The newly-appointed chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover has addressed the company’s quality issues and revealed the extent to which they have impacted its sales. During a recent investor’s call, Thierry Bollore said that the company has made “dramatic improvements” on reliability. He did, however, acknowledge that “the dissatisfaction of our customers was really detrimental […]
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles revealed that they spent over 300 million euros ($362 million) on green credits last year in Europe, most of which went to Tesla. In 2019, FCA, which is now part of the newly-formed Stellantis, committed to spending around $2 billion on regulatory credits through the end of 2021. Stellantis CFO Richard Palmer […]
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Fans of the Fast & Furious franchise will have to wait a little longer to watch the latest installment, as the release date of “F9” has been pushed from May 28 to June 25, 2021. The announcement comes just days after President Joe Biden announced that there will be enough vaccines available to inoculate every […]
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The 2021 Formula 1 season is courting controversy before the cars even hit the track. The latest issue surrounds the Haas F1 team’s livery. Unveiled yesterday, the red, white, and blue livery bears a striking resemblance to the Russian flag. The problem is that the two-year ban on the flag’s use at world championship events […]
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Tesla may be courted by a promise from Indian officials to incentivize the manufacture of EVs in the South Asian nation, according to a report from Reuters. Speaking to the news outlet, transport minister Nitin Gadkari says that the Indian government is willing to ensure that production costs are lower than that of China. The […]
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The dawn of the e-fuel era in Formula 1 has drawn the attention of the Volkswagen Group, and especially Porsche, despite the fact that the automaker hasn’t been involved in F1 since 1991. Porsche is betting big on e-fuels and F1 has committed to making them a part of the sport by 2025. Speaking to […]
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Jeep’s new parent company, Stellantis, has left the door open to changing the name of the Cherokee, but has shown no signs of doing it soon. This follows a report from last month in which Chuck Hoskin Jr, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, suggested that the use of the nation’s name on a car […]
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The Porsche Taycan lineup expanded earlier today as the company introduced the all-new Taycan Cross Turismo. However, the lineup could grow even further as Taycan product chief Stefan Weckbach has revealed additional variants are under consideration. Speaking to Autocar, Weckbach said the company is considering a less off-road focused version of the Cross Turismo. It […]
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The 2021 Nissan Rogue made news last week for its underperformance in a specific crash test. The crossover has now been updated to be safer, according to the automaker. Although the Rogue scored four out of five stars overall in a safety test by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), it performed conspicuously poorly in […]
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While Americans have been focused on ‘stonks,’ it appears our neighbors to the north have taken an interest in commodities. In particular, Canadian thieves are trying to get their hands on the platinum, palladium and rhodium that reside in catalytic converters. While catalytic converter theft is nothing new, it’s become pretty lucrative thanks to increasing […]
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