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Ford Discreetly Launches Its First-Ever Digital Purchase Platform
Ford Discreetly Launches Its First-Ever Digital Purchase Platform

1 Feb 2024, 01:18 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / After a lot of back-and-forth regarding online sales, Ford finally managed to turn on its dedicated platform. It's not much to see

 
Skoda's 2024 Scala and Kamiq Hit Production Line, Would You Want Them in the U.S.?
Skoda's 2024 Scala and Kamiq Hit Production Line, Would You Want Them in the U.S.?

30 Jan 2024, 12:06 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Skoda's facelifted Scala compact hatchback and Kamiq subcompact crossover have started rolling off the line on the right side of the pond

 
Ford's Mid-Size Crossover Is on the Edge of Dying in North America
Ford's Mid-Size Crossover Is on the Edge of Dying in North America

30 Jan 2024, 08:53 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Ford's electrification push is about to kill another model in North America: the Edge mid-size crossover. The last one will be made on April 26 at Oakville

 
Toyota Posts Record Sales for 2023, Lexus Hits Incredible Figures, VW AG Will Be Awestruck
Toyota Posts Record Sales for 2023, Lexus Hits Incredible Figures, VW AG Will Be Awestruck

30 Jan 2024, 08:46 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Japanese automaker handily beat its closest competitor, Volkswagen AG, after posting some pretty incredible record sales results for 2023

 
Apple Car Project Is Bleeding Talent, and Rivian Is Again on the Receiving End
Apple Car Project Is Bleeding Talent, and Rivian Is Again on the Receiving End

29 Jan 2024, 10:21 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Another Apple engineer left the company to fill a top position at Rivian, a worrying trend for the ailing Apple Car project, which seems more distant than ever

 
Tesla Model Y Dethrones Toyota RAV4 as the World's Best-Selling Vehicle
Tesla Model Y Dethrones Toyota RAV4 as the World's Best-Selling Vehicle

26 Jan 2024, 21:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the first time ever, an electric vehicle was crowned the world's best-selling vehicle. Tesla moved an estimated 1.23 million units of the Model Y in 2023

 
Maserati Confirms Three New Electric Vehicles, Quattroporte EV Launching 2028
Maserati Confirms Three New Electric Vehicles, Quattroporte EV Launching 2028

26 Jan 2024, 21:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Now that Maserati no longer has a V8 to call its own, the Italian marque will electrify its entire lineup no later than 2028

 
Current Tesla Lineup Reaches Limits, No Growth Projected Until Arrival of Next-Gen EVs
Current Tesla Lineup Reaches Limits, No Growth Projected Until Arrival of Next-Gen EVs

25 Jan 2024, 09:48 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla enters a new phase with little sales growth from the current lineup, and the next generation EVs will not change the trend earlier than 2026

 
Inside the Place That Builds Mustangs: This Is How America's Favorite Muscle Car Is Made
Inside the Place That Builds Mustangs: This Is How America's Favorite Muscle Car Is Made

24 Jan 2024, 14:47 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / A video shows every step of the manufacturing of America's favorite muscle car, the Ford Mustang, from the design sketches to delivery

 
Rivian Hires Former Apple Manager, Confirms R3-Series Platform Development
Rivian Hires Former Apple Manager, Confirms R3-Series Platform Development

23 Jan 2024, 09:15 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The Irvine-based startup is not planning to stop innovating and making sure its future is going to be bright. Here's what's going on

 
Cybertrucks Shipped to China Signal Tesla Doubling Down on the Local Market
Cybertrucks Shipped to China Signal Tesla Doubling Down on the Local Market

22 Jan 2024, 19:32 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla shipped several Cybertruck units to China as part of an awareness boost campaign, while Franz von Holzhausen's visit emphasized local market importance

 
BMW Wants Humanoid Robots To Build Cars at Its South Carolina Plant
BMW Wants Humanoid Robots To Build Cars at Its South Carolina Plant

19 Jan 2024, 14:36 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / BMW is planning to deploy robots into its only American plant. The German carmaker builds the X series in South Carolina

 
2024 VW Tiguan's Czech Sibling, the New Skoda Kodiaq, Enters Production
2024 VW Tiguan's Czech Sibling, the New Skoda Kodiaq, Enters Production

17 Jan 2024, 10:10 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Offered with gasoline, diesel, mild-hybrid, and plug-in hybrid power, the new 2024 Skoda Kodiaq has started rolling off the line

 
Tesla Temporarily Shuts Down Its Giga Berlin Factory
Tesla Temporarily Shuts Down Its Giga Berlin Factory

12 Jan 2024, 10:26 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The Giga Berlin will temporarily shut down at the end of January waiting for the parts supply disruption to come to an end

 
The BMW M Division's Best-Selling Vehicle Is Electric
The BMW M Division's Best-Selling Vehicle Is Electric

11 Jan 2024, 18:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 2023 saw the M division sell more than 200,000 vehicles (for the first time ever), and once again, the M Performance i4 M50 was the M division's bestseller

 
Panasonic's Third US Battery Factory Is Critical to Tesla's Plans To Grow US Production
Panasonic's Third US Battery Factory Is Critical to Tesla's Plans To Grow US Production

10 Jan 2024, 13:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Panasonic is again talking about a third battery factory in the US after shelving Oklahoma plans last year, and the decision is critical for Tesla

 
Ford Puma Was the UK's Best-Selling Car in 2023, Tesla Model Y Ranked Fifth
Ford Puma Was the UK's Best-Selling Car in 2023, Tesla Model Y Ranked Fifth

9 Jan 2024, 23:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Ford Puma serves as the indirect successor to the Fiesta in Europe, hence its rising popularity in the United Kingdom

 
EPA Data Shows That Hyundai Is the Most Fuel-Efficient Legacy Automaker in the US
EPA Data Shows That Hyundai Is the Most Fuel-Efficient Legacy Automaker in the US

9 Jan 2024, 01:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Tesla is number one overall due to its EV-only lineup, whereas Hyundai settles for second place, which is first place among legacy automakers

 
2023 Corvette Production Totals 53,785 Units
2023 Corvette Production Totals 53,785 Units

9 Jan 2024, 00:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 2023 nearly broke the all-time production record for the Corvette, with GM building 53,785 units of the C8 as opposed to 53,807 units of the C3 in 1979

 
Volkswagen Is Germany's Best-Selling Car Brand
Volkswagen Is Germany's Best-Selling Car Brand

8 Jan 2024, 21:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It should come as no surprise that Volkswagen is yet again Germany's best-selling car brand. Germany's best-selling new car is – of course – the Golf