Tim McKenzie
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GM Lobbies U.S. Treasury To Give the Cadillac Lyriq 'SUV Status' for Tax Credit Purposes
8 Jan 2023, 06:20 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / General Motors is not happy with the way the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have gone about identifying which electric vehicles are eligible for tax credits and which ones are not. The company's Cadillac Lyriq currentl...
Backlash in Chinese Tesla Showrooms As Company Cuts Car Prices
8 Jan 2023, 03:16 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / When a company is as high-profile globally as Tesla, the power of the microscope it's always under gets even greater and oftentimes the results are not great. The latest such development comes from China, in the wake of the new price reductio...
Boat Sent Adrift in Sydney to Hobart Race Washes Ashore on Remote Island
7 Jan 2023, 10:46 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / In sporting events, the final outcome cannot be assumed or determined until a given situation, event, etc., is completely finished. That is, the final tally at the end of a given period of time. Among fans, participants, and organizers of offs...
INEOS Britannia Takes First Flight of 2023 Off Mallorca as France Enters Cup Challenge
7 Jan 2023, 08:25 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / As the calendar rolled the world into 2023, the 37th America's Cup is now just a little over twenty months away. That may seem an eternity for some, but for those competing for the oldest trophy in an international sports competition, it prob...
NIO Recalls ET5 Sedans for Possible Electrical Short in Case of Serious Collision
7 Jan 2023, 05:02 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / NIO has recalled 997 NIO ET5 sedans due to a potential safety hazard in the event of a serious frontal collision, according to China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). Specifically, a high-voltage wiring harness is positio...
Volkswagen of America 2022 Sales Numbers Released: 22.5% More EVs but 19.7% Overall Drop
6 Jan 2023, 11:28 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The numbers are in from Volkswagen of America (VWoA) on sales figures for 2022 and they leave much to be desired when compared to 2021 numbers. The company cites "industry-wide supply chain disruptions affect the ability to fully serve high ma...
Why Is It That Ford F-Series Trucks Continually Outsell All Other Trucks in the U.S?
6 Jan 2023, 04:19 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Some remarkable news came out of Detroit, Michigan, just a couple of days ago that is worth talking about. Oddly enough, the news was news simply because it wasn't new at all. In fact, it has been a reoccurring theme for over four decades. ...
Peugeot Unveils Inception Concept With 671 HP and Sub 3-Second 0-62 Time
6 Jan 2023, 03:44 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Rumors late last year that Stellantis-brand Peugeot would be introducing its Inception Concept vehicle chock full of technical innovations and a futuristic body design came to light. The French brand revealed the futuristic-looking concept car in L...
Tesla Quietly Begins Construction of First U.S. Lithium Refinery in Texas
5 Jan 2023, 14:11 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / We have reported at length recently about how critical the nature of lithium supply is to electric vehicle manufacturing, where the average car requires up to 8 kgs (17.63 lbs.) of the soft yellow metal known as 'yellow gold' for its batt...
Sony and Honda Introduce New Car Brand Afeela at Consumer Electronics Show
5 Jan 2023, 06:27 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / For about 55 years, the city of Las Vegas has played host to the largest gathering of electronics companies known as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Held every January since 1967, the show is a chance for tech companies to show off their lates...
HAAS Formula 1 Team Has a New Logo and Fans Do Not Care for It
5 Jan 2023, 04:29 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Fans of Formula One were less than impressed with the new logo the HAAS Racing F1 team unveiled to the public via Twitter yesterday and sounded off in response. All of us that follow such motorsports as IndyCar, Formula 1, and NASCAR are surely...
Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance to Get Your Hands on the First-Ever 2024 Mustang GT VIN 001
4 Jan 2023, 01:52 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Ford Motor Company unveiled the long-awaited seventh-generation Mustang in September, surrounded by a ton of fanfare, at the Detroit International Auto Show. So much so, that the reveal was streamed live on YouTube. Now we learn that the fir...
Hyundai Closes Out 2022 on a High and Looks Forward to 2023
3 Jan 2023, 17:12 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Despite all of the distractions and interruptions over the past several years due to the you-know-what, South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Company has managed to keep its head above water and even excel to a degree amid the uncertainty over the global...
South Korea Gifts Tesla a $2.2 Million New Year's Fine Over Cold Weather Range
3 Jan 2023, 08:24 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It was a topsy-turvy year for Elon Musk and Tesla in 2022, and the the New Year has started in a similar fashion in terms of a good news-bad news ratio. The most recent news came out of Seoul, South Korea, where government antitrust regulators h...
Powers That Be Deem PHEVs as Eco-Friendly Sacrificing Some All-Electrics
3 Jan 2023, 06:00 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Anyone with any doubt about whether the electric vehicle movement is driven by climate change or some other issue in the eyes of the U.S. Government should certainly revel in the latest news regarding EV incentives, released by the Internal Revenue...
The Big Boys Have a Grip on EV Batteries the Industry Cannot Break Free From
3 Jan 2023, 03:57 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Just a few days ago here on autoevolution, we published an article about how much electric vehicle manufacturers rely on the finite resource of lithium; the metal that is vital to the production of the battery that provides the energy for EVs. In t...
Fireworks Greet Final Boat to Finish Sydney to Hobart, The Crew May Surprise You
2 Jan 2023, 05:47 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / As with many sporting spectacles, there are always expectations focused on the strongest and fastest competitors, but in the end, an inspirational story often emerges. The 2022 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race produced such a story to get 2023 rolling. ...
Really! Electric Vehicles Are a Threat to Freedom and Human Development
31 Dec 2022, 07:18 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Everyone out there in the world who has considered purchasing an electric vehicle has experienced some degree of what the industry refers to as 'charge anxiety' and 'range anxiety.' Prospective owners of electric vehicles are...
Lithium Holds the Key to the EV Movement - Here's Why That's a Problem
30 Dec 2022, 08:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It should come as no surprise to anyone that the demand for electric vehicles is expected to continue and even accelerate beyond what the world has experienced over the last couple of years. By the end of this year alone, just days from now, revenu...
Survey Shows EV Movement Is the Real Deal and Here to Stay
29 Dec 2022, 13:34 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Alright, you took the plunge after considering how to cope with range and charging anxiety and purchased an electric vehicle. But, having been attached to your gas-powered vehicles for so long, you kept one around just in case the EV proved to not ...