Category: Aspiring OEMs

General Motors firing 1500 workers undermines Trump’s boasts on auto jobs

The job cuts fly in the face of Trump’s repeated claims that he’s spurring a renaissance in US auto factory jobs General Motors Co. will fire as many as 1,500 workers at the end of June at the Ohio factory building the Chevrolet Cruze compact car, undercutting President Donald Trump’s bombast about bringing back auto… Continue reading General Motors firing 1500 workers undermines Trump’s boasts on auto jobs

EV startup makes technology from the world’s first rally-inspired electric supercar available to the racing world

Media Image filesMiss R teaser video Birmingham, 10 January 2017 – XING Mobility, an electric vehicle startup from Taipei, are exhibiting their full range of electric powertrain solutions at Europe’s largest indoor motorsports show Autosport International. In November last year, XING Mobility revealed ‘Miss R’, their 1 Megawatt (1,341hp) rally-inspired supercar prototype, set for completion… Continue reading EV startup makes technology from the world’s first rally-inspired electric supercar available to the racing world

XING Mobility release footage of rally-inspired electric supercar from on-road/off-road shakedown, before showcasing full EV drivetrain system in commercial truck application

Media Image files Video: Miss R on-road/off-road shakedown– 1’19” Video: XING Mobility’s Miss R Story— 3’ 21” · XING Mobility complete system shakedown runs of MISS R, their 1-Megawatt rally-inspired supercar on and off-road, complete with interim prototype body · The release of world-exclusive test footage coincides with this year’s AutoTronics Taipei show, where Miss… Continue reading XING Mobility release footage of rally-inspired electric supercar from on-road/off-road shakedown, before showcasing full EV drivetrain system in commercial truck application

TVR Returns to endurance motorsport with REBELLION Racing

5 April 2018: Marking its return to motor sport for the first time in more than 10 years, TVR has announced its role as the automotive partner to REBELLION Racing, competing in the LMP1 category of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) 2018 – 2019 Super Season. REBELLION Racing TVR will make its track debut during the WEC Prologue event at Circuit Paul Ricard on 6 April.

Learnings from TVR’s collaboration with REBELLION Racing will flow directly into the development and production both of its road car line-up, and into its future racing projects.

Les Edgar, Chairman of TVR, said: “When we resurrected the TVR brand, we knew that we wanted to achieve a return to the race track. Our partnership with REBELLION Racing allows us to achieve that goal, while bringing about valuable operational and technical knowledge, which directly transfers to our road car operation and future racing activities.

“We have a long-standing relationship with Rebellion Racing and have been following them closely in WEC over the last few years. We greatly look forward to working with the team and are confident that REBELLION Racing TVR will see much success during the Super Season.”

REBELLION Racing teased the design of its ORECA R-13 prototype at the Geneva Motor Show in March, following confirmation of its entry into the LMP1 category. The WEC Prologue is the first time REBELLION will allow a closer glimpse of its 2018 – 2019 race livery, with TVR taking pride of place as automotive partner.

Sports car racing is a fundamental element of TVR’s heritage, with the very first models (TVR 1, 2 and 3) having been designed for the race track, and with a long and rich heritage of racing ever since. TVR entered its first Le Mans event with its Grantura in 1962, and TVRs competed in myriad championships throughout the years. TVR participated at Le Mans in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and ran a number of successful one-make race series in the UK until 2006.

TVR will join REBELLION Racing’s other partners – Gibson race engines, Motul lubricants, and Carbon Champagne for the 2018 – 2019 Super Season.

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New Lancia Stratos supercar images released

11th Mar 2018 6:00 am Manifattura Automobili Torino will build up to 25 units of its modern Stratos, based on the Ferrari 430; the supercar puts out 550hp and is expected in April 2018. The New Lancia Stratos is on display at the Geneva motor show before it is put into limited production by Manifattura… Continue reading New Lancia Stratos supercar images released

Bollinger announces partner to bring its all-electric utility truck to production next year

Bollinger has been keeping us excited about its B1 all-electric utility truck throughout its development program, but the path to production hasn’t been clear. Now the New York-based startup announces a partnership with an engineering firm to bring its all-electric vehicle to production as soon as next year. Home Solar Power Producing a cool electric prototype… Continue reading Bollinger announces partner to bring its all-electric utility truck to production next year

Looking back: The story of a year of Lightyear

Martijn Lammers — Co-Founder

It was a year ago when I wrote this article from our very first office (we have been on the move), back when we were with just the five of us. It feels so much longer ago now. The past year has been an exciting year for Lightyear in many ways. Of course some things were harder than expected but I think it is safe to say that we came a very long way and are on course to reach our first big goal; realising Lightyear One. We started out with just the 5 founders and a small group of enthusiast part-timers, much has changed.

Lightyear Investor Cafe

Around the same time I wrote the article, we were preparing our first investor cafe which would take us a huge step forward. During this evening we asked our network to help us to take Lightyear a step further. And with success, we were able to sign our first partnership with a renowned Italian automotive design company.

This partnership allowed us to make yet another giant leap forward in making ou..

Glickenhaus Adventures

March 19, 2018 It’s been a busy three months at Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus. We took our 003CS, which finished first in class twice at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, converted it to road legal status and drove it over 150 miles around New Orleans, including thru the French Quarter on the Cento Mille Rally. We… Continue reading Glickenhaus Adventures

Pagani Huayra successor to offer electric & manual option – report

The founder of ultra-desirable supercar manufacturer Pagani has revealed details, via an Italian report, about two upcoming vehicles that should have purists and electric car enthusiasts alike very excited indeed. Horacio Pagani started his company 20 years ago, with the debut of the gorgeous Zonda – a car which was still produced as late as… Continue reading Pagani Huayra successor to offer electric & manual option – report