FRANKFURT — Daimler’s Dieter Zetsche will not seek to become chairman of the German carmaker’s supervisory board, he told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper. Zetsche, 67, a former CEO of the company that owns the Mercedes-Benz brand, was due to take a seat as chairman on the board of directors, which in Germany is known as
The biggest climate summit of 2020 took place this week, with more than 350 events. Which countries take climate change the most seriously? The ones who’ve experienced it. What if the US joined the EU and China in making a pledge to fight climate change? And more… Climate Week NYC took place virtually this week,
Polestar has reversed course on the Precept sedan, deciding to turn what was originally billed as a “vision” of the brand’s future into a production model. It will take three years to complete development of the brand’s future flagship grand tourer, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath told Automotive News Europe. The production car will be underpinned
There’s no denying that the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster beautiful, but it is also a great sports car to drive? The Vantage Roadster recently went on sale in the United States in 2021 form and is available from $150,086. Matt Farah had the opportunity to test out an example painted in a bright shade
Polestar has reversed course on the Precept sedan, deciding to turn what was originally billed as a “vision” of the brand’s future into a production model. It will take three years to complete development of the brand’s future flagship grand tourer, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath told Automotive News Europe. The production car will be underpinned
Acura faces headwinds on multiple fronts as it tries to drum up interest in its new TLX sedan, which hits dealers Monday. The luxury segment the car competes in remains mired in a pandemic-induced sales slump. And sedans continue to lose ground to SUVs and crossovers as buyers gravitate to higher-riding vehicles. But those forces
When Polestar revealed the Precept concept car in April, it said the name meant a “manifesto of things to come.” Now, Polestar is making good on the promise of the name by announcing that the Precept will go into production. The Swedish automaker, which spun off from Volvo under the ownership of the Chinese brand
Tropical Storm Beta has ripped through Texas, among other U.S. states, and shocking drone footage shows the extent of flooding rain that the storm triggered in the Houston area. This drone footage, shot by Live Storms Media, shows areas of Houston that experienced dangerous flash flooding. Not only has the storm damaged homes but many
Audi will offer a sportback version of its top-selling Q5 crossover in the first half of next year, following a product diversification strategy the brand has employed across much of its lineup. The 2021 Q5 Sportback shares most design and technology features with the latest-generation Q5, but with a steeply sloped rear roofline to give
Atlis Motor Vehicles will offer WorkSport’s TerraVis solar charging tonneau cover system as an original equipment accessory for its upcoming Atlis XT all-electric pickup truck. Atlis has claimed that its XT electric pickup truck will be among the most capable trucks available. According to the automaker, the XT can be configured to go up to 500 miles
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. executives are hopeful that dealers will convert an “incredibly high” percentage of Bronco SUV reservations into actual sales and believe they’ll be filling those orders for more than a year. The automaker on Friday reached out to its U.S. retail network in a video to describe the allocation process for
By Simon Alvarez Posted on September 25, 2020 A recent press conference from California Governor Gavin Newsom proved to be quite interesting for the Tesla and electric car community. During his speech, where he praised California’s place as the leader in the United States’ electric vehicle movement, the governor dubbed veteran automaker Ford as the
BEIJING — When 32-year-old photographer Jaco Xu needed a run-around car for work in the eastern city of Hangzhou, the price tag on the latest micro EV from General Motors’ China joint venture overcame his qualms about electric vehicles. Xu paid 38,800 yuan ($5,735) for his tiny two-door Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV, while the
The Lamborghini Centenario Roadster is a very special car and Doug DeMuro recently had the opportunity to put one to the test. Lamborghini only ever built 40 examples of the Centenario Roadster, and of these, just 20 are Roadsters. The example in question is currently up for sale from Lamborghini Newport Beach and has a
WASHINGTON — BMW and two U.S. subsidiaries agreed Thursday to pay an $18 million fine to resolve accusations that they disclosed misleading information about the German luxury automaker’s retail sales volume in the United States while raising approximately $18 billion from investors in corporate bond offerings. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said from 2015
The Infiniti QX60 mid-size crossover SUV is finally about to receive a long-overdue redesign, and the designers look to be seriously sexing things up. Infiniti late on Thursday unveiled the QX60 Monograph concept at its new headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, ahead of the formal debut on Saturday at Auto China 2020 in Beijing. The striking
As more and more C8 Corvette Stingray models reach the hands of customers, it is inevitable there will be a growing number that are crashed. This C8 painted Accelerate Yellow is one of the first we’ve seen to be absolutely destroyed in a crash and not just badly damaged. We haven’t been able to find
SHANGHAI — Just like Americans, Chinese shoppers are developing an insatiable appetite for crossovers and SUVs. And that is where automakers are targeting a growing number of their products. At the Beijing auto show, opening Saturday, Sept. 26, global brands will attempt to wow audiences with new vehicles for those segments. Two years ago, Volkswagen,
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Infiniti is previewing more athletic, commanding styling for the next-generation QX60 three-row crossover, promising it will elevate the brand’s premium image. The sleek, platinum-hued QX60 Monograph debuted late Thursday in an online unveiling from the global headquarters of the Infiniti brand’s parent, Nissan Motor Co. The vehicle is a close-to-market design study
Big banks invested $224B in fracking companies despite it being a really bad financial decision. IBM Research releases its annual 5 in 5 predictions, and this year they’re about sustainability. The UK’s largest green energy provider, Bulb, is making its official US debut in Texas. Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for
Major carmakers are suing the US government over import taxes it has imposed on Chinese parts. Tesla is the latest auto firm to object to customs duties introduced by the Trump administration and is demanding refunds. The US and China have imposed border taxes on each other’s goods and services as part of a trade
STOCKHOLM — Volvo Cars expects to hit its forecast of roughly flat sales year-on-year in the second half of 2020 even as a recent a surge in coronavirus cases across Europe makes the outlook more uncertain, CEO Hakan Samuelsson told Reuters. The Swedish automaker notched a sixth straight annual global sales record in 2019, with
The Porsche Cayman has long been one of the best sports cars on sale but which generation is the best? YouTube channel EverydayDriver recently set out to answer that question. While the Boxster/Cayman twins have been built in four different generations, only the second-gen (987), third-gen (981), and fourth-gen (982), are featured in this video.
HAMBURG — German prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged another eight Volkswagen employees over the scandal surrounding cheating on diesel engine emission tests. The eight are accused of fraud, false certification and violation of the law against unfair competition, the Brunswick prosecutor’s office in VW’s home state of Lower Saxony said in a statement.
ATLANTA — Porsche Cars North America is expanding adjacent to its headquarters in metro Atlanta. The sports car maker will begin construction of a service center and a classic factory restoration center next to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The 33-acre “multimillion-dollar development” will also be used to expand the Porsche Experience Center performance track, the
Driving the 2021 Acura TLX on the pencil-straight streets of the Detroit suburb of Novi, Michigan, I long for the world to return to normal. This regional media drive is relegated to suburbia, but as Acura’s photography suggests, the drive would likely take place on California canyon roads if the coronavirus didn’t exist. There, the
A Jeep Wrangler has been bizarrely left abandoned along a bike trail in California. Images recently shared to the Hemet Eye News page on Facebook show a black, four-door Wrangler sitting precariously on a ridgeline, seemingly abandoned. This particular ridgeline appears to from part of the West Ridge trail near the town of Loma Linda
TOKYO — Shortly before Thanksgiving 2018, American auto executive Greg Kelly got an urgent message saying he was needed in Japan for important business at Nissan Motor Co., where he was a director. Kelly initially balked at the idea. The longtime Nissan human resources executive was at home outside Nashville, preparing for the holiday and
David Freiburger scored the car he’d wanted for 20-plus years, a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner. It was a decent car, mostly original with 95,000 miles on it, but a repaint had turned to chalk, and it looked ridiculous with tiny tires. In this episode of Roadkill Garage, we head to the Steve Dulcich Dog Farm
A couple of days ahead of the Beijing Motor Show, Geely’s premium electric sub brand, Lynk & Co, has introduced its first all-electric vehicle, the Zero Concept. The Zero is a BEV crossover, with similar dimensions as the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Volkswagen ID.4 and Tesla Model Y. The Zero Concept (or whatever it’s called in production form)