By Eric Ralph Posted on June 30, 2020 SpaceX has successfully landed a Falcon 9 booster for the first time after a dedicated satellite launch for the US military, marking a small but significant step towards broader acceptance of reusable rockets. Despite high upper-level winds pushing Falcon 9 to the end of its 15 minute
Month: June 2020
DETROIT — UAW President Rory Gamble and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider in a nearly two-hour meeting Tuesday discussed the possibility of an “independent monitor” to ensure progress on reform efforts aimed at rooting out corruption. The unusual gathering, amid the backdrop of an ongoing federal corruption probe, came as Gamble tries to prove the union
The BMW X5 M Competition is an absolute weapon, as this recent review from The Straight Pipes confirms. In a world where more and more people are buying crossovers and SUVs, car manufacturers that have previously had no business making these types of vehicles, such as Bentley, Rolls-Royce, and Lamborghini, have all launched fast SUVs
LONDON — Bentley has spent big to upgrade its top-selling model, the Bentayga, in a bid to hold off new competition such as the Aston Martin DBX. The British ultraluxury automaker has redesigned the SUV to give it a higher positioning, further away from the competition, CEO Adrian Hallmark said in a news release on
Subaru of America, once a monthly sales streak darling as its U.S. volume rapidly expanded over the past decade, is switching to quarterly sales reporting. The automaker will report its June U.S. sales Wednesday, then switch its cadence going forward. The automaker, of Camden, N.J., was one of the few holdouts still reporting on a
The 2020 Woodward Dream Cruise is the latest automotive event to be canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The event’s organizing board voted Monday to cancel the annual summer car cruise through the heart of Detroit and surrounding towns. Organizers were concerned about the ability to maintain social distancing and whether participants would wear
The 2021 Kia K5 marks a new era for the South Korean brand—and a new name is just the beginning for the automaker’s mid-size sedan formerly called Optima. The 2021 K5 picks up where the Optima left off. The K5 is longer, lower, and wider than the sedan it replaces and will be available with
Buying a new car should be an exciting and rewarding process but for a dad and his son in Germany, purchasing a Tesla Model 3 online soon turned into a nightmare – if not a brief one. Earlier this month, Germany announced that it will double the cash-back on electric vehicles purchased between June and
It started with a cup of coffee. In attempts to curb drowsy driving, Mercedes-Benz introduced a system that identified clues that a motorist was growing tired, such as how often they departed their lane. If the system detected trouble, it illuminated an icon resembling a steaming cup of coffee on the instrument cluster. Roughly a
Motor Trend editor-at-large Arthur St. Antoine outlines the Motor Trend test numbers for the all-new 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 in our exclusive video. Shot By: Jim Gleason & Mike Suggett Edited By: Terren Lin Read the story here: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0810_2009_chevrolet_corvette_zr1_first_test/
The county of Norfolk is often seen as “charging desert” with vast areas not covered. Thankfully InstaVolt has just opened its largest rapid charging hub to date at Necton, on the A47. With eight state of the art ChargePoint CPE250 high powered chargers, it’s perfectly placed for both local EV drivers and the expected large
The organisers of the Geneva Motor Show have decided to scrap next year’s event and want to sell up. The international auto show was due to take place in March 2021 but the company behind it has seen weak demand from car brands and exhibitors. This year’s event was cancelled along with a host of
The Geneva auto show will not be held in 2021, the organizers have announced. The reasons for the cancellation were lack of interest from automakers as well as the uncertain situation over the control of the coronavirus, the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) Foundation said in a statement on Monday. The Geneva event is Europe’s
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/Quick-Charge-6.29.20.mp3 New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast
Car dealership Lookers has agreed to correct its accounts after auditors found it overstated profitability by a total of £19m over several years. Auditors Grant Thornton have been investigating potential fraud at the Altrincham-based firm. Their draft report found some “fraudulent expense claims” and “several areas” where financial controls “require strengthening”. Earlier this month, Lookers
Ford Motor Co. said Monday it would pause advertising on all social media platforms in the United States for the next 30 days, joining a growing list of companies that have stopped spending on Facebook Inc. in support of a campaign that called out the company for not doing enough to stop hate speech on
Not long after Jay Leno joined with Elon Musk to test out the Tesla Cybertruck, the TV host and car collector had the opportunity to check out the latest Tesla of the moment: the range-topping Model Y Performance. Unlike the vast majority of Jay Leno’s reviews where he is joined by a representative from the
The Geneva auto show will not be held in 2021, the organizers have announced. The reasons for the cancellation were lack of interest from automakers as well as the uncertain situation over the control of the coronavirus, the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) Foundation said in a statement on Monday. The Geneva event is Europe’s
Chrysler is continuing its series of ads for the Pacifica minivan with actress Kathryn Hahn, but with the added complication of social distancing. The latest campaign, which the brand is using on social media and other websites, is called “Pacifica Mom on Quarantine.” The confessional-style ads were shot via iPhone with just two crew members
The coronavirus pandemic has taken down another auto show. The group that runs the Geneva International Motor Show, The Foundation “Salon International De L’Automobile,” announced on Monday that the 2021 Geneva show is canceled and that it prefers to sell the rights of the show to Palexpo SA, the venue where the event is held.
Don’t let its sporty looks fool you: the 2020 Toyota Camry is a gentle performer in most configurations. That works well enough for us to elevate its score to 6 out of 10 based on its comfortable ride. The 2020 Camry lineup consists of four basic flavors: standard L, LE, and XLE trims; sportier SE
Is it a plane or is it a car? Well, none actually – it’s the Pulse Autocycle, of which around 360 units were made between 1984 and 1990. The brainchild of aircraft engineer Jim Bede, the Pulse Autocycle (originally known as the Litestar) was a cross between a motorcycle and a car – hence the
A Michigan man known as “Mr. Chevy” bought the final Chevrolet Impala. And it’s not the first time he’s done so. Pinky Randall, whose enthusiasm for the brand has been documented over the decades in Automotive News and elsewhere, took delivery this month of the final Impala built before General Motors shut down the plant
AKRON, Ohio, June 25 – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Lordstown Motors announced today a strategic relationship with the two Ohio-based companies agreeing to collaborate on tires and service in addition to future tire intelligence opportunities. The announcement coincides with Lordstown’s debut of its first all-electric pickup truck, the Endurance, featuring Goodyear tires
TOKYO – Nissan will unveil its Ariya electric crossover on July 15, CEO Makoto Uchida said at a contentious annual shareholders’ meeting on Monday where investors criticized everything from the automaker’s handling of the Carlos Ghosn scandal to the compensation of its board members. The production-version Ariya will debut with Nissan’s latest ProPilot 2.0 hands-off
By Eric Ralph Posted on June 28, 2020 SpaceX has stood down from a June 26th Starlink launch attempt to allow “additional time for pre-launch checkouts,” meaning that the company’s second US military GPS satellite mission is now up next. Scheduled to launch no earlier than (NET) 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC) on June 30th,
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. will open the taps on production in Japan to expedite shipments to the U.S., where local factories are still slowly ramping up and inventories are evaporating. Toyota’s return to production in Japan occurred quickly, after dialing back plans in the face of diminished sales as a result of the COVID-19
The current 2020 Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe is an absolute beast. However, is it actually a smart buy when you can purchase a used W204-generation C63 for considerably less? In Throttle House’s latest ‘Cheap Meets Steep’ episode, they tested a 2020 C63 S Coupe against a 2013 C63 AMG Coupe and found that both are
MILAN — A merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot maker PSA Group is the best way for the two companies to weather the coronavirus crisis, FCA Chairman John Elkann said. The coronavirus crisis had not delayed plans to finalize the tie-up by the first quarter of next year, Elkann told shareholders at FCA’s annual
As the Rivian R1T electric pickup truck inches toward production, the company released video showing torturous testing of a prototype. It’s hard to think of an automaker development process that involves drifting on pavement, rock climbing, and high-speed runs through sand with the same vehicle, but that’s exactly what Rivian has put the R1T through.
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