Citroën, as the first of the PSA Group, announced its next-generation all-electric Berlingo – the Citroën ë-Berlingo Van (there will be also a passenger version) – which will enter the market in Europe in the second half of 2021. Because the ë-Berlingo Van is based on the e-CMP platform, known from multiple other PSA EVs, it has
TOKYO — Kia is dumping “Motors” from its corporate name as part of a global brand relaunch meant to position the South Korea automaker as a mover in electric vehicles and new mobility. In changing its name to Kia Corp., from Kia Motors Corp., the company is reaching for a new identity that better reflects
What kind of car is the 2021 Porsche Cayenne? What does it compare to? The Porsche Cayenne kicked off the idea of the luxury performance SUV. It’s a five-passenger mid-size crossover offered in standard and coupe body styles. Is the 2021 Porsche Cayenne a good car? Review continues below Porsche pours excellence into the Cayenne.
Sure, leave your 789 HP supercar in the hands of a stranger – what’s the worst thing that can happen? We should let Genoa FC goalkeeper Federico Marchetti answer that question, whose garage is now short a $335,000 Ferrari 812 Superfast. The Italian soccer player had left his car to be washed and expected it
An expansion of Cadillac’s digital showroom came at just the right time — weeks before the pandemic forced many dealerships to temporarily close their doors. What started as a pilot of Cadillac Live became an effective tool for the brand and its dealers to continue showing customers vehicles remotely and offer personalized incentives throughout the
In 2019 the High Court ruled Bentley Motors had infringed the trademark of Manchester-based Bentley Clothing.
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By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 14, 2021 A new fleet of Right Hand Drive (RHD) Tesla Model 3 was recently spotted in the holding lot of Gigafactory Shanghai. The vehicles, which are covered with protective wrap, seem ready to be exported to foreign markets. Gigafactory Shanghai has an ambitious goal this year, with previous
Subaru Corp. will cut output by “several thousand” vehicles this month in Japan and the United States, it said Thursday, citing a global shortage of semiconductors. Subaru will adjust production and reduce output at factories in Gunma, Japan, a company spokesman said without specifying exactly how many fewer cars will be made. The company later
WASHINGTON — U.S. traffic deaths jumped dramatically after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020, rising 13.1 percent in the three months ending Sept. 30 to the highest rate since 2005 despite a decline in driving, auto safety regulators said on Wednesday. In total, 11,260 people died on U.S. roads in the third quarter of 2020, up
The Germans continue to have a stranglehold over the sports sedan segment, but there is a new player in the segment in the form of the 2021 Acura TLX. To see if the Acura is up to the task, the guys over at Throttle House put it to the test at their test track and
HAMBURG — Volkswagen said it would further cut car production at its Wolfsburg plant in northern Germany due to a shortage of semiconductors that has hit the industry worldwide. Staff producing the Tiguan, Touran, and Seat Tarraco models at Wolfsburg will work reduced hours, VW said in a statement on Wednesday. Production of the Golf
DETROIT — The Detroit auto show, rescheduled because of the pandemic, has been canceled altogether for 2021, organizers said Monday. The show, slated for September in downtown Detroit, will be replaced this year by an outdoor, enthusiast-focused event at a racetrack north of Detroit in Pontiac, Mich. While many details have yet to be worked
What kind of vehicle is the 2021 GMC Canyon? What does it compare to? The 2021 GMC Canyon is a mid-size pickup truck that shares DNA with the Chevy Colorado. It competes with the Toyota Tacoma, Ford Ranger, Honda Ridgeline, Nissan Frontier. Is the 2021 GMC Canyon a good truck? Review continues below It is
Three years ago, Datong Yang and Guifang Huo purchased a brand new Mercedes-Benz S-Class for $160,000. What the couple didn’t expect for a car of that price, or any car for that matter, was for the steering wheel to seize up on multiple occasions before the vehicle was even a year old. As reported by the
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. will officially launch the e-Palette autonomous people mover this summer, about a year behind schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But when the shuttle finally starts transporting people around Tokyo, Toyota says the operating systems running it will be almost as unique as the all-electric runabout’s rolling-box design. Toyota detailed
Electric bicycle company SONDORS has been busy over the last six months, unveiling a handful of new e-bikes and rushing them into production. We got the chance to test out the company’s latest four models including the SONDORS Rockstar, Cruiser, LX, and the upcoming SONDORS MadMods electric moped. On a sunny Los Angeles morning earlier
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI/DETROIT — Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. expects to recall a large group of employees in North America after perviously cutting more than half the work force in the region. The cuts were due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing legal tussle with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, two people familiar with the matter
Chevrolet teased today the steering wheel of the upcoming 2022 Bolt EUV (a cousin of Bolt EV), which is scheduled to enter series production in Summer 2021. At first sight, the main thing here is just a preview of the steering wheel, equipped with Super Cruise technology (the Bolt EUV will get it as the first
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration agreed on Tuesday to an auto industry request to delay the start of dramatically higher penalties for companies that fail to meet fuel efficiency requirements, a move that could save the industry hundreds of millions of dollars or more. The decision — announced eight days before President-elect Joe Biden takes
Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, on trial over charges related to Volkswagen Group’s diesel scandal, blamed engineers for his failure to uncover widespread cheating on emissions tests. Stadler, testifying for the first time, told a Munich court on Tuesday that engineers gave the management board at the VW Group’s luxury-car unit insufficient information to detect
DETROIT — General Motors is launching a commercial electric vehicle business called BrightDrop and locked in FedEx Express as the first customer for a delivery van later this year. The BrightDrop brand will offer electric products, software and services, GM said Tuesday. Its products will include a commercial van known as the EV600 and an
What kind of vehicle is the 2021 Honda Clarity? What does it compare to? The Clarity is an efficiency-focused vehicle that aims to provide several options for environmentally conscious car shoppers. The lineup currently includes the Clarity Plug-In Hybrid and the hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell, while the Clarity Electric has been discontinued. Is the 2021
A Ram 1500 pickup truck was photographed at a Tesla charging station with a good part of the charging cable’s plug placed inside its tailpipe. For the uninitiated, that’s something EV owners call “ICE-ing”, which is the practice of someone with an internal combustion engine (ICE) blocking -in various ways- a charging station. The image,
Toyota’s freshly redesigned, big three-row unibody crossover, the Highlander, may not quite be big enough, at least judging by a new trademark filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Dec. 28. Toyota Motor Corp. reserved the name “Grand Highlander” on that day, although a spokesman for Toyota Motor North America last week declined
The firm, which opened its first assembly plant in Brazil in 1920, later expanding to full-blown manufacturing, will retain some presence in the country, including a regional headquarters in São Paulo.
By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 12, 2021 ATN Hölzel GmbH, an application and automation technology firm from Oppach, Germany, recently described how a contract with Tesla for its Gigafactory Berlin project is something that invokes “prestige.” The firm also hinted at a potential target date for Gigafactory Berlin’s operations, which is quite aggressive in
Mercedes-Benz narrowly beat BMW for the title of world’s best-selling luxury-car brand in 2020, a year in which cracks started showing in German dominance of the all-important China market. BMW said Tuesday worldwide deliveries for its namesake division fell 7.2 percent to 2.03 million, coming within 136,000 units of Daimler AG’s main passenger vehicle line. While
Industry groups including the National Automobile Dealers Association and American Bankers Association say they are evaluating their political contributions after last week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol, described by NADA as “shocking, tragic and condemnable.” The assessments come after a growing list of major corporations such as Ford Motor Co. said they would temporarily suspend
PARIS — Renault Group named Laurent Rossi, a former Google executive, as CEO of Alpine. He replaces Cyril Abiteboul, the managing director of Renault’s Formula One team, who was also temporarily overseeing the Alpine car brand. At Alpine, Rossi will be in charge of the sports car brand and Renault’s racing efforts, including endurance racing and