By Automotive News | Nick Bunkley | 5/15/2024 12:00 AM
Saban, a co-owner in seven Mercedes-Benz dealerships, said his comments about college football unionization were used out of context in a pro-UAW ad. ... Read full Story
By Automotive News | Molly Boigon | 5/14/2024 4:09 PM
The lawmakers' findings raise questions about whether automakers can be held to account for departing from promises made about user privacy. ... Read full Story
By Automotive News | Dan Shine | 5/14/2024 4:08 PM
TechForce Foundation is soliciting feedback from new technicians and high school and post-secondary students enrolled in automotive training programs for its inaugural Techs Talk survey. ... Read full Story
The Shark will be distributed globally but BYD has no plans to sell it in the U.S. — the biggest single market for pickups — at the moment. ... Read full Story
By Automotive News | Pete Bigelow | 5/14/2024 3:00 PM
With a backlash brimming, the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association is seeking to regain trust in self-driving technology. Only 9 percent of U.S. consumers tell AAA they trust the tech. ... Read full Story
Volvo EV sales in the U.S. plummeted 65 percent in the first quarter. According to Cox Automotive estimates, it was the largest year-over-year percentage decline in the luxury segment. ... Read full Story
Vehicles from the two brands make up six of the 10 spots on the list, with Honda sedans and popular full-size pickups from American automakers rounding out the list. ... Read full Story
“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.