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Today, Ford and Red Bull announced a new partnership, allowing the American automaker to return to Formula 1 in 2026. But the Red Bull Ford Powertrains logo that appeared during the announcement might have caused some confusion amidst the excitement. Red Bull Racing formed an independent company in 2021, called Red…

We’ve known for a while now that Nissan is investing heavily in solid-state batteries. They promise to charge faster while also being lighter and less expensive to produce. Recently, David Moss, Nissan’s European head of Research & Development, sat down with Autocar for an interview where he claimed the company is…

The U.S. Treasury Department is modifying its vehicle classifications after being criticized for using older standards that no longer apply to new vehicles. The Treasury relied on corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards to classify vehicles into segments, but these rules often place vehicles into different…

It’s important to test drive a vehicle before you buy it, but even if you do, there’s no guarantee you won’t later find some things you didn’t notice at first. Maybe things start to squeak after six months. Maybe you go on a road trip and discover the seats start to get pretty uncomfortable after three hours. Maybe…

Despite very public stories about police needlessly targeting and sometimes killing Black people, Miami-Dade police thought the best way to celebrate Black History Month would be to splash an expensive, tacky, tone-deaf wrap on a patrol car.

Chinese automaker Geely is having something of a moment right now. The Hangzhou-based company has its hand in countless EV makers around the world and is slowly starting to assert its dominance in the space. With ties to Volvo, Polestar and even Lotus, the automaker is now eyeing its next step in achieving EV…

It’s been fifteen years since the first Takata airbag recalls were announced, yet the deadly airbags are still killing drivers to this day. Despite warning after warning, many drivers still haven’t had their airbags replaced — and, thanks to parts shortages, many have never even had the opportunity. Now, Honda is…

For as progressive as some may think Oregon, specifically Portland and its surrounding areas is, the area’s proximity to the surrounding and more rural areas of Idaho and Washington state can still rear its head in the ugliest of ways. In March 2020, a Black woman simply attempting to get gas had to find that out the…

No matter who you are or where you’re driving, sometimes things just fall from our cars. Lost items can range from precariously loaded lumber in the bed of your truck, or a deadly capsule of radioactive material like the one recently shaken loose in the Australian outback.

Have you ever played with a helium balloon and let it float off into the sky? Did you wonder where it might land, or if it might cause an international incident? Well, that’s what happened when a Chinese weather balloon drifted off course and entered U.S. airspace.

2022 did not pan out the way Ford was expecting it to at all, Elon Musk’s trial over a tweet is drawing to an end, and Honda’s dealer and service network isn’t liking anything it’s hearing on the automaker’s plans for Afeela. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for February 3, 2023.

Ford announced today that it will officially return to Formula 1 starting in 2026 when new powertrain regulations go into effect. The American automaker will partner with Red Bull to develop the next-generation hybrid power units that will be used by both Oracle Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri.

As the old t-shirt says, Pobody’s Nerfect. But sometimes there are flaws that are unforgivable. And that’s especially true in the particularly picky world of car enthusiasm. Because if you’re going to sacrifice time, money and knuckle skin on a car, that machine better tickle every aspect of your fancy. We asked you…

Most EVs that make headlines are prohibitively expensive. Look at stuff like Tesla’s Model S Plaid, the Lucid Air or Rivian R1T. Those vehicles are all going to cost you well over $100,0000. It can make it seem like there aren’t a ton of affordable EV options, but that isn’t the case! That’s why we’re rounding up the…

People love BMW. Or, rather, they seem to love how BMW was from the 1980s up to the mid-aughts. Nowadays, the company is leaning hard into polarizing designs and questionable sales decisions, burning a lot of the enthusiasm people had for the brand. I used to be a big BMW fan, and one of the things that ignited my…

Shrewd people can be described as “sly as a fox,” but we’ll still have to determine if buying today’s Nice Price or No Dice 5.0 Fox body Mustang will prove a cunning move.

Just weeks after announcing a cheaper EV model, it looks like the business of making solar cars proved too much for Lightyear and its production company, Atlas Technologies. The Dutch company recently filed documents for bankruptcy with a court in Netherlands, Autoblog reports.

Nearly 12 years ago, tidal waves rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, cutting off power to its cooling systems and causing a meltdown. It was the biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, and it left a swath of the country irradiated — unusable and abandoned. Over a decade later, the area remains…

Harley-Davidson, which makes motorcycles, has been, for the past several years, trying to change itself into a company with a long-term future. Or, at least, not a company that primarily sells V-twin-powered heavy bikes to an aging population. In this regard, there was both good and bad news on Thursday, when Harley…

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According to the BBC’s Andrew Benson, Red Bull and Ford are set to announce a Formula One power unit partnership. The BBC reported that Ford sent information regarding the tie-up to Italian news agency Ansa, which was published early by mistake. It is expected that the deal will be officially unveiled tomorrow in New…

The first major bicycle race of the year in France saw a catastrophic crash that led to a cancellation after riders were caught in a pile-up. One cyclist was left clinging the side of a bridge briefly as medical officials tried to work their way through the huge crash. Race officials decided to cancel Stage 2 of the…

An adventurous Texan decided to take his fanboat on the ice-covered road of North Texas. Earlier this week, a winter storm swept across the state of Texas. According to the Dallas Morning News, North Texas got an inch and a half of sleet on Tuesday and freezing rain on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of people are …

Porsches may be expensive, but if you can actually afford to buy one, it’s a pretty safe bet that you’re going to love it. So it’s not terribly surprising that when Consumer Reports released its latest owner satisfaction rankings, Porsche topped the list. But what actually was surprising is that Genesis beat out Tesla…