Новости за 19.01.2023

Formula 1 might have only managed to confirm its 2023 calendar earlier this week, but circuits around the world are already preparing for the future. And, while race promoters begin hashing out contracts for future F1 races at their tracks, I’m sad to report that one circuit looks set to stay on the calendar for…

McLaren Racing’s growth in the past decade has been astonishing. From a Formula 1 team sprung efforts in IndyCar, Extreme E, and Formula E — and that very well could be just the beginning. In fact, Zak Brown already has his eye on the next big prize: the World Endurance Championship.

Since its inception, one of Formula E’s greatest challenges has been its insistence on street racing in city centers. In theory, bringing motorsport to the people is a great way to find new fanbases. In reality, locals aren’t always thrilled about road closures, and the changing tides of government leave FE up to the…

Ford’s supply chain constraints are forcing the automaker to get creative about Bronco sales. Ford is giving $2,500 in discounts to Bronco buyers who agree to cancel their original orders and place new orders on Bronco trims that work around Ford’s current lack of supply.

Those of you who live in or just so happened to pass through London, Paris or Brussels last weekend may have noticed some strange, vaguely unsettling Toyota and BMW billboards in your travels. Parody ads highlighting the dichotomy between the automakers’ “greenwashed” environmentalist marketing and anti-climate…

It’s not exactly news that most title loan companies are sketchy as hell. That fact is well-established. Remember back in 2016 when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined TitleMax’s parent company TMX Finance $9 million because its deceptive policies violated federal law? The CFPB also put TMX Finance under a…

Personal luxury coupes are quickly going extinct. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, they were at their zenith; almost every premium manufacturer had multiple options in the category. Automakers from around the globe wanted in on this segment, and in Europe, the Germans gave us icons like the original BMW 8 Series and …

The world of Formula 1 is a strange one filled with secretive contracts, dodgy deals and sky-high salaries. But, in order to get there, drivers need a huge amount of cash to fund their rise through the junior ranks of regional single-seater racing, F3 and then F2. One driver that’s done just that, and won a Formula E…

The world first caught wind of the Mercedes-AMG One way back in 2017, but the production version wasn’t formally introduced until last year. That’s because the engineering team had to harness literal magic to make the thing road legal per Europe’s existing emissions regulations. The solution was an extensive exhaust…

Joe is an engineer from Michigan, and boy does he have a challenging ask for this week. With a $15,000 budget, he wants something reliable, with four-wheel or all-wheel drive, that’s spacious and, most importantly, has three pedals. Also, he wants it to be newer than 2010, ideally with under 100,000 miles. What car…

Elon Musk’s Tesla trial is beginning, Alpine wants to give the U.S. a shot, and German authorities want Tesla’s Berlin plant to rev up those fryers. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, January 19, 2023.

When Tesla announced it was drastically cutting the prices of its entire EV model lineup, it may have started a pricing war with other legacy automakers. These price cuts put Tesla more in line with vehicles from Ford and General Motors, according to the Detroit Free Press. In fact, while Tesla has been slashing…

Considered by many to be the toughest Dakar route in recent memory, the 2023 rally passed from the Red Sea camp to the other side of the country in Dammam. Encountering a range of surfaces and landscapes along the snaking route, the drivers’ navigational skills will be pushed to the limit, not to mention their levels…

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Believe it or not, just about every car maker has a fun side. Car companies have teams of designers and engineers that just want to break all the rules and create something that’s a bit bonkers. Their outlet for such creativity is in the show cars, concepts and one-off builds that carmakers wheel out from time to time…

The Sahara Desert is generally sandy brown, just like the top on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Sahara Wrangler, the body of which is also oasis green. It comes freshly serviced and is presented in as-new condition. Will its price, however, prove an insurmountable sand trap?

Harley-Davidson is planning to phase out motorcycles powered by its storied internal combustion engines, and will slowly but surely transform into an all-electric brand. Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz tells Dezeen that after 120 years of being famous for its big gas-powered models, electrification is the logical next step.…

The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is finally here, and while the words “all-wheel-drive hybrid” might not get your heart racing, we have a feeling the E-Ray’s 655 hp and 2.5-second zero-to-60 time probably will. It’s certainly not as track-focused as the Corvette Z06, but that’s the point. It’s a super powerful…

For some brands, the EV craze has morphed into a weird rose-tinted acid trip. There’s no reason Renault couldn’t have sold a car that looked like the upcoming Renault 5 EV with an internal-combustion engine, or Hyundai couldn’t have made a gasoline-powered Ioniq 5 years ago. But seemingly all at once, automakers have…

For anyone that was traveling with Southwest in December 2022, you know that it was hell. Thousands of flights were canceled all over the country due to extreme weather. Lawsuits were filed, and people awaited refunds for their flights. It was a total mess. Southwest wants to prevent that from happening again. The…

In December of last year, several Corvette forums noticed the E-Ray visualizer had gone live prematurely. Several people were able to get screenshots before Chevrolet took it down, giving us all an idea of what options would be available. Now that the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray has been officially revealed, though, …

The Mazda MX-30 R-EV marks the first Mazda — or indeed any passenger car — with a rotary engine since the beautiful, broken Mazda RX-8. In the context of the MX-30, the engine isn’t powering the wheels, but rather charging the compact crossover’s battery. And if things go well for the Hiroshima-based automaker as it…

Ah, the art of buying used cars. It’s arcane, complicated, and often difficult to find a good buy on sites like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist, and even harder at used car lots. The trick, it seems, is to watch for red flags — like the red flags we asked you all about yesterday. Let’s take a look at your answers,…

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Shell, one of the biggest oil companies on the planet, has reportedly just acquired Volta, an electric vehicle charging network operator. According to Reuters, the all-cash deal is valued at about $169 million.