In the pantheon of cars considered irredeemable lemons — think Edsel, Aztek, Pacer — one stands above them all, or maybe below. The Yugo. Arguably no car has been more maligned than the utilitarian Yugo. It has been called “hard to view on a full stomach” and “the Mona Lisa of bad cars,” and it… Continue reading They Love the Yugo, the Car Others Love to Hate
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U.S. asks Mexico to review a second complaint about labor violations in its auto industry.
The Biden administration is invoking provisions in a new trade agreement to ask Mexico to look into accusations of labor violations at an auto-parts plant near the U.S. border. The action, announced Wednesday by the Labor Department and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, follows a complaint by groups including the A.F.L.-C.I.O., the… Continue reading U.S. asks Mexico to review a second complaint about labor violations in its auto industry.
How I Spent My Pandemic Year in a Camper Van
How I Spent My Pandemic Year in a Camper Van Stephen HiltnerReporting from the road �� My bed is a small mattress that folds up and out of the way. Beside it I keep an assortment of bins and bags — for food, water, clothing, toiletries. The key is simplicity: I carry as little as… Continue reading How I Spent My Pandemic Year in a Camper Van
The Faces of Mothers Who Bore the Burden of the Pandemic
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As a freelance photographer, I was contacted by The New York Times in February to create a series of portraits of 15 mothers in Los Angeles who had been forced out of their jobs because… Continue reading The Faces of Mothers Who Bore the Burden of the Pandemic
Crackdown on Emissions ‘Defeat Devices’ Has Amateur Racers Up in Arms
SEMA frames the federal position as a frightening recipe for overreach, in which the E.P.A. doesn’t allow any street car to become a racecar. That would end amateur racing, and in turn all racing, because there would be no path for developing new pro racers. “It would be like trying to sustain Major League Baseball… Continue reading Crackdown on Emissions ‘Defeat Devices’ Has Amateur Racers Up in Arms
Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin as payment for its cars.
Three months after Tesla said it would begin accepting the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as payment, the electric carmaker has abruptly reversed course. In a message posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, said Tesla had suspended accepting Bitcoin because of concern about the energy consumed by computers crunching the calculations that underpin the… Continue reading Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin as payment for its cars.
Semiconductor Makers and Users Form a Group to Push for Chip Funding
Semiconductor companies and big businesses that use chips have formed a coalition to push for tens of billions of dollars in federal funding for semiconductor research and manufacturing in the United States. The new group, the Semiconductors in America Coalition, announced its formation on Tuesday amid a global semiconductor shortage that has caused disruptions throughout… Continue reading Semiconductor Makers and Users Form a Group to Push for Chip Funding
What to Do If Your Car is Recalled
Millions of cars are recalled each year, and roughly eight million already have been in 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Getting a notice from the automaker that your vehicle is among them and has a safety deficiency is not only alarming, it can also lead to a flood of questions. What… Continue reading What to Do If Your Car is Recalled
GM’s EV gamble could be Toyota’s gain as carmakers place bets
GM’s plan to bring out the most electric vehicles in the U.S. over the next three years may end up ceding market share to Toyota and Honda. Go to Source
G-7 leaders discuss speeding shift toward electric vehicles
Group of Seven leaders are discussing ambitious plans to shift the balance of car buying away from gasoline to greener vehicles by the end of the decade, as part of a package of measures to combat climate change. Under one proposal contained in a document seen by Bloomberg, G-7 governments would “strive” to ensure that… Continue reading G-7 leaders discuss speeding shift toward electric vehicles