Porsche and Lucasfilm tie up on a Taycan-inspired starship When digesting this news it will help a skosh to remember that Porsche’s new Taycan battery-electric sedan is properly pronounced TIE-can, and that Porsche released a commercial earlier this month…
Airless tire makers hope for breakout moment with autonomous driving TOKYO — Makers of airless tires such as Japan’s Bridgestone Corp. hope driverless cars will herald a breakthrough for their niche technology, which is more than a decade old…
‘Bring it Home’ documentary captures more Lordstown grief The wound of GM’s Lordstown Assembly Plant closure hasn’t healed, and probably won’t for a while. That’s primarily because of the ongoing matter of whether Workhouse will find a way to…
Should you buy a post-scandal Volkswagen diesel? As outrage over the Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal fades, the refurbished diesel vehicles are trickling back into the marketplace, and bargain hunters may want to snap them up. In 2015, Volkswagen was…
Toyo Tires will bring another wild catalog of rides to SEMA Toyo Tires carts all kinds of toys to SEMA every year, the rubber company planning another 30 or so automotive exhibits this year in two locations. One of…
Tesla’s new Solar Roof costs less than a new roof plus solar panels Tesla has launched the third iteration of its solar roof tile for residential home use, which it officially detailed in a blog post on Friday and…
Brembo tackles the problem of noisy brakes on quiet EVs BERGAMO, Italy — Brembo’s distinctive colored brakes stop many of the world’s fastest cars but when it comes to the electric vehicles of the future it faces a problem…
Max Verstappen stripped of pole at Mexican Grand Prix MEXICO CITY — Max Verstappen turned in a brilliant lap to snatch a surprising pole position at the Mexican Grand Prix. Then he opened his mouth. Three hours…
Junkyard Gem: 1973 Buick LeSabre Custom Hardtop Sedan The steps on Alfred Sloan‘s “Ladder of Success,” in which you’d start your career by buying a Chevrolet and then move up through the GM marques as your wealth increased, stayed…
The UAW now turns its attention to Ford DETROIT/WASHINGTON — The United Auto Workers union said on Friday it has chosen Ford as the next U.S. automaker the union will negotiate with after workers at General Motors approved a…
