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Toyota Commits Billions More to Battery Manufacturing
31 Aug 2022, 11:16 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Toyota has announced it is upping the ante in its investments to build batteries for BEVs (battery electric vehicles) in the United States and Japan to the tune of approximately $5.6 billion. The announcement follows those of other automakers wh...
MINI Cooper Multitones to Honor Diversity and the Good Life
31 Aug 2022, 08:43 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The new MINI Multitone Edition of the MINI 3 door, MINI 5 door, and MINI Clubman models should pique the interest of MINI lovers. In the past, the rooftops of MINIs have displayed broad strokes of expression as in the Union Jack in honor of the bra...
NASCAR Post-Season Playoffs Explained
30 Aug 2022, 12:42 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The 74th NASCAR Cup Series racing year kicked off last February and over the last 8 months drivers have had only a single weekend off. For the 16 drivers who qualified for the playoff, there will be up to 10 race weekends still to come. As wi...
Dillon Rockets Into NASCAR Playoffs
29 Aug 2022, 10:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / While all eyes are on Cape Canaveral for Monday's Artemis I rocket launch, NASCAR's season finale drew a big crowd just up the road from the launch pad in Daytona. NASA may have to deal with similar weather conditions as the rac...
400,000-Plus Horsepower Coming to NHRA Big Go in Indy
27 Aug 2022, 10:37 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The premiere event in the history of the National Hot Rod Association is just days away, and this year's event will pack an even greater punch than races of the recent past. The mid-western city of Indianapolis is no stranger to big events ...
Porsche Taycan Innovation and Sustainability Initiative Tour Joins Swiss Inclusion Group
25 Aug 2022, 13:11 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Sometimes, humans get caught up in our daily lives and lose sight of those that may not have the gift of total physical mobility and/or mental faculties. Having said that, I wanted to write this piece for the Autoevolution readers to shed some ligh...
Rivian Owner Puts R1T Into Boat Launch Mode To Float Boat From Shore
25 Aug 2022, 11:08 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Motor boaters are a creative, resourceful, and resilient bunch and there is no better time to put those attributes to work than when you are waiting to launch your boat for a day on the water and you find yourself stuck in a lengthy queue. The ...
NHRA Funny Car Call Out - Take It Easy or Resolve a Grudge?
25 Aug 2022, 10:01 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout taking place at the 68th annual U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis on September 4 is a big-money specialty affair with a bit of a twist protocol. Eight Funny Car stars will compete for a share of the $130...
New Cars in the U.S. More Expensive, Buyers Don't Care, They Just Get a Loan
25 Aug 2022, 08:14 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It's not getting any cheaper for car buyers in the U.S. to get behind the wheel of a new car. Despite record-high average prices expected in August and the high cost of money, sales increased almost 5% from August 2021. JD Powers expects Au...
It Is All but Official-California To Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Cars Beginning in 2035
25 Aug 2022, 06:41 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Anyone who follows the electrification mobility movement expected the state of California to enact a policy banning the sale of vehicles emitting greenhouse gases, and Thursday's vote by regulators aims to make it a reality. California has ...
Long-Lost Friend's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS/SS Build Is Wholly Stunning
24 Aug 2022, 11:54 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / I remember watching Mel Gibson in the original Mad Max movie and thinking the writers had amazing but somewhat whacked-out creative minds. One constant playing out in the film was the need for the film's villains to forage and pillage for gaso...
Automotive and Marine Companies Join Hands With Battery Agreement
24 Aug 2022, 06:23 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Swedish hydrofoil electric boat company Candela has a new partner to lean on in its pursuit to transform the boating industry into the electric age by entering into a multi-year agreement with premium electric vehicle maker Polestar. The collabo...
Infiniti Powertrain Plant in Tennessee Closing As Demand for Combustion Engines Dwindles
23 Aug 2022, 16:51 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It seemed like a good idea at the time, in June of 2014, when the Infiniti Decherd Powertrain plant in Tennessee began producing the 2.0-liter turbo engines for the Infiniti Q50 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class automobiles, but market conditions have chan...
McLaren Is Set To Enter Tough Market in India With the GT, 720S, and 765 LT
23 Aug 2022, 05:35 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / McLaren has chosen a local importer from Mumbai to sell its supercar lineup in India, a market notorious for being a tough nut to crack, given the taxes applied to imports. The company announced yesterday, August 22, plans to sell their GT, 720S...
World Record Attempt To Sail Around the World Comes to an End After Just 4 Days at Sea
23 Aug 2022, 05:09 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / On August 15 at 10 am UTC +2, Austrian skipper Norbert Sedlacek Koch embarked from Les Sables de'Olonne, France, on a planned 6-month, 32,000 miles (51,499 km) singled-handed sailing odyssey board a 60-foot (18.28 meters) sailing vessel in pur...
Yamaha's FAZER R G2 Unmanned Helicopter Has Increased Capabilities
23 Aug 2022, 04:58 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / As the demand for unmanned aircraft expands to more and more industries, so too does the need for manufacturers to increase the capabilities of their products. This is especially true in industrial applications that require delivery and transpor...
The Case for Andretti Joining Formula One
22 Aug 2022, 15:14 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / In February of this year, it was confirmed Andretti Autosport had met all of Formula One Association's criteria and formally applied to have a team enter the F1 grid beginning in 2024. The confirmation came from none other than the patriar...
Holy Grail of All Mercedes Gullwings Sells for $5 Million at Auction
22 Aug 2022, 12:43 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / I am always quite astonished by the kinds of money that collector cars demand in this day and age. Auction houses around the globe, especially in the U.S., gather the rarest and most sought-after collector cars and present them to buyers in locales...
Kyle Larson Wins on Final Race Restart at Watkins Glen
22 Aug 2022, 05:56 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / After a couple of weather delays totaling one hour and forty minutes, the NASCAR Cup Series race Go Bowling at the Glen got underway in wet weather conditions. Pole sitter Chase Elliott led a total of 29 laps and was in control late in the 90-la...
Mania in Minnesota at NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals As Season Winds Down
22 Aug 2022, 05:52 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / On a weekend that saw Doug Gordon walk away from a horrific crash in Alcohol Funny Car, Steve Torrence and Bob Tasca III endured deteriorating track conditions to come out on top. Coming into the weekend at the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals in Braine...