Nissan built a Skyline that you can almost live in
Sunday, 26 March 2023
The Infiniti Q50 is pretty long in the tooth, but parent company Nissan is still trying to keep things interesting. In Japan it’s sold as the Nissan Skyline, and a new concept based on the luxury sedan converts it into a space you could actually live in. The cumbersomely named Nissan Skyline Contemporary Lifestyle Vehicle
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Made-in-U.S. rules for EV batteries shift in new law’s fine print
Saturday, 25 March 2023
The interpretation of a few words of regulation by the U.S. Treasury Department could upend expectations for how tens of billions of dollars in new electric-vehicle tax incentives will be distributed, according to Bloomberg discussions with a dozen manufacturing executives, battery analysts and government officials. At stake over the coming weeks is the extent to
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Google Doodle honors Kitty O’Neil, the original ‘fastest woman alive’
Friday, 24 March 2023
If you’re familiar with Jessi Combs’ life, then you’re likely familiar with the term “the fastest woman alive,” as Combs posthumously earned the female land-speed record after a tragic accident in the Oregon desert in 2019. However, before Combs’ massive speed runs, Kitty O’Neil was setting records in the 1970s and was even outrunning the
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Jeep Cherokee rides into the automotive sunset
Thursday, 23 March 2023
After making a name for itself nearly a half-century ago, the Jeep Cherokee, which has endured off and on through a number of iterations, has been chopped from the lineup. But the name will live on. Sort of. What started life as a body-on-frame SUV in 1974 later morphed into the resilient XJ built from
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2023 Ford Bronco order bank opens March 27 for 24 hours
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
As one would expect, the Bronco6G forum has been tracking the elusive quarry known as the Ford Bronco. Based on their reports, might be easier to score a jackalope than a truck this year. Last November, FoMoCo opened 2023 Bronco order banks for reservation holders who wouldn’t get their 2022 Broncos built. In January, the
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One-third of Americans in poll would consider an EV purchase
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
WASHINGTON — Just over one-third of Americans would consider buying an electric vehicle for their next model, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The seven-day poll completed on Monday found 34% of all respondents would consider an EV, while 31% said no. Among Democrats 50% said they would consider an EV, while 26% of Republicans and
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Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Arrow marks end of V12 coupe era
Monday, 20 March 2023
Rolls-Royce is offering luxury car fans one last taste of the velvet hammer. In marking the end of the line for the Wraith coupe and its sumptuous V-12 engine, Rolls Royce announced an extremely limited model: the Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow edition. In keeping with it being the last V-12 coupe, Rolls-Royce is only
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Sergio Perez holds off Max Verstappen’s charge to win Saudi Arabian GP
Sunday, 19 March 2023
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Sergio Perez won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Max Verstappen drove from 15th to second to give Red Bull a 1-2 finish Sunday in what is shaping up to be a runaway season for the reigning Formula One champions. And there have only been two races so far. “Nice job
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Foxconn finds EVs are harder to build than iPhones
Saturday, 18 March 2023
Over the past decade, Foxconn Technology Group has followed increasingly complex plans from Apple Inc. to turn silicon, glass, plastic, copper and other materials into hundreds of millions of iPhones. And Apple is just one of the Taiwanese company’s dozens of A-list customers; Google, Microsoft, Sony and many others have hired it to make phones, computers, tablets, game consoles,
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Ferrari Roma Spider returns a front-engined soft top to the lineup
Friday, 17 March 2023
Know the last Ferrari introduced front-engined convertible with a soft top? The 1969 365 GTB/4, otherwise known as the Daytona coupe and Spyder, which went out of production in 1973. The new Roma Spider introduced to Ferrari clients in Morocco brings that absence to an end after 50 years with the same formula we’ve grown
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