By Automotive News | Hans Greimel | 5/15/2024 2:38 PM
In hard-to-crack Japan, the market has a new top import model. And it comes from a brand and place you might not expect. No, the nameplate is not from Detroit. ... Read full Story
In its fourth month on sale, the Tesla Cybertruck had 1,158 registrations versus the Rivian R1T's 548. The Ford F-150 Lightning led the EV pickup segment with 2,893, S&P Global Mobility data showed. ... Read full Story
Audiophiles with a love for Lamborghini supercars will be pleased to know that Sonus faber has equipped the Revuelto with a Class-D amplifier.
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By Automotive News | Pete Bigelow | 5/15/2024 12:13 PM
Robotaxis the company plans to eventually deploy by the thousands across the United States might be subject to stiff new tariffs that target electric vehicles imported from China. ... Read full Story
By carbuzz.com | Jarryd Neves | 5/15/2024 12:07 PM
Gianfranco Pizzuto's comments come days after Mate Rimac said Rimac is looking at alternative drivetrain solutions for future models.
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The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future.The meeting could not have gone worse. ... Read full Story
By Automotive News | Kurt Nagl | 5/15/2024 11:01 AM
The UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust has appointed a former General Motors Co. executive as its CEO. Jessica Gubing will take on the role June 4, heading up a trust launched in 2010 to protect retiree health benefits, which has grown to $58.6 billion in assets. ... Read full Story
Toyota is spending $13.9 billion to build EV batteries in rural N.C. It should have spent more to add on-site solar, wind generation from the get-go. ... Read full Story
Using virtual reality while driving may seem potentially dangerous, but Mini's work in this field will someday make for better in-car experiences.
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“In 2023, Royal Caribbean's bookings hit an all-time high ahead of the launch of its newest ship, the Icon of the Seas. Interest has yet to wane: The three strongest booking weeks in the company’s history were at the start of 2024 and ‘wave season,’ when cruise lines typically roll out flashy discounts to incentivize reservations.” — Brittany Chang, Business Insider, 20 Mar. 2024
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In her book Braiding Sweetgrass, scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, recounts some of the stories of her people surrounding Windigos, fearsome, shrieking monsters that prey on human flesh: “The Windigo is most powerful in the Hungry Times. With the warm breezes his power wanes.” Wane is a verb used when something—such as strength, power, or influence—decreases or diminishes, usually with the implication that the lessening is gradual, natural, or—as in the case of the Windigo—seasonal. Daylight wanes, as does summer. In a classroom, one’s attention may be said to wane if, minute by minute, one becomes more interested in watching birds through the window than following the points of the professor’s lecture. For centuries, wane has also been called upon to describe the seeming decrease in the size of the moon in the later phases of the lunar cycle. The traditional opposite of wane is wax, a once common but now rare synonym of grow. Wane and wax have been partnered in references to the moon since the Middle Ages.