This weekend, the “Battle in Bama” custom car show will bring hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people to the first major event at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park since the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic. Organizer Craig Rowley said the epidemic has shaped the fifth annual event in a […]
Year: 2020
Mark Webster’s neighbors had told him they were taking him out to get ice cream. Instead, the World War II veteran was taken Aug. 30 to First Church of Christ in Painesville, where his 100th birthday was celebrated with a car parade. Webster’s sister Louise Hall said the original hope […]
Some say Michigan car rivalry goes a long way – up to the point of Ram creating the TRX moniker in direct response to Ford’s F-150 Raptor performance truck. Whether this is true or false is still anyone’s guess, but the brewing feud certainly has not gone unnoticed in Texas. […]
AUBURN — Saturday’s 13th annual version of The Auburn Auction offers plenty of highlights, but to auctioneer John Kruse, the best is that it’s happening at all in disaster-plagued 2020. “To be doing … a car auction here in Auburn over Labor Day weekend is wonderful,” Kruse said. His Worldwide […]
Ford on Thursday announced a partnership with the “insurtech” firm Metromile. Customers in certain states with connected Ford cars will have the option to pay for their insurance plans by the mile. For people who don’t drive often, the new options could save them hundreds of dollars every year, Metromile […]
Led by the success of high-performance motorcycle – the F77, TVS Motor has now invested Rs30cr in Ultraviolette Automotive. This investment is part of its latest round (Series B) of funding. For boosting the adoption of electric vehicles in India, Ultraviolette launched F77 three years ago. The company further unveiled […]
Classified in: Transportation, Covid-19 virusSubject: SVY DETROIT, Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Stratview Research announces the launch of a new market research report on Automotive Fuel Systems Market by Vehicle Type (Passenger Car, LCV, and M&HCV), by Component Type (Fuel Pump, Fuel Tank, Fuel Pressure Regulator, and Others), by Fuel Type (Gasoline, […]
According to car search engine and automotive research firm iSeeCars.com, the average price of used cars rose 4.1{d758473eadf0b692d331aa823300cffd0ef21fd1fd535177f3429dd328b70b5d} — about $941 — from July to August. iSeeCars.com compiled a list of the 10 cars with the greatest price drop between the same time period. The list consists of mostly mid-sized […]
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The S-Class stands for the fascination of Mercedes-Benz: legendary and traditional engineering expertise which defines the luxury segment in the automobile industry. The new S-Class can be experienced with all the senses – seeing, feeling, hearing and smelling – while offering numerous innovations in the areas of driver assistance, protection […]
High-performance electric bike manufacturer, Ultraviolette Automotive, had unveiled the pre-production version of its first electric high-performance motorcycle – the F77, in November last year. The company has now announced that it has received an additional investment of INR 30 Crore from TVS Motor Company. This investment was the part of […]
Photo: David Grainger A few weeks back, I got an email from a journalist writing a story for VW Vortex, a writer named Sebastien Bell. Sebastien sent me some pictures of a strange Volkswagen Type I-based one-off car that was advertised as a 1970 Volkswagen Concept Car. Sebastien was smart […]
Faisal Jameel is CTO of NJ TRANSIT, one of the country’s largest public transit systems, where he specializes in digital transformations. getty Most of us agree that public transportation could use a good, strategic shake-up. It’s a dated experience, and a new generation of riders are chomping at the bit for […]
With some travel restrictions still in place because of COVID-19, many Montrealers have made the most of warmer weather on two wheels. As a result, for mountain bike enthusiast Jody Arsenault, BEng 12, it’s been a busy season at ArsenoVelo, the mobile bike service and repair shop he opened in […]
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — When Corey Miller and his wife, Jackie, decided to move from Florida two years ago, East Tennessee was a natural destination. “Well, we always vacationed here as a kid,” Corey said. “I just kept saying I was going to end up here one day and we decided […]
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) -A rail car that holds an interesting place in the region’s railroad history has a new home. The Norfolk and Western passenger car was built in 1927, and remained in service until the early ’60s. More recently, it was part of the Vickers Switch Restaurant at the […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is teasing some important structural changes in the way they make cars — some of which are going to be unveiled at Battery Day later this month and implemented at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin. Over the past few months, Musk has been teasing some important manufacturing improvements […]
I just bought my first car … in almost 20 years. Source: Shutterstock I know. It’s hard to believe. I prefer to take Uber, a taxi, a scooter, or even walk rather than drive on congested city streets. It saves me insurance, fuel, and repair costs as well. And since […]
Luxury automakers in the last decade have started to switch out heavy insulation in vehicles for active noise control, or ANC. Much like noise-canceling headphones, ANC utilizes a system of microphones and a digital signal processor to cancel out unwanted noises — like the whirr of tires and the acceleration […]
The preliminary list of contenders for World Car of the Year 2021 includes the Audi A3; BMW: 2-Series Gran Coupé, 4-Series; Citroën C4/ë-C4, Ford Kuga, Genesis G80, Honda-e, Honda Jazz; Hyundai: Elantra, i10, Grand i10, i20; Kia: K5/Optima, Sorento, Sonet; Mazda MX-30, Mercedes GLA, Nissan Rogue/X-Trail; SEAT Leon; Skoda Octavia; […]
If a customer is transparent when describing a vehicle’s condition, “we don’t anticipate having to make adjustments to our offers,” says Carvana spokesperson Amy O’Hara. “But we are prepared should the situation arise.” Online comments on sites such as Reddit support these statements. Most consumers found the trade-in or sales […]
The S-class has long been Mercedes-Benz’s flagship sedan. Big, bold, and sophisticated, it has set the bar in its segment for more than 50 years. Enjoyed by oligarchs, diplomats, and discerning business people alike, it has become a symbol of wealth and power around the world. It also acts as […]
Car bodies, held from their roofs by giant blue tongs, began rotating amid the clang of machinery. Self-driving robot carts darted by, carrying tools and parts. The first finished vehicles, almost all of them black, reached the end of the production line, where workers in black-and-gray uniforms closely inspected them. […]
The 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class could be the first car-maker in the world to have levels of autonomy that won’t require driver input up to 60kmh. The inventor of the motor car – Mercedes-Benz – is poised to take the first big step into the next level of autonomous driving, and […]
TVS Motor has infused an additional Rs 30 crore in Ultraviolette Automotive, an electric mobility solution provider. This investment is part of the latest round (Series B) of funding by the company. Ultraviolette recently unveiled India’s first high-performance electric motorcycle – the F77 and is now gearing up to launch […]
The simple reason to buy Graf Industrial (NYSE:GRAF) stock is that it is a bet on the growth of self-driving cars. Graf, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is merging with Velodyne Lidar, a key supplier for autonomous vehicles. Source: Dmitry Eagle Orlov / Shutterstock.com That simple case probably is […]
Even though hyperloop capsules can reach speeds of 760 miles per hour, on a practical level, this transportation sector appears to be stalled. Nearly all high-density transportation, from airlines to bullet trains, has come to a near halt amid the worst pandemic in a hundred years. Amtrak cars are deserted, […]