Its on-paper performance stacks up well against competitiors, too. Our test car was specified in range-topping Evolve trim but with the entry-level front-wheel-drive powertrain and smaller 63kWh battery, and so offered 215bhp and 221lb ft, compared with the range-topping e4orce car’s 388bhp and 443lb ft, and an official range of 250 miles rather than the… Continue reading Nissan Ariya
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GM, UAW reach tentative agreement to avoid strike at 4 Michigan plants
A strike that could have halted production of some of General Motors’ most profitable and important vehicles was narrowly averted Thursday. About 15 minutes before a 10 a.m. strike deadline, GM and the UAW reached a tentative agreement for a new contract for about 600 of GM’s Subsystems Manufacturing LLC employees. The details of that agreement are… Continue reading GM, UAW reach tentative agreement to avoid strike at 4 Michigan plants
A unique GM lab in Milford holds secrets to future EV driving here, and on the moon
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GM to teach emergency workers how to handle incidents involving EVs
General Motors is expanding a training program for public safety, fire and emergency service providers in the U.S. and Canada on electric vehicle safety. The automaker, which plans to sell a line up of all EVs by 2035, had been piloting safety training events in southeast Michigan. GM said Thursday it will expand that training across Michigan and to Fort… Continue reading GM to teach emergency workers how to handle incidents involving EVs
The Era of Buying Top Sports Cars Cheaply Seems to Be Over
Henry N. Manney III, an automotive journalist best known for his extensive writing in Road & Track magazine, bought a Ferrari 250 GTO in the late 1960s. One of just 36 ever built, the car was Ferrari’s $18,000 top-of-the-line sports/racing car in 1962. When the cars first rolled off the line, Enzo Ferrari, the company… Continue reading The Era of Buying Top Sports Cars Cheaply Seems to Be Over
A Wealth of Car Shows Around the Country
A much-anticipated highlight of the 2022 season promises to be the reimagined concours previously known as the Concours d’Elegance of America, which has moved from Plymouth, Mich., to Detroit and under the management of Hagerty, the classic-car insurer. An expected field of 140 cars will include Cars of Harley Earl, Cars of Woodward Avenue and… Continue reading A Wealth of Car Shows Around the Country
Analog Cars Are Increasing in Value in a Digital World
To the extent that our brains are computers, they may have more in common with analog rather than digital machines — people don’t think in packets of 0s and 1s. Nevertheless, as the world we interact with becomes more digital, some pushback by analog fans was probably inevitable. Some people still favor vinyl records, film… Continue reading Analog Cars Are Increasing in Value in a Digital World
Nikola still short of shareholder support to issue new stock – hampered by founder Trevor Milton
The company has spent the past month rallying shareholders to vote for the proposal in sufficient numbers to overcome objections from founder Trevor Milton. Go to Source
Stellantis to decommission engine line in Trenton, cut workforce
Jeep maker Stellantis NV on Thursday said it will decommission an engine line at its Trenton Engine Complex by the end of the year in a move to consolidate production that will result in workforce reductions. The announcement comes with a $24.7 million investment into the complex’s south plant for retooling for a flexible engine… Continue reading Stellantis to decommission engine line in Trenton, cut workforce
GM Subsystems avoids strike, reaches tentative agreement with UAW
The United Auto Workers union on Thursday reached a tentative agreement with GM Subsystems LLC, avoiding a strike at GM Michigan plants by the subsidiary’s employees that could have halted production of trucks, EVs and Cadillac cars. Subsystems employees are not covered in the GM-UAW national contract and make nearly half the wage rate of a… Continue reading GM Subsystems avoids strike, reaches tentative agreement with UAW