Tim McKenzie
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Topless Driving Ms. Daisy Model Hudson Commodore 8 Goes to Auction
11 Aug 2022, 14:05 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Many of you out there may not be old enough to have been around in the '40s and '50s, including myself, but to me, this era was the golden age of automobile sedans and the Hudson certainly played its part. These cars were tanks weighin...
Fisker Is Gearing Up To Put the Ocean SUV Into Production
11 Aug 2022, 13:12 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / In just short of 100 days, a factory responsible for producing the Fisker Ocean zero-emssion SUV will rumble to life and begin production of the first offering from California-based Fisker, Inc. Fisker, Inc. was formed by automobile designer Hen...
Start Up Autonomy Expands Beyond Tesla With Big GM and Ford Purchases, Among Others
10 Aug 2022, 13:43 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / So you are not sure what brand of electric vehicle fits your lifestyle? Well, California-based start-up Autonomy is giving you the opportunity to subscribe to an EV without having to purchase one to find out. The company currently has an expansi...
Ford To Manufacture Using 100% Renewable Energy in Michigan
10 Aug 2022, 12:18 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Ford Motor Company has announced an agreement with DTE Energy (formerly Detroit Edison) of Detroit, Michigan, whereby DTE will add 650 megawatts of new solar capacity in Michigan for Ford consumption by 2025. With this agreement, Ford's...
Can Tesla's Cybertruck Catch Up and Compete With Ford F-150's Brand Loyalty?
10 Aug 2022, 11:32 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / All seems electric in the world of Elon Musk's Tesla. New factories in Shanghai, China, and Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany are churning out Tesla cars for their respective regional markets, year-over-year growth continues, a three-for-one stock s...
Ford Adds to F-150 Lightning Range and Options and… the Price
10 Aug 2022, 05:45 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Ford's popular F-150 Lightning order banks will re-open on Thursday, August 11th, with added improvements and additional options for vehicles built beginning this fall. For starters, F-150 Lightning pickups with the Pro, XLT, and Lariat tri...
80-Meter Super Yacht Concept Blends Stealth With Style
9 Aug 2022, 14:20 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / I am not sold on the assertion the design of the 80-meter (262-foot) M51 concept yacht dubbed 'Forge' symbolizes a silhouette of a volcano on the water, but it's impressive. With its angular blackened windows and contrasting orange-c...
What Is the Difference Between a Boat and a Ship? …Think Bezos Knows?
9 Aug 2022, 08:31 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / When I began to seriously think about the difference between a boat and a ship, I thought I needed to seek information outside the boating community. It also dawned on me that I might need a broader global perspective on the issue. As an American s...
Boeing Gets a Multi-Billion Dollar Dose of Good News - 787 Dreamliner Deliveries Approved
9 Aug 2022, 08:21 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Chicago-based Boeing Commercial Airplanes is bouncing back from what has been by far, the most tumultuous 3-year period in the 106-year-old company's history. The news came yesterday (August 8) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
Not Everyone Is Happy About the Upcoming Supermoon
8 Aug 2022, 09:17 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The fourth and final full moon of 2022 will occur this Thursday, August 11th at approximately 9:36 p.m. EDT and 6:36 p.m. PDT (Friday at 01:36 GMT). Commonly known as the Sturgeon Supermoon, the lunar show can be seen in the southeastern sky to...
Kevin Harvick streaked to win at Michigan to end a streak
8 Aug 2022, 06:07 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / On a day that brought about a race delay due to inclement weather in the blustery Irish hills of Michigan, Kevin Harvick had things go his way to secure a win in the NASCAR FireKeepers Casino 400. The 46-year-old former series champion from Bak...
Scott Dixon Passes Super Mario on Win List
8 Aug 2022, 05:19 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The streets of Nashville were not kind to Scott Dixon in the early going on Sunday in the IndyCar Series Big Machine Music City Grand Prix. In an unlikely win, he overcame adversity to pass Mario Andretti to become No.2 behind A.J. Foyt in all-time...
Fisker Has a Plan for U.S. Ocean Buyers To Retain Tax Credit Eligibility
8 Aug 2022, 05:12 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Fisker Automotive is proactively coming to the rescue of customers who hold reservations for their Fisker Ocean model that will go into production in November. Under legislation that is pending in congress, the $7,500 (7,367 euro) tax credit given ...
Austrian Skipper Will Attempt Record Setting Solo Sail Aboard 18-Meter Eco-Friendly Yacht
7 Aug 2022, 21:21 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / On August 15th, 60-year-old Austrian Norbert Sedlacek Koch will begin an around the world, single-handed, non-stop, and without assistance, sailing venture navigating through some of the most treacherous waters on the planet. The 32,000 nautical...
Fast Charging Electric Vehicles Can Cure Some Degree of Range Anxiety
7 Aug 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / One constant always seems to surface when people talk about the possibility of an electric vehicle being their next auto purchase; where to charge a vehicle battery away from home. And charging frequency is dependent on how much range a given vehic...
Potential Brake Issue Prompts Ferrari Recall
6 Aug 2022, 08:17 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The cars subject to the recall total 23,555 and span the majority of the Ferrari lineup dating back to 2005, including multimillion-dollar limited-production cars like the F60 America and LaFerrari. The recall involves braking ability where cars...
Aurora Is Determined To Eliminate the Need for Drivers in the Trucking Industry
5 Aug 2022, 11:51 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / When tech veterans Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnel got together and formed Aurora in 2017 to develop a robust autonomous vehicle platform, they adopted a two-industry approach: their plans focused on creating self-driving technolog...
Electrical Storm - Ford F-150 Lightning Hits Roads Across the Country
4 Aug 2022, 13:38 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Detroit-based automaker yesterday (August 3) reported that after just two months of sales, the F-150 Lightning pick-up has been delivered to customers in all 50 states. Known as the 'truck capital of the U.S.', Texas leads the way ...
No Secret Why Lucid Cut Production Forecast for 2022 Despite Strong Demand
4 Aug 2022, 07:24 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Newark, California-based electric automaker Lucid reported this week deliveries of 679 electric vehicles during the last quarter, generating $97.3 million (95.7 million euro) and bringing the total deliveries for this year to 1,405. The company ...
GM Expands Hands-Free Driving Technology To Cover Iconic American and Canada Bi-Ways
4 Aug 2022, 06:12 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / GM's announced that hundreds of thousands of miles of roads and highways in the U.S. and Canada have been added to its Super Cruise Road Network. To date, GM customers have logged over 34 million miles (54 million km) with Super Cruise en...