Formula 1 and Netflix have announced a season-long collaboration culminating in an original docu-series of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, to be screened in early 2019. This Netflix original series will be the first to truly immerse the audience inside the cockpits, the paddock and the lives of the key players in Formula 1. The series […]
Nissan has pledged to maintain its leadership in electric vehicles with plans to launch eight new EVs and hit annual sales of 1 million electrified vehicles by 2022. The Japaneses firm said it will also bring 20 models with autonomous driving technology to 20 markets by then and reach 100 percent connectivity in all new […]
BMW is joining German rival Mercedes-Benz and pulling out of the Detroit auto show. The decision by another major European brand to pull out of the annual January show comes as the Detroit Auto Dealers Association contemplates moving the show to October starting in 2020, and recasting it as a less-expensive show that is more […]
Volkswagen plans to show off its electric powertrain tech via the I.D. R Pikes Peak race car this summer by taking a run at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The automaker previewed the race car this week via computer-generated images, giving a glimpse at the prototype that will take on the Colorado course June […]
For the first time in over a quarter of century, Cadillac will have an exclusive engine — a 4.2-liter twin-turbo V-8. The new engine makes good on a 2016 promise by brand President Johan de Nysschen. The limited-production engine will bb hand-assembled and signed by the builder at the Chevrolet Corvette plant in Bowling Green, […]
Lincoln will debut its crossover with the resurrected Aviator name this month at the New York auto show, and it will be based off the redesigned Ford Explorer large crossover, expected in 2019, Ford Motor Co. executives confirmed Thursday. While announcing a new-product blitz that will give the company the freshest portfolio among full-line automakers […]
Toyota Motor Corp. has halted tests of its “Chauffeur” autonomous driving system on U.S. public roads after a Uber Technologies Inc. vehicle operating in autonomous mode under the supervision of a human safety driver struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday evening. “Because we feel the incident may have an emotional effect […]
Ford Motor Co. is in discussions to purchase the dilapidated Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood just outside of downtown, say reports. The exact status of negotiations is unknown. But two sources familiar with the matter said a deal for the automaker to redevelop the 500,000-square-foot former train station off of Michigan Avenue owned […]
Volkswagen plans to invest $340 million to bring a third vehicle to its assembly plant in Chattanooga — a five-seat version of its Atlas crossover. The new crossover will be be revealed next week at the New York auto show, said Hinrich Woebcken, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America. It is expected to enter production […]
A self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., Sunday night. The incident could be the first pedestrian death involving a self-driving vehicle. The car was in autonomous mode but had a human riding along to take control of the vehicle if necessary, according to the Tempe Police Department. The […]
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