggressively into electrification while also striving to generate more revenue through software and to improve the ownership experience with over-the-air updates. But this ambitious to-do list may not even be the trickiest task looming for Stellantis. The company is working to conquer another goal that has perplexed
Stellantis’ Free2move grows as other short-term rentals close Read More »
How the new EV tax credit rules work The revamped EV tax credit adds increasingly stringent rules on where battery critical minerals are extracted and processed, and where battery components are made or assembled for vehicles to be eligible. » For critical minerals: Before 2024 and after the U.S. treasury secretary issues the proposed guidance: 40%
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