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The Sting of Carroll Shelby's Black Hornet Is All Pleasure Without Any Pain
The Sting of Carroll Shelby's Black Hornet Is All Pleasure Without Any Pain

14 Dec 2022, 01:13 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Carroll Shelby left an indelible mark on the automotive industry throughout his life, and much of his legacy lives on to this very day in the hearts, minds, driveways and garages of collectors and muscle car enthusiasts everywhere.  Shelby&...

 
Porsche Steals the Show at Thailand International Motor Expo
Porsche Steals the Show at Thailand International Motor Expo

13 Dec 2022, 07:49 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / After reporting last week on the success the German luxury sports car maker was having, selling its automobiles in Thailand, autoevolution attended the Thailand International Motor Expo and found the Porsche brand to be well represented. Porsche...

 
Tesla Hits the Ground Running in Thailand by Selling Over 5,000 Cars in Less Than a Week
Tesla Hits the Ground Running in Thailand by Selling Over 5,000 Cars in Less Than a Week

13 Dec 2022, 02:45 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It seems as though anxious Thailand customers who have been waiting for the ability to buy Tesla Electric vehicles in the country reacted accordingly since the company began taking orders last Wednesday. Despite being noticeably absent from last...

 
Japan Sizes Up Nissan and Mitsubishi Models As Cars of the Year
Japan Sizes Up Nissan and Mitsubishi Models As Cars of the Year

13 Dec 2022, 00:31 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The date of December 12, 2022, will be marked as a landmark day in the eyes of an industry going through the monumental transition from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles. Japan’s Car of the Year awards (COTY) was held yesterday in Yoko...

 
Stellantis Follows Ford's Lead and Joins Renewable Energy Program
Stellantis Follows Ford's Lead and Joins Renewable Energy Program

12 Dec 2022, 23:28 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Earlier this year Stellantis announced its Dare Forward 2030 plan to achieve carbon net zero globally by 2038, and yesterday that aim took a very big step forward. The giant automaker has partnered with DTE Energy in what is described as the sec...

 
First-Time Kia EV6 GT Buyers Now Get 1,000 kWh of Free Charging
First-Time Kia EV6 GT Buyers Now Get 1,000 kWh of Free Charging

12 Dec 2022, 21:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Buying Kia's all-new EV6 GT just got a bit more appealing today as the company announced it has reached an agreement to expand a February 2022 agreement with Electrify America to include the new Kia performance model. The original agreement...

 
Make No Mistake, This Sleeper Plymouth Is No Family Car
Make No Mistake, This Sleeper Plymouth Is No Family Car

12 Dec 2022, 21:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / To the untrained eye, the 1969 Plymouth looks to be the perfect date night drive-in vehicle or an ideal family Sunday-Drive drop-top complete with innocent-looking hubcaps. However, there are some telltale signs if you look close enough that thi...

 
50th Anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race Entry Period Is on the Horizon
50th Anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race Entry Period Is on the Horizon

12 Dec 2022, 15:49 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / As all eyes in offshore yacht racing are focused on Boxing Day's start of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, one cannot forget to mark their calendar for yacht racing's biggest event entry start date. Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) annou...

 
1930s Era Rolls-Royce Phantom II With Classic Mobster Appeal Set to Be Sold
1930s Era Rolls-Royce Phantom II With Classic Mobster Appeal Set to Be Sold

12 Dec 2022, 14:29 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The RM Sotheby's Paris auction on the first day of February 2023 will feature a 1931 Rolls-Royce four-door saloon body by Cricklewood-based Thrupp & Maberly that added a bit of sportiness to the classic brand. This Phantom II Continenta...

 
Kiwis Smash Wind-Powered World Land Speed Record by Going 138 MPH
Kiwis Smash Wind-Powered World Land Speed Record by Going 138 MPH

12 Dec 2022, 09:06 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Kiwis of Emirates Team New Zealand's Project Landspeed nervously waited for the sun and soaring temperatures to dry out the bed of Lake Gairdner for months, but yesterday's performance of their land speedy land yacht made it worthwhil...

 
Grey Skies Prevail but Wind and Warm Water Add Sunshine to King's Cup
Grey Skies Prevail but Wind and Warm Water Add Sunshine to King's Cup

8 Dec 2022, 00:57 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Thailand's largest island welcomed the return of the Phuket King's Cup sailing regatta earlier this week and the event has proven to be a boon for the tourist destination devastated by the pandemic. The sailors in the event are just as...

 
Porsche's Electrified Cayennes Are Helping to Clear the Air in Thailand
Porsche's Electrified Cayennes Are Helping to Clear the Air in Thailand

7 Dec 2022, 23:58 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Earlier this year, Thailand's Government took some pretty extraordinary steps to clean up the air around Bangkok, the nation's capital and most congested city, by introducing incentives for car buyers to invest in electric vehicles. ...

 
Tesla Is Finally Ready to Take On the Land of Smiles - Thailand
Tesla Is Finally Ready to Take On the Land of Smiles - Thailand

7 Dec 2022, 13:33 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Almost seven months after registering as a company and launching a recruiting effort in September looking for home-charging developers, charging infrastructure leads, technicians, store managers, and customer service reps in Thailand, Tesla will fi...

 
Congressional 'No' Vote May Doom 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10
Congressional 'No' Vote May Doom 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10

7 Dec 2022, 06:49 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / After two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, the United States Congress established a deadline for new safety standard requirements regarding cockpit alert systems for this month for two 737 MAX variants. The deadline of December 27th sti...

 
The Ending of the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge Makes All Eyes Focus on the Next Grueling Race
The Ending of the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge Makes All Eyes Focus on the Next Grueling Race

7 Dec 2022, 05:10 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Yacht racing in the Southern Hemisphere is just heating up, and the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge is the final tune-up for the Sydney to Hobart race that begins on Boxing Day. Being a handicap race, the boat that crosses the line first (Line Honours)...

 
LawConnect Will Live Stream It's Attempt to Win Line Honours in Sydney to Hobart Race
LawConnect Will Live Stream It's Attempt to Win Line Honours in Sydney to Hobart Race

7 Dec 2022, 04:07 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. The challenge Christian Beck's supermaxi, LawConnect, experienced in last year's Sydney to Hobart race was an undetected blo...

 
Phuket King's Cup Begins With Plenty of Wind and Grey Skies
Phuket King's Cup Begins With Plenty of Wind and Grey Skies

7 Dec 2022, 03:46 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Phuket King's Cup 2022 got underway under persistent gray skies and 20-knot (23 mph / 37.04 kp/h) winds often gusting to 25 knots (28.77 mph / 46.3 kp/h). But that did not dissuade the big boat program from getting off to an exciting start...

 
BYD's Cars Are Built and Ready To Be Sold, But They Cannot Get Across the Pond
BYD's Cars Are Built and Ready To Be Sold, But They Cannot Get Across the Pond

6 Dec 2022, 03:01 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Conventional thinking would have it that getting an automobile from an assembly line and onto dealer showrooms would not be that big of a task. However, as the world emerges from the pandemic, that is anything but true, especially go west from Asia...

 
Grueling and Sometimes Deadly Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Is Just Weeks Away
Grueling and Sometimes Deadly Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Is Just Weeks Away

6 Dec 2022, 02:12 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / In the States, Boxing Day does not hold the significance as it does in countries such as Australia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth countries. However, December 26th is noteworthy if one is the seafaring type as it marks...

 
Toyota Believes a Mix of BEVs, PHEVs, and HEVs Is the Way to Decarbonization in Europe
Toyota Believes a Mix of BEVs, PHEVs, and HEVs Is the Way to Decarbonization in Europe

6 Dec 2022, 01:06 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Toyota Motor Europe’s (TME) annual Kenshiki presentation included some big news from the Japanese automaker. The event happened last week in Brussels and details are just now emerging as to what was disclosed to more than 250 media folks. Hig...

 

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