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Lucid Adds SiriusXM to Its Over-the-Air Software Update
Lucid Adds SiriusXM to Its Over-the-Air Software Update

26 Nov 2022, 05:28 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Lucid Motors has been in the news a great deal lately for a variety of reasons; some good, some bad, and some sobering. The latest to come out will be music to Lucid Air owners' ears. The Newark, Calfornia-based luxury vehicle manufacturer ...

 
NIO Celebrates More Than Just 8 Years in the EV Business With Revealing Video
NIO Celebrates More Than Just 8 Years in the EV Business With Revealing Video

25 Nov 2022, 13:00 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Driven by a philosophy the company calls "Blue Sky Coming", NIO is making a name for itself as not just any ol' electric vehicle manufacturer. The Shanghai, China-based manufacturer of electric vehicles is celebrating its eighth ...

 
Britain's Challenge for the Oldest Trophy in International Sports Gets Underway in Spain
Britain's Challenge for the Oldest Trophy in International Sports Gets Underway in Spain

25 Nov 2022, 06:46 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The America's Cup is the oldest international trophy in the world, pre-dating the modern Olympics, the Ryder Cup, and the World Cup. Despite the sailing competition for the Auld Mug having been started by the British Royal Yacht Squadron in 18...

 
VinFast VF8 SUVs Have Left the Dock and Are on Their Way to the U.S. in Time for X-Mas
VinFast VF8 SUVs Have Left the Dock and Are on Their Way to the U.S. in Time for X-Mas

25 Nov 2022, 05:41 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / We have been reporting on Vietnamese automaker VinFast's efforts to penetrate the U.S. market with its all-electric SUVs all year here on autoevolution, and today it gets real. Just as planned and reported last month, the automaker today c...

 
Chevy Pushes All the Right Buttons in Latest Holiday Commercial
Chevy Pushes All the Right Buttons in Latest Holiday Commercial

24 Nov 2022, 04:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It is no secret that television and radio stations create most of their revenue from selling ad space on their specific platforms. In fact, in the early days of both, neither may have survived without advertising revenue. It doesn't come ch...

 
Space Exploration; the Cost, the Emissions, and the Hypocrisy of It All
Space Exploration; the Cost, the Emissions, and the Hypocrisy of It All

24 Nov 2022, 03:58 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / I happened to come across a couple of articles recently that prompted me to do a bit more research on the carbon footprint being created by humans' insatiable appetite for space travel and exploration. What I learned was quite alarming but ...

 
Speedy Sleek Crafts to Large Opium Haulers the Ships of Centuries Past Were Quite a Sight
Speedy Sleek Crafts to Large Opium Haulers the Ships of Centuries Past Were Quite a Sight

23 Nov 2022, 18:42 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Just as the automotive world has different styles of vehicles in the form of sports cars, coupes, sedans, station wagons, vans, SUVs, and others, so too does the sailboat industry. We are going to take a look at some of the more popular vessels ...

 
Help Name the New Wagoneer and Jeep Will Send You Down the Slopes at Jackson Hole
Help Name the New Wagoneer and Jeep Will Send You Down the Slopes at Jackson Hole

23 Nov 2022, 18:33 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / When a company is on the verge of releasing a new product, there may be no better way to get the word out than to engage the public in a contest, to name it. That is exactly the angle the Stellantis Automotive conglomerate has taken with its all...

 
Ford's New E-Tourneo Reinvents the Wheel in a Not So Obvious Way
Ford's New E-Tourneo Reinvents the Wheel in a Not So Obvious Way

23 Nov 2022, 17:29 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Just yesterday, here on autoevolution it was reported that the Ford Motor Company, through its Ford Pro division, unveiled its brand new all-electric multi-activity vehicle in the E-tourneo for the European market. Today, we discovered something...

 
Audi Throws a Bit of a Twist Into Recycling Materials for Its Q8 e-tron
Audi Throws a Bit of a Twist Into Recycling Materials for Its Q8 e-tron

23 Nov 2022, 16:56 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Plastic injection molded components have played a vital role in automobile manufacturing since the 1970s. With less specific gravity and cheaper to produce, plastics have enabled manufacturers to reduce the weight of their automobiles, thereby incr...

 
Watch: Inside Look at the Fisker Ocean SUV's Entire Production Process
Watch: Inside Look at the Fisker Ocean SUV's Entire Production Process

21 Nov 2022, 19:16 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Just a couple days ago, on November 19, the Fisker factory in Graz, Austria, officially began producing the Fisker Ocean for customer deliveries. While the first edition the Ocean is completely sold out, production will be limited to just 300 in Q1...

 
1970 Ford Boss 302 Mustang Fastback To Hit the Auction Block in Stellar Condition
1970 Ford Boss 302 Mustang Fastback To Hit the Auction Block in Stellar Condition

21 Nov 2022, 17:41 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Ford Motor Company realized after the 1970 model year that its flagship Mustang had just gone through its fourth consecutive year of declining sales. It could have been a result of increased competition from the likes of the Chevrolet Camaro...

 
Another America's Cup Team Crashes Their Boat, Only This Time, It Did a Nosedive
Another America's Cup Team Crashes Their Boat, Only This Time, It Did a Nosedive

21 Nov 2022, 15:58 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / When Alinghi Red Bull's BoatZero first hit the waters of Barcelona, the site of the 34th America's Cup, it was apparent that hydrofoiling fans would get an eyeful as teams prepare for the 2024 event. Since then, we have seen both BoatZ...

 
'Rat Pack" Favorite 1957 Dual Ghia Set to Hit the Auction Block in January
'Rat Pack" Favorite 1957 Dual Ghia Set to Hit the Auction Block in January

21 Nov 2022, 15:08 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The 2023 classic car auction calendar will kick off with the Mecum Auction in Kissimmee, Florida, January 4-15 and, if this is an example of what is to come in other auction house dockets, collectors are in for a real treat. One of the standout ...

 
LinkedOut Links Into the Route Du Rhum Record Books With a Win – But Where Is Catherine?
LinkedOut Links Into the Route Du Rhum Record Books With a Win – But Where Is Catherine?

21 Nov 2022, 14:53 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Three of the six boat classes represented in the year's twelfth Route du Rhum have settled on winners, while the other three fleets are still going at it on their way to Guadeloupe. The latest winner is LinkedOut, skippered by 41-year-...

 
Toyota Solves One Part Shortage Issue Involving Its Sienna and Highlander
Toyota Solves One Part Shortage Issue Involving Its Sienna and Highlander

21 Nov 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The supply chain issues and parts shortages that have plagued automotive vehicle production throughout the world over the past several years are no secret to those of us that follow the industry, but Toyota has managed to resolve one. Recent new...

 
Cruise South Beach in This One-of-a-Kind RUF Rt12 if You Can Spare $800K
Cruise South Beach in This One-of-a-Kind RUF Rt12 if You Can Spare $800K

20 Nov 2022, 18:56 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / RM Sotheby's car auction rolls into Miami's South Beach on December 10 with over sixty cars currently up for the taking if the price is right. We have already covered a couple of the cars on the docket here on autoevolution, but we wo...

 
Tesla Museum Exhibition Opens With the Addition of Some Never Seen Before Footage
Tesla Museum Exhibition Opens With the Addition of Some Never Seen Before Footage

20 Nov 2022, 18:54 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It was only a matter of time before the folks at the Petersen Automotive Museum along Museum Row on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, would find room in their massive building for a Tesla exhibit. That time eventually came, and the ...

 
The Ocean Fifty's Began Arriving This Morning in the Route Du Rhum With Others To Follow
The Ocean Fifty's Began Arriving This Morning in the Route Du Rhum With Others To Follow

20 Nov 2022, 12:47 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Just as he had planned, Erwan Le Roux aboard Koesio took a higher course to be in a position to jibe towards the finish line in the Ocean 50 class and overtake long-time leader Arkema skippered by Quentin Vlamynck. It was a brilliant tactical move ...

 
Ford Escape Cousin Leads the Way in PHEV Sales on Volkswagen's Turf
Ford Escape Cousin Leads the Way in PHEV Sales on Volkswagen's Turf

20 Nov 2022, 07:28 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / With the clock ticking on government plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) incentives in Germany, consumers are scrambling to get in on the action before the January 2023 cut-off date. As a result, October sales of PHEVs jumped by 35%; the hig...

 

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