Newly formed Lotus Advanced Performance (LAP) will soon give the first details of a series of radical, highly bespoke cars that it will put into limited production in Hethel. LAP’s primary remit is to create extreme, limited-run machines that will be built and sold separately to Lotus‘s core production models. It has also taken control of… Continue reading Lotus to build modern versions of never-launched classics
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@Daimler: VISION EQXX breaks own efficiency record on 1,202 km summer road trip from Stuttgart (Germany) to Silverstone (UK)
The journey continues: the most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever built demonstrates even greater efficiency of 8.3 kWh/100 km and impressive thermal management on another long-distance drive Stuttgart/Brixworth. The Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX beats its own efficiency record in real-world driving with another 1,000 km+ journey on a single battery charge. Following its record-breaking maiden drive from Stuttgart… Continue reading @Daimler: VISION EQXX breaks own efficiency record on 1,202 km summer road trip from Stuttgart (Germany) to Silverstone (UK)
@Nissan: 2022/06/23 Nissan to supply Formula E Gen3 powertrains to McLaren Racing Nissan and…000779
2022/06/23 YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan and McLaren Racing announced today a multi-year technical collaboration, which will commence at the beginning of the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season. With McLaren Racing confirming its participation in the sport from Season 9 of the all-electric series, the partnership will see the Japanese automaker supply its… Continue reading @Nissan: 2022/06/23 Nissan to supply Formula E Gen3 powertrains to McLaren Racing Nissan and…000779
@Geely: Thu 23 Jun 2022Registration for Lotus 01L NFT collection now open 1 | 1 | 1 The first ever Lotus NFT Collection is called 01L and the…
Five releases over five months will tell the story of the iconic Lotus brand ‘Limitless’ is theme of first release, due mid-August 2022 Four more to follow in consecutive months, culminating in December To be part of the experience register now at nft.lotuscars.com Hethel, UK – 23 June 2022. The first ever Lotus NFT Collection… Continue reading @Geely: Thu 23 Jun 2022Registration for Lotus 01L NFT collection now open 1 | 1 | 1 The first ever Lotus NFT Collection is called 01L and the…
German Manager Magazine: Ford-Werke Saarlouis: outrage and demonstration after the decision against the Saarland001858
Setback for the Saarland: The US carmaker ford has decided against electric car production at its plant in Saarlouis. Instead, an electric car platform is to be built at the plant in Valencia, Spain, as the group announced on Wednesday. At the Saarland site with 4,600 employees, production of the Focus combustion engine model will… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Ford-Werke Saarlouis: outrage and demonstration after the decision against the Saarland001858
Porsche and Michelin on a performance mission at Goodwood with tyres that contain 53% sustainable materials
Porsche and Michelin on a performance mission at Goodwood with tyres that contain 53% sustainable materials The new, fully-electric Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance will be out to showcase its potential at 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed on Michelin tires that contain 53% sustainable materials. At last August’s Le Mans 24 Hours, Michelin revealed the… Continue reading Porsche and Michelin on a performance mission at Goodwood with tyres that contain 53% sustainable materials
Supercar makers start to go electric
For many years, Luciano Colosio’s garage was governed by an iron rule: all cars must have 12 cylinders. A McLaren F1, a $2.6mn Pagani, a Bugatti Veyron, two Aston Martin One-77s with hand-built Cosworth engines and, of course, a steady parade of Ferraris, all passed through his collection. Not any more. At the age of… Continue reading Supercar makers start to go electric
The secret HQ keeping McLaren F1 legends alive
Not that Cousall is under any illusions about the older cars, “where the installations are all so different to what I’ve grown up with. It’s stupid stuff, like I’m used to working on metric cars, so I have to get my head around the imperial measurements.” The value to Cousall and the other younger members… Continue reading The secret HQ keeping McLaren F1 legends alive
@VW Group: BUGATTI CHIRON PUR SPORT ‘GRAND PRIX’ MAKES PUBLIC DEBUT AT TOP MARQUES MONACO005240
The French Riviera, 1931. 11th on the starting grid sits Monegasque Louis Chiron behind the pulsating wheel of his Bugatti Type 51. The flag is about to drop before Bugatti’s legendary driver secures an iconic victory at his home race: the Monaco Grand Prix. He became the first and is still currently the only Monégasque… Continue reading @VW Group: BUGATTI CHIRON PUR SPORT ‘GRAND PRIX’ MAKES PUBLIC DEBUT AT TOP MARQUES MONACO005240
Tesla (TSLA) lays off more employees, and hourly ones this time despite Elon Musk’s comments
Tesla has started another wave of layoffs, and this time it also includes hourly workers instead of just salaried employees like CEO Elon Musk claimed. Earlier this month, we reported on Musk telling Tesla executives in an email that they need to cut 10% of the workforce and pause hiring due to having a “super bad… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) lays off more employees, and hourly ones this time despite Elon Musk’s comments