Ford Is Losing Big Money On EVs
Automakers are quickly learning that electric vehicles are expensive to produce and that the demand for EVs simply isn’t there. Ford recently revealed its third-quarter earnings for 2023 and there’s bad news. Despite selling more EVs, Ford’s all-electric Model e division posted an operating loss...
VW ID.7 Tourer electric wagon to debut in 2024
Volkswagen's new ID.7 electric hatchback is set to spawn a wagon body style, which the automaker confirmed on Monday as the ID.7 Tourer. The ID.7 hatch is VW's Tesla Model S rival, and is slated to reach the U.S. next year as a 2025 model. It will help to fill the void left by the discontinued Passat sedan. The ID.7 Tourer...
The Best Sports Cars You Can Buy
Hunter Kelley For as long as we've had the automobile, we've had the impulse to not just go fast, but more specifically, faster than the next person. And from humble beginnings — often two drunk, soot-covered aristocrats trying not to blow themselves up with a steam boiler — we know have a proliferation of modern sports cars, ranging from the...
2024 Porsche Cayenne, BMW X3 top TCC’s new car reviews
This week on The Car Connection, we tracked price increases on the latest 2024 models and reviewed the changes to some of the most popular mainstream and luxury crossover SUVs. Here's what moved us this week. 2024 new car reviews 2024 Porsche Cayenne review A test drive in the new Turbo E-Hybrid plug-in hybrid improves...
Stellantis and the UAW reach tentative contract deal to end strike
The United Auto Workers has made a tentative deal with Stellantis that follows a template set by UAW and Ford. The deals will amount to total pay hikes of more than 33% when compounding and cost-of-living are factored in. The contracts will start with an initial increase of 11%. "We look forward to welcoming our 43,000 employees back to...
Geely, Baidu put AI-enabled ROBOCAR JiYue 01 onto market, starting at 249,900 yuan
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Geely Holding Group ("Geely Holding"), China's largest privately owned automotive conglomerate, and Baidu's joint-venture automotive robocar brand, JiYue ROBOCAR, put their first AI power all-electric ROBOCAR, the ROBOCAR JiYue 01, onto the market on October 27.The ROBOCAR JiYue 01 comes with two trim levels: the Max and the Max Performance, and features...
2024 Audi Q8 And SQ8 Pricing For USA Revealed
Audi's handsome Q8 and SQ8 SUVs recently received a mid-cycle update, introducing a refreshed design, enhanced features, and several welcome revisions. The German giant has now touched down in America with a new pricing strategy.The Q8 55 TFSI is available in three separate trim levels: Premium ($73,700),...
Hino Motors announces “Strategy of Hino towards Carbon Neutrality”
To pursue carbon neutrality through the collaboration among industry, academia, and government, the contribution to CJPT (Commercial Japan Partnership Technology), the establishment of a new company by four companies, and further collaboration with various clientsHino Motors, Ltd. (headquartered in Hino City, Tokyo; president & CEO: Satoshi Ogiso; hereinafter referred to as “Hino”) has announced its initiatives for carbon neutrality...
Westlake using digital refunds to save resources
Westlake Financial has digitized auto loan refund payments to save time and devote more resources to core operations. The lender signed on with corporate payouts platform Onbe to replace its check-based program for auto loan overpayment...
“Incredible” Rovanpera not catchable on pure driving in WRC Central Europe
Evans must outscore Rovanpera at this weekend’s first running of the asphalt event to take the title fight to the season finale in Japan next month. The Toyota driver put up a...
