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When you should worry, or not worry, about car repairsJanuary 11, 2021 at 10:58 PM Tags: Autos, National Post, Jil McIntosh, Auto Repair 90 people like this. Like TVS Scooty Pep+ Mudhal Kadhal Edition launched only in Tamil NaduJanuary 11, 2021 at 11:30 PM TVS Motor Company has launched the new Scooty Pep+ Mudhal Kadhal Edition. It is...Tags: Autos, Tamil Nadu, TVS Motor Company, Scooty Pep Mudhal Kadhal Edition 8 people like this. Like Tata Altroz Turbo Brochure Leaked Ahead Of Launch - Reveals New DetailsJanuary 11, 2021 at 10:30 PM The Tata Altroz Turbo is just round the corner, slated to be unveiled on...Tags: Autos, Tata Altroz Turbo 12 people like this. Like Sony reveals more details on its secretive Vision-S sedanJanuary 11, 2021 at 9:57 PM Sony’s Vision-S prototype sedan, one of the biggest surprises at CES last year, didn’t fade away after the tech trade show ended.
The Vision-S is back in a series of new videos released by Sony during 2021 CES, which kicked off Monday. Two videos show the Vision-S prototype driving on a private track and then public roads in Austria. But it’s a third, longer video (included below) that sheds more light on how Sony designed and developed the prototype, its partners and some of the tech that...Tags: Transportation, Tech, Ces, Austria, Automotive, Vodafone, Sony, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Continental, Bosch, Valeo, Stein, Magna, Magna Steyr, ZF Group 50 people like this. Like BMW shows off the future of iDrive tech at CES 2021January 11, 2021 at 8:29 PM BMW used CES 2021 to celebrate 20 years of its iDrive infotainment system, and to give a preview of the next-generation iDrive system debuting in the iX EV.Tags: News, Cars, Trends, Bmw, Infotainment Systems, BMW iDrive, CES 2021 4 people like this. Like Ford to shut down Brazilian auto plantsJanuary 11, 2021 at 7:28 PM By Ban Klayman and Alberto Alerigi | Reuters
DETROIT – Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will close its three plants in Brazil this year and take pretax charges of about $4.1 billion as the COVID-19 pandemic amplified the company’s under use of its manufacturing capacity.
Production will cease immediately at Ford’s plants in Camaçari and Taubaté, with some parts production continuing for a few months to support inventories for aftermarket sales. The Troller plant in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will co...Tags: Business, News, Sport, World news, Soccer, Ford, Brazil, Argentina, Autos, South America, Uruguay, Sao Paulo, Bahia, Reid, Dearborn Michigan, Economy Ministry 30 people like this. Like ‘Otis Creates a Personalized Experience’: How Hogan Tire & Auto Service Serves Today’s Digital Consumers Using Advanced Online Chat for Automotive Service BusinessesJanuary 11, 2021 at 5:06 PM  Tags: Boston, US, Autos, Rob, Ed, Hogan, Otis, Openbay, Rob Infantino, Ed Ed, Openbay Otis, Openbay Otis Otis, Madeline Winer, Hogan Tire Auto Service, Thomas E Hogan, Hogan Tire 51 people like this. Like Splitvolt Fast EV Charger Debuts at CESJanuary 11, 2021 at 5:30 PM Splitvolt has answered two major drawbacks to electric vehicle (EV) ownership, slow charging and costly rewiring. Their Splitvolt Splitter Switch is a game-changer, rolling out this week at the virtual Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Splitvolt Inc. is one of those techie, geeky Silicon Valley startups you wouldn’t normally hear about. Daniel Liddle, the founder and […]
The post Splitvolt Fast EV Charger Debuts at CES appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Autos, Silicon Valley, Splitvolt, Consumer Electronics Show CES Splitvolt Inc, Daniel Liddle 26 people like this. Like Mobileye is bringing its autonomous vehicle test fleets to at least four more cities in 2021January 11, 2021 at 2:11 PM Mobileye, a subsidiary of Intel, is scaling up its autonomous vehicle program and plans to launch test fleets in at least four more cities over the next several months, including Detroit, Paris Shanghai and Tokyo.
Mobileye president and CEO Amnon Shashua said Monday during the virtual 2021 CES tech trade show that if the company can receive regulatory approval it will also begin testing on public roads in New York City.
The expansion announcement, along with details about a new lidar System o...Tags: Transportation, Japan, New York City, Jerusalem, Tech, Intel, Ces, Munich, Automotive, Paris, Silicon Valley, Toyota, Nissan, Detroit, Mobileye, Geely Auto 25 people like this. Like Bring Some Grunt To Your BMW S 1000 XR With New HP Corse Slip-On ExhaustsJanuary 11, 2021 at 2:58 PM  Tags: Asia, Europe, Usa, Motorcycles, Bmw, Exhaust, BMW Motorrad, Motorcycle News, HP Corse, Slip-on Exhaust, HP Crose, BMW S 1000 XR, Evoxtreme 109 people like this. Like Breaking: 2021 North American International Auto Show CanceledJanuary 11, 2021 at 3:47 PM The 2021 Detroit Auto Show has been canceled. Originally set for summer, then pushed back to September due to COVID concerns, the show has now been binned completely. It’s unclear if that’s just for this year or permanently. In its place will be a six-day event called “Motor Bella” that will take place in the […]
The post Breaking: 2021 North American International Auto Show Canceled appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Media, Auto Shows, Autos, Breaking News, Detroit Auto Show, North American International Auto Show, Naias, Bella, Pontiac, News Blog, M1 Concourse, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID, Covid19 16 people like this. Like Rare Rides: A 2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 4MOTION Wagon, for Low-cost MotoringJanuary 11, 2021 at 3:00 PM The Rare Rides series featured a Passat wagon once before, in the long ago time of 2018. It was a 1992 G60 with all-wheel drive, a manual transmission, and supercharged engine. Staying true to quirky form, today’s newer and more luxury-oriented Passat pairs its all-wheel drive grip with an eight-cylinder engine. The B5 generation Passat […]
The post Rare Rides: A 2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 4MOTION Wagon, for Low-cost Motoring appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Autos, Volkswagen 40 people like this. Like From Paris to NYC, Mobileye will bring self-driving cars to metropolisesJanuary 11, 2021 at 2:36 PM Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, Detroit and New York City will all see fleets of Mobileye-powered vehicles rolled out in early 2021.Tags: New York City, Cars, Trends, Intel, Paris, Self-driving Cars, Autonomous Cars, Mobileye, CES 2021, NYC Mobileye, Tokyo Shanghai Paris Detroit 49 people like this. Like FBI Smacks Down On Ducati’s North American HeadquartersJanuary 11, 2021 at 2:31 PM Trouble In Little Italy
Although the incident happened last month on December 17th 2020, news has just recently become public regarding a scheduled FBI raid on Ducati’s North American headquarters.
The details are still hazy as to what business the FBI had at Ducati’s home-base, but another publication – Asphalt & Rubber – is reporting that sources are stating that the FBI also hit some of the houses belonging to high-ranking Ducati officials in relation to a financial investigation.
Back to ...Tags: San Francisco, Fbi, Motorcycles, Ducati, Italy, Ducati North America, Phil Read, COVID, Katherine Zackel, Zackel 23 people like this. Like Question Of The Day: Is White Your Favorite Car Color?January 11, 2021 at 1:00 PM White is the most popular car color, according to Axalta, covering 38 percent of all automobiles purchased worldwide. In a story we posted on December 14th, 81 percent of vehicles are said to be white, black, gray, or silver, according to Axalta’s 68th Global Automotive Color Popularity Report. Maybe you choose certain car colors because of […]
The post Question Of The Day: Is White Your Favorite Car Color? appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Psychology, Design, Color, Autos, News Blog, Axalta, Question of the Day, Hues 1 people like this. Like 'Death by Pokémon Go': Study finds that driving while playing likely cost billions in car damage, injuriesJanuary 11, 2021 at 1:00 PM Tags: Transportation, Games, New York City, US, Trends, Indiana, Pokemon, Autos, Jalopnik, Car Crashes, Don, McConnell, Niantic, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Purdue University, Mike Coppola Getty 103 people like this. Like Daily Stunner: A Kawasaki ER-6F by Cowboy’s ChopperJanuary 11, 2021 at 12:01 PM  Tags: Cowboy, Taiwan, Motorcycles, Alex, Kawasaki, Taipei Taiwan, Heiwa, Custom Motorcycles, Kawasaki motorcycles, Street Tracker, Alex Gao, Chopper Facebook 61 people like this. Like You Can (Sort Of) Buy A Brand New Mk2 Ford Escort In 2021January 11, 2021 at 12:05 PM  Tags: Autos, MST 120 people like this. Like 2021 NACTOY Winners Announced, Ford Takes Two of ThreeJanuary 11, 2021 at 12:30 PM Every year before 2020, automotive journalists descended on Detroit for the North American International Auto Show at this time in January. Bleary-eyed scribes shook off their hangovers from Sunday’s pre-show parties and new-model unveilings and rolled into Cobo (now TCF) Center early on Monday morning to hear which vehicles won the North American Car and […]
The post 2021 NACTOY Winners Announced, Ford Takes Two of Three appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Voting, Industry, Arguments, Autos, Detroit, New Cars, North American International Auto Show, Cobo, NACTOY, News Blog, North American Car Of The Year, TCF Center 41 people like this. Like BMW previews its next-gen iDrive infotainment systemJanuary 11, 2021 at 12:51 PM  Tags: TC, Cars, Tech, Automotive, Bmw, Connected Car, In-car Entertainment, IDrive, CES 2021 59 people like this. Like Recycling startup Redwood Materials is now accepting your old smartphonesJanuary 11, 2021 at 10:32 AM Redwood Materials, the recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has quietly opened up its enterprise to everyday consumers and all of the old electronics sitting in their junk drawers.
The move expands upon the Carson City, Nevada-based company’s existing and primary strategy to recycle scrap from battery cell production and consumer electronics for corporate customers like Panasonic and Amazon.
The startup has posted a “recycle with us” tab on its website, which states “...Tags: Amazon, Transportation, Tech, Tesla, Automotive, Panasonic, Redwood, Carson City, Carson City Nevada, Straubel, Tesla CTO JB Straubel, Redwood Materials, Redwood Material 24 people like this. Like Kia Hotseat Reopens When COO Exits the BuildingJanuary 11, 2021 at 10:00 AM Kia Motors America is looking for a new number two behind Sean Yoon, president and CEO of Kia Motors America, because as reported by Automotive News, COO Bill Peffer quit one week into the job. Sources within Kia said a successor to Peffer has not yet been appointed after his resignation last week. There was no indication where […]
The post Kia Hotseat Reopens When COO Exits the Building appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Sales, People, Industry, Korea, Autos, Sales And Marketing, Kia, Peffer, Kia Motors America, News Blog, Executive Team, Automaker, Korean automakers, Sean Yoon, Bill Peffer, Automotive News COO 30 people like this. Like Kia Hotseat Reopens When COO Leaves After One WeekJanuary 11, 2021 at 10:00 AM Kia Motors America is looking for a new number two behind Sean Yoon, president and CEO of Kia Motors America, because COO Bill Peffer quit one week into the job. Kia said late Friday it has not yet appointed a successor to Peffer after his abrupt resignation was tendered Thursday. Kia did not offer any details […]
The post Kia Hotseat Reopens When COO Leaves After One Week appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Sales, People, Industry, Korea, Autos, Sales And Marketing, Kia, Coo, Peffer, Kia Motors America, News Blog, Executive Team, Automaker, Korean automakers, Sean Yoon, Bill Peffer 35 people like this. Like The Tesla Model S-Rivalling Nio ET7 Has 644bhp An A 150kWh BatteryJanuary 11, 2021 at 9:37 AM  Tags: Autos 68 people like this. Like Junkyard Find: 2001 Plymouth Neon, Last Gasp of the Plymouth Brand EditionJanuary 11, 2021 at 9:00 AM Quite a few hallowed (and not-so-hallowed) Detroit brands got axed forever during the decade of the 2000s (whatever we’re calling it now— the Noughts? the Oh-Ohs?), and the one that went to the slaughterhouse first was Plymouth. Starting in 1928 (not-so-coincidentally, just a couple of years after the birth of Pontiac), Americans and Canadians could […]
The post Junkyard Find: 2001 Plymouth Neon, Last Gasp of the Plymouth Brand Edition appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Colorado, Autos, Chrysler, 2001, Dodge, Plymouth, Detroit, Denver, Neon, Dodge Neon, Plymouth Neon, Down On The Junkyard, Junkyard, Junkyard Find, Miserable Econoboxes, 2000s 29 people like this. Like Hyundai and Apple Working on New Electric Car That Will Debut in 2027: ReportJanuary 11, 2021 at 9:00 AM Hyundai Motor Group and Apple are reportedly in talks to build an electric car....Tags: Apple, Autos, Hyundai, Hyundai Motor Group 14 people like this. Like Bentley Achieves Their Highest Ever Sales In 101 Years History In 2020January 11, 2021 at 8:30 AM Bentley Motors have released their sales data for the year 2020. The British...Tags: Autos, Bentley Motors 38 people like this. Like The Station: the 2021 predictions issue, part twoJanuary 11, 2021 at 7:00 AM The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Sunday in your inbox.
Hi friends and new readers, welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B.
Last week, I provided some of my predictions for 2021 focused on autonomous vehicle technology and electric vehicles. I’ll weigh in today with a few predictions about the rest o...Tags: Amazon, Uber, Obama Administration, Politico, Tech, Walmart, Joe Biden, Automotive, United States, Vw, Electric Vehicles, Michigan, Autonomous Vehicles, Biden, Mercedes-benz, Connected Car 32 people like this. Like Jeep Compass Facelift Prices To Be Announced On February 4 In IndiaJanuary 11, 2021 at 6:30 AM Jeep unveiled the India-spec Compass facelift just last week and now the...Tags: India, Autos 12 people like this. Like Here's A Better Look At The New Mercedes-AMG SLJanuary 11, 2021 at 5:51 AM  Tags: Autos, Amg, New Mercedes AMG 150 people like this. Like |
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