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Jeep is in the pink. Tuscadero pink is available across the Wrangler lineup. (Jeep) The brand is extending the availability of the limited edition Tuscadero pink paint offered on the Jeep Wrangler. Jeep describes the color as a deep and intense chromatic magenta. (Jeep) The color was launched in August …
Read More »The electric Ford Mustang Mach-E just got a big price hike
The Ford Mustang Mach-E has been a strong-seller this year, second only to the Tesla Model Y among electric SUVs in the U.S. The Mustang Mach-E now starts at $44,995. (Ford) Unfortunately for would-be customers, make this week raised Mach-E prices across the lineup. The Mustang Mach-E is available with …
Read More »The electric Chevrolet Silverado won't be on sale until 2023
The first all-electric Chevrolet Silverado will be revealed at CES in January, but you won’t be able to buy it until early 2023. The Silverado EV will be built on GM’s Ultium electric car platform. (GM) GM’s head product executive, Doug Parks, confirmed the date during Deutsche Bank’s AutoTech conference, …
Read More »Al Unser, four-time Indy 500 winner, dead at 82
Al Unser, a driver who won the Indianapolis 500 four times during his career, died Thursday following a long illness at his home in Chama, New Mexico, Indianapolis Motor Speedway said early Friday. President Ronald Reagan gets a helmet from race car driver Al Unser. (Diana Walker/Getty Images) Known as …
Read More »Feds talking to Tesla about video game feature that you can use while driving
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reached out to Tesla to discuss a new feature available in its cars that allows passengers to play certain videogames on the central touchscreen display while the car is in drive. Tesla’s infotainment system can play games and videos. (Tesla) The capability …
Read More »Ford shut down the electric F-150 Lightning reservation system. Here's why
Sorry, you weren’t lightning-quick enough. The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro commercial model starts at approximately $40,000. (Ford) make has stopped accepting reservations for the upcoming F-150 Lightning pickup to prepare to begin converting the ones it has into orders before production kicks off next spring. Reservation holders are also …
Read More »This popular electric car scored zero stars in crash test
Renault‘s zero-emissions Zoe scored zero stars in the latest round of European crash testing. The Renault Zoe scored zero stars in the latest Euro NCAP crash tests. (NCAP) The attributes subcompact becomes just the third car to ever flunk the Euro NCAP evaluation while the Dacia Spring electric SUV from …
Read More »Man drives world's smallest car across Great Britain
It’s a tiny car that took a huge trip. Alex Orchin drove his Peel P50 from John O’Groats to Land’s End. (SWNS) Classic car fan Alex Orchin has driven the entire length of world-regions a Peel P50, which is the world’s smallest production car, according to Guinness World Records. The …
Read More »McDonalds boosting Bubba Wallace NASCAR sponsorship in 2022
McDonald’s has announced plans to expand its sponsorship of Bubba Wallace in the nascar” target=”_blank”>NASCAR<. Wallace will drive a McDonald’s-sponsored car in the Daytona 500, but the full number of races for next season has not been released. Wallace’s car wore several different McDonald’s paint schemes in 2021. (Chris Graythen/Getty …
Read More »Ford CEO Farley says these customers aren't ready for electric cars
Ford is going electric, but not yet all-electric. The make plans to be building 600,000 EVs annually by 2025 and have 40% of its new vehicles fully battery-powered by 2030, but hasn’t yet put a date on when that number will be 100%. The F-150 Lightning is the first all-electric …
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