The LEVC TX of modern London has a heritage stretching back to 1930, over six generations of taxi. In 1925, a new Tory government extended the tariffs that had been introduced to pay for the war onto commercial vehicles. This made the dominant French Unic taxis intolerably costly, so dealer Mann & Overton asked Austin… Continue reading From the archive: on this day in 1937
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Autocar magazine 28 June: on sale now
This week in Autocar, we uncover the next generation of Audi RS products, drive the long-awaited Kia EV9 and pit three manual driver’s cars against each other. News Audi Sport is upping its EV game with a slew of potent, pure-electric successors to its quickest combustion cars, from the RS3 to RS7. With an even… Continue reading Autocar magazine 28 June: on sale now
Mercedes-AMG S63 E Performance
Power and torque peak at 791bhp and 1055lb ft, or 179 and 391 more than the old 5.5-litre V8-engined S63, making this the most powerful S-Class yet. Unsurprisingly, though, it all comes with an additional 309kg to the kerb weight, at 2520kg. With AMG’s nine-speed automatic gearbox and fully variable four-wheel drive system deploying these… Continue reading Mercedes-AMG S63 E Performance
New 2023 BMW X1 M35i brings 296bhp for £45,995
The M performance variant of the new BMW X1 has arrived, bringing a range of chassis and engine tweaks aimed at usurping the Mercedes-AMG GLA 35. Called the X1 M35i, it’s powered by an upgraded version of the turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine featured in the BMW 2 Series Coupé, Morgan Plus Four and Toyota… Continue reading New 2023 BMW X1 M35i brings 296bhp for £45,995
GM CEO Mary Barra opens up on slow EV rollout, return to office
General Motors has a logistics problem and the slow ramp-up of its battery cells manufacturing is constricting some production of new vehicles, including electric cars, CEO Mary Barra said. In a wide-ranging interview Monday with NBC News President of Editorial Rebecca Blumenstein at the annual Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado, Barra talked about those issues as… Continue reading GM CEO Mary Barra opens up on slow EV rollout, return to office
Automotive pioneer Gerald C. Meyers, former CEO of American Motors, dies at 94
Gerald C. Meyers, who went from top product engineer to CEO at American Motors Corp. during an era that produced the AMC Pacer and Gremlin vehicles, died on June 19. Meyers, 94, died of natural causes at his home in West Bloomfield, according to his family. The son of a successful immigrant tailor from Poland,… Continue reading Automotive pioneer Gerald C. Meyers, former CEO of American Motors, dies at 94
Jeep-parent Stellantis launches new EV charging business unit
Jeep- and Chrysler-parent Stellantis is launching a new business unit to encompass its charging and energy management offerings. The unit will manage a service called Free2move Charge to deal in everything from home charging wall boxes to public charging network aggregation, according to the announcement, which said the new service would address “electric vehicle customer… Continue reading Jeep-parent Stellantis launches new EV charging business unit
Stellantis says equipment in place to deal with odors from Detroit Jeep plant
Stellantis says it has now installed the equipment needed to address the chronic odor issues that the residents living near the company’s newest Jeep plant say have severely degraded the quality of life in their east-side Detroit neighborhood. In a letter to the community dated Monday, Linda Trbizan, Stellantis senior vice president and head of… Continue reading Stellantis says equipment in place to deal with odors from Detroit Jeep plant
Ford alerts salaried employees, including engineers, layoffs coming
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Lordstown Motors, an Electric Truck Maker, Files for Bankruptcy
Lordstown Motors, the troubled electric vehicle company that bought a shuttered General Motors factory in Ohio with grand plans to create the Tesla of pickup trucks, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. Once hailed by former President Donald J. Trump for preserving manufacturing jobs, the company struggled with a series of development setbacks and frequent… Continue reading Lordstown Motors, an Electric Truck Maker, Files for Bankruptcy