The motorcycle industry has always lagged behind the automotive industry, and while electric police cars are old news these days, many police departments and even military divisions are still learning the benefits of electric motorcycles for fleet duty. Here are a number of interesting examples showing how electric motorcycles are helping police and militaries perform
Month: September 2020
Britain’s car industry risks losing out even if there is a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, according to documents seen by the BBC. Car parts from Japan and Turkey used in the UK will not be treated as British, so some exports may see higher tariffs. In a letter, Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator says
BEIJING — Tesla Inc. is poised to start selling some Model 3 vehicles made in China equipped with cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate batteries, two people familiar with the matter said. Currently the Model 3 electric sedans made at the automaker’s Chinese plant use nickel-manganese-cobalt batteries. The starting price for the vehicle is currently 271,550 yuan
The first reviews of the McLaren 765LT have just hit the web some seven months after the vehicle’s unveiling prior to the canceled Geneva Motor Show in March. This is the third Longtail model in the McLaren line-up, joining the 675LT and the Sports Series-based 600LT. McLaren claims it can hit 124 mph (200 km/h)
WOLFSBURG — Volkswagen Group is reviewing the future of its high-performance brands Lamborghini, Bugatti and Ducati as part of broader quest for more economies of scale as it shifts to mass producing electric cars, senior executives told Reuters. VW’s management board and directors will look at the automaker’s strategy at a meeting in November and
The reveal of the redesigned 2021 BMW 4-Series coupe in June was, for lack of a better word, a bit jarring due to the radical new look introduced for the car’s grille. (BMW also shook things up by making the 4-Series longer than the 3-Series sedan, with which it shares a platform and powertrains.) Now
The black Jeep Wrangler that was recently left abandoned on California’s Razor Ridge bike trail has been recovered thanks to a bunch of local off-roading enthusiasts. It remains unclear exactly what the driver of the Wrangler was thinking when getting into the precarious position but after spending roughly 36 hours perched on the narrow ridge,
McLaren Automotive, the British exotic brand known for supercars and its adamant stance on SUVs — it won’t build one — is nearing one of its biggest product launches: a plug-in hybrid built around a new architecture. The model, code-named P16 and set to launch in the first half of 2021, represents a new era
What hasn’t been negatively stated about Mercedes’ electric strategy: The EQC is only being sold at a manageable low level, other EQ models have been in the pipeline for too long. But wait! Now Mercedes is surprising us with a type of electric vehicle that Tesla does not have: the EQV based on the V-Class minivan. Of course, the Mercedes EQV is not the
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is lowering the price of its Mustang Mach-E crossover between $1,000 and $3,000, depending on the trim, as it prepares to launch the vehicle later this year. In a memo to dealers, Ford said the Premium trims will get a $3,000 price cut, with the all-wheel-drive version dropping to $50,800
By Joey Klender Posted on September 29, 2020 Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s podcast with the New York Times’ Kara Swisher revealed more rumblings that the company’s frontman has regarding the stock. After admitting that Tesla was in “mortal danger” just three years ago, Musk states that Tesla is doing well now. However, the
BEIRUT — Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan and Renault head who fled Japan where he was facing trial, is launching a university business program in Lebanon, a nation mired in a deep economic crisis blamed on years of misrule, mismanagement and corruption. Nine months after his dramatic escape to Beirut from Tokyo, the Lebanese-French executive
The VW Golf GTI has always been one of the staples of the hot hatch segment and the time has come to find out if the new eighth-generation model is up to the task. VW has resisted the horsepower wars in the hot hatch segment, opting instead for further refinement of the Golf GTI’s oily
PARIS — Dacia is introducing new versions of its small cars, the Sandero, Sandero Stepway and Logan, as Renault Group’s Romanian budget brand hopes to regain sales momentum. The new models are now on the same Renault-Nissan Alliance CMF platform as the latest-generation Renault Clio and Captur, and they use Renault’s 1.0-liter, three-cylinder gasoline engines.
Ford is recalling automatic-transmission 2020 Mustang models due to a defect that could result in fracturing of the brake-pedal bracket, possibly causing the bracket to snap. The recall affects 38,005 cars, according to a notice issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Sept. 23. First spotted by Roadshow, the defect is due
If you want to try and outrun the police, the only real chance you’ve got is if you own a motorcycle or a performance car. Evidently, the driver in this video didn’t get the message. This incident happened in Georgia back in March but we only recently came across footage of the chase thanks to
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Infiniti’s next-generation QX60 crossover will get more muscular, premium styling that heralds a reboot for the brand. Infiniti Chairman Peyman Kargar expects next year’s arrival of the QX60 three-row midsize crossover, along with the launch of the new QX55 coupe-styled compact crossover, to stoke sales while winning new customers. “We are beginning
WASHINGTON — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay a $9.5 million civil penalty to settle allegations it misled investors by not disclosing that it conducted only a limited internal review of its compliance with emissions regulations, the top U.S. securities regulator said Monday. Fiat Chrysler, which did not admit or deny wrongdoing to resolve the Securities
Tesla has signed a lithium supply agreement with Piedmont Lithium’s North Carolina project — sending the stock price of the latter up 200%. Piedmont Lithium, an Australia-based junior lithium mining company developing a project in North Carolina, announced that it signed a deal with Tesla. The company wrote in a press release: “The Agreement is
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. will buy the U.S. operations of ArcelorMittal SA for $1.4 billion in cash and shares to become the biggest flat-rolled steel producer in North America. Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs expects its second major deal in less than a year to boost sales to the key automotive market. Earlier this year, the global steel industry saw
A jack of most trades and master of some, the new Ghost is the least extravagant car made by Rolls-Royce, but is still very opulent and luxurious. While its predecessor was based on the F01 generation of the BMW 7-Series, this one shares its construction with the Cullinan SUV and Phantom flagship sedan. Driving all
FRANKFURT — Investors welcomed former Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche’s decision to forgo his role as chairman of the automaker, starting a race to find an independent head of the company’s supervisory board. Zetsche, 67, a former head of the Mercedes-Benz brand, was due to take a seat as chairman of the board of directors at
From economic stresses to increased work-from-home numbers, byproducts of the COVID-19 pandemic are giving pause to car shoppers who might otherwise consider an electric vehicle to replace their internal-combustion-engine model. But this is just a short-lived bump in the road that will be followed by a rebound in consumer interest in EVs. There are compelling
Maserati hasn’t raced in Formula One in decades, but the automaker’s recently unveiled MC20 supercar boasts some F1-derived engine tech, according to Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained. Specifically, the car’s 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 uses pre-chamber combustion. That means each cylinder has dual combustion chambers, each with its own spark plug. Pre-chamber combustion isn’t new; Honda
What kind of car is the 2021 Hyundai Ioniq? What does it compare to? The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq is a five-seat hatchback that comes in hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric versions. It’s an excellent value and one of the most efficient cars you can buy. As such, it’s a rival for the Toyota Prius, the
The Toyota Camry was always a reliable means of transportation, but not a car to get your heart racing – and certainly not one that owners would modify. However, that doesn’t mean a Camry can’t be transformed into someone’s dream ride. This particular example is owned by Austin Lee Ingram out of Georgetown, Indiana and
For Ferrari, the next two years will have a flurry of fresh products. The Italian brand’s lineup is seeing expansion throughout, with the additions of the Roma grand tourer, Portofino M convertible and SF90 Stradale plug-in hybrid. After Ferrari’s grand tourer and supercar lineup is bolstered, a big addition is likely to arrive in 2022:
BMW just announced that in 2021 it will add another high-voltage battery module/pack production site in Germany to its manufacturing network. The new 10,000 square meters facility in Leipzig will start production in mid-2021, joining Dingolfing, as well as Spartanburg, U.S. and Shenyang, China. By 2022, the company intends to invest more than €100 million
Nissan Motor Co. expects to return to profitability in 2021 if the current momentum continues, with demand in China already bouncing back from the pandemic, CEO Makoto Uchida said. The company, which in May reported its first fiscal year loss in a decade and the biggest in 20 years, is forecasting a strong recovery in
By Joey Klender Posted on September 27, 2020 Tesla might be bringing in a new definition for the term “Ice Age.” Instead of “a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers,” Tesla’s Ice Age has to do with