PARIS — Renault will seek to generate more than 1 billion euros ($1.20 billion) in sales from the so-called “circular economy” by turning its Flins factory outside Paris into a research, recycling and repair center. “Our ambition, by 2030, is to achieve more revenue [from recycling and repair at Flins] than from assembling cars there,”
Out of an all-GT Final Four, the 1965 Mustang Shelby GT350 emerged as the winner of Ford Motor Co.’s version of March Madness. The Shelby GT350 topped the 2020 Mustang GT500 in the championship round of the Ford Frenzy tournament after three weeks of online voting. The other semifinalists were the 1965 GT40 MKI and
The Hyundai Santa Cruz shows that at least one established automaker is committed to building a truly compact pickup truck, but startup Alpha Motors is developing its own, all-electric competitor. The Alpha Wolf hasn’t started production yet, but the company has already unveiled a second version. The Alpha Wolf+ gets a larger cab than the
Nissan recently unveiled their GT-R NISMO Special Edition to show that with a few updates, the aging supercar can soldier on for a bit longer. However, during the same event, they also unveiled something else: a McDonald’s-themed version of the same car. While the normal Special Edition wears a muted hue called Stealth Grey, the
The city of Seattle wants to significantly expand its electric mobility options, and a broad citywide plan outlines how it would try to achieve that by 2030. In March, the city released an outline of goals to meet by the end of the decade: Convert to using electric bikes, scooters, taxis, Ubers and Lyfts. Make
By 2030, every nameplate—including Jeep, Ram, Chrysler, Dodge, Maserati, and a plethora of other brands—under the Stellantis umbrella (the company created in January by merging FCA and PSA Group) will offer an electric vehicle. In the run-up to 2030, the company plans to build plug-in hybrids of most models as part of an accelerated global electrification
Editor’s note: It’s been 25 years since the GM EV1 rolled into showrooms and launched the electric vehicle in the modern era. This article is part of a special report Automotive News will publish on Monday. If you really want to know who killed the electric car, we’ll tell you. It’s Charles Kettering, and he
By Joey Klender Posted on April 17, 2021 Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the Gigafactory Texas site earlier this week with the all-electric Cybertruck that will be produced at the automaker’s factory in the Lone Star State. After various users shared some photographs of the Cybertruck roaming around the still dirt-covered grounds of the Texas
Thousands of miles from Santa Fe, New Mexico, the driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe has attempted to mimic Santa’s sleigh. The SUV crashed through traffic-control arms as a drawbridge in Daytona, Florida, was raising and jumped the gap to the other side. All jokes aside, the wayward Hyundai’s flight was caught on security cameras,
Volkswagen is expanding its electric vehicle family with two versions of a production-ready, three-row, seven-passenger crossover that it will begin producing in China with two joint-venture partners. A version of the Atlas-sized ID6 — the latest in the automaker’s global lineup of EVs, following the debut last year of the Golf-sized ID3 and Tiguan-sized ID4
Mercedes-Benz has yet to reveal the production-ready EQS and already, a handful of journalists and YouTubers have had the opportunity to put the car through its paces. This particular video comes from YouTuber Mr. Benz and features a pre-production prototype with a light camouflage finish across its exterior. However, the interior is free of any
Volkswagen brand is targeting family buyers in China with the ID6, its biggest battery-powered model to date. The three-row, seven-seat crossover is tailored specifically to the needs and wishes of Chinese customers “in terms of space, functionality, design and, in particular, user experience,” VW said in a statement on Saturday ahead of the model’s public
The pandemic turned some automotive ads into real family affairs. Automakers have turned to a predictable blueprint over the years when pitching utility vehicles and minivans: bustling children in the back seat and happy parents up front taking them on an adventure. In normal times, those were all actors only pretending to be related, but
Restomods aim to combine classic styling with modern performance hardware, but this C3-generation 1976 Chevrolet Corvette takes that concept a bit further than most. That’s because underneath its fiberglass skin is actually the hardware of a C6 Corvette from the early 2000s. First spotted by Corvette Forum, this generation-bending ‘Vette comes from Hardcore Engine Builders
The driver of a Maserati Levante has been lucky to survive a scary crash following a brief police pursuit. The California Highway Patrol’s Oakland office recently shared images online of a white Levante that crashed into the underside of a freeway in Los Angeles. SF Gate reports that the 32-year-old male driver of the Maserati
Collaboration between the public and private sectors will be key to advancing smart cities of the future, industry leaders said during a panel portion of SAE International’s WCX Digital Summit this week. Public-private partnerships are key for mutually beneficial technology deployments and can help expedite these deployments, said Blaine Leonard, transportation technology engineer at the
A new limited-production pickup truck is strutting its stuff out of the Mopar Custom Shop at Fiat Chrysl—we mean, Stellantis. It’s called the Mopar 2021 Ram 1500 Special Edition, and it’s best you dash any hopes that slapping the Mopar name on Ram’s Hemi-powered 1500 might result in a muscle street truck with beefed-up performance, an
As president of General Motors from 1990 to 1992, Lloyd Reuss was an early champion of the Impact, the concept car that became the EV1. Among other things, Reuss, now 84, helped put in place the engineering team that created the Impact. Thirty years later, Reuss’ son, Mark, 57, is now GM president, and he’s
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the Tesla Semi service program, Audi e-tron Q4, Mercedes-Benz EQS, and more. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like
But Hyundai execs knew it was a risky segment and said the Santa Cruz was one of the most-researched vehicles they had ever created. They believed there was a market for the truck, even though success had eluded other automakers. Hyundai Santa Cruz Concept Dave Zuchowski, the then-CEO of Hyundai Motor North America, said the
The coronavirus outbreak in Michigan, which has emerged as the worst U.S. hotspot, is surging in a critical factory for Stellantis NV’s Ram pickup truck with an estimated 10 percent of production employees out for COVID-related reasons. About 630 production workers were absent on Tuesday because they’d either tested positive for COVID-19 or were in quarantine,
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There’s a certain amount of romance to the City Turbo II. Not only was it a pocket-sized hot hatch, but it also came with a motorized scooter in the trunk. There are reasons that idea didn’t take off, though. The Honda City Turbo II was the mobility solution for last-mile trips, promising easy transportation to
TOKYO — Nissan will furlough about 800 workers at its Sunderland plant in England, as output slows there because of a semiconductor shortage, the Nikkei newspaper reported. The workers, who represent about a tenth of the workforce at the facility, will be asked to stay away until the chip shortage eases and production can increase,
Gold Coast Cadillac in New Jersey provides customers with pickup and drop-off services, free loaner vehicles and an online service appointment scheduler. Through a customer retention program it calls its Gold Club, the Oakhurst, N.J., dealership is committing to being better at providing a convenient experience, said Bill Camastro, a dealer and partner in the
Ferrari will unveil an electric vehicle in 2025, Chairman John Elkann said on Thursday during the company’s annual general meeting. The news of an electric Ferrari doesn’t come as a huge surprise as patent drawings filed by Ferrari for a modular electric drive system were discovered last year. Elkann didn’t provide any details on the
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz? What does it compare to? New for 2022, the Hyundai Santa Cruz exists in the center of a Venn diagram of sedans, SUVs, and pickup trucks. It’s more like a Subaru Baja from 20 years ago than anything on sale now, though its open bed
Never mind the Fast & Furious saga, the release of F9 has been a saga all its own. But with the latest full-length trailer, the June 25th release date looks set in stone. The trailer offers up a better idea of plotting and character than we’ve had before, giving us some details about Dom Toretto’s
SEOUL — Hyundai Motor Group said Friday it has formed a new mobility division to launch more service models and named an outsider as its chief following his tenure with global tech giants such as Apple Inc and Microsoft. Song Chang-hyeon will lead the newly established Transportation-as-a-Service division, which will oversee mobility business for Hyundai
The automaker that implemented mass production and affordable cars over 100 years ago is now making modern driver-assist features more accessible. Ford offers the Co-Pilot360 active safety suite in some form on almost every model it sells. (Ford GT drivers miss out, but something tells us they won’t mind.) Read on for all the details