Новости за 08.02.2023

Passenger car sales in China took a bit of a nosedive in January. Reuters reports sales were down 38 percent last month. That change wipes out a 2.4 percent sales gain the market saw in December of 2022. It all comes down to weakening demand due to expiring tax credits for vehicles with combustion engines and…

As electric vehicles gain traction in the U.S., more and more companies are looking to make the consumer transition to electrification easier. Some companies are making some surprising moves, like Bank of America. The bank has announced that it will allow customers to bundle financing of EVs and chargers to make EV…

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Used car demand suddenly spiked in January, increasing wholesale values at auction as well used car prices on lots. Wholesale values saw an increase of 2.5 percent from December to January, according to data from Cox Automotive, which is the highest jump from one month to another since the end of 2021.

The era of fun flying is over, and the failure of both federal agencies and big corporations to invest in fast and effective technology is only making things worse.

Many were hoping that 2022 was the year of the recall and that automakers might have gotten their act together by the time we burst headfirst into a new year. But, just two months in, we’re already seeing a similarly non-stop wave of recalls hitting companies like BMW and Volkswagen. Now, it’s Honda’s turn to bring…

Joe Biden is known for being a pretty serious car guy, so it should come as no surprise that during Tuesday night’s State of the Union, the President talked at length and passionately about what his administration is doing and will do in the future for the automobile industry. Most of these sections of the President’s …

In the past year, governments around the world have allotted billions of dollars, pounds, euros, and every other currency you can think of to try and cut global carbon emissions. Here in the U.S., the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invested heavily in public transport and greener means of travel. But, a new report…

It’s a well-known fact that developing a new car is expensive. Especially these days. But surely a basic body-on-frame off-roader like the Ineos Grenadier would be one of the less expensive ways to go about it, right? After all, it’s basically just an old Land Rover Defender. Except it really isn’t, and getting the…

Right now, EV swaps are still too complex and expensive to be viable for most owners of older and classic cars. Major automakers like Ford, Chevy and Mini have touted the ease of converting ICE-equipped models to EVs, but until crate motors (electric, that is) and battery packs are cheaply available as off-the-shelf…

Subaru is talking about EVs again, Volkswagen’s 2022 was one of triumph and failure, while Uber appears to believe it can never fail again. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, February 8, 2023.

California is pulling out the stops before the state’s 2035 gas engine ban. The latest move by state officials has some aftermarket backing. KTLA reports that a bill has been proposed that would give residents $2,000 towards the price of converting their gas vehicle to an EV.

I live in Southern California, so the closest I get to having to deal with cold weather is at this time of year when it dips down into the 40s at night and I still complain about getting into a cold car in the morning. The people who live in places like Siberia have to deal with real cold, though, and the lengths they…

We all have preconceived notions about the world of cars. Maybe you think EVs are boring, or that drifting is an uninteresting waste of tires. Both those thoughts are completely wrong, but I’m not going to be the one to convince you of that — it’ll take a car. On Monday, we asked you for the cars that changed your…

It feels like the checkered flag has only just fallen on the 2022 Formula 1 season, but we’re now staring head on at a whole new year of top-tier motorsport. The car launches are beginning, the race calendar is confirmed and the driver lineups are set in stone.

“And so now! A French driver in a French car with a French engine on French tires is leading the French Grand Prix,” Murray Walker said on the 47th lap of the 1979 French Grand Prix. Jean-Pierre Jabouille would go on to win that day in Dijon for his first Formula 1 victory, Renault’s first F1 victory, and the first F1…

There’s no such thing at present as a cheap long-range electric car, but today’s Nice Price or No Dice Chevy Bolt might come the closest. Let’s see if the car’s condition — and its new battery — spark our interest.

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It’s pretty well-known that we need to take some serious steps to cut our carbon emissions if we want any hope of stopping the world from turning into an uninhabitable fireball. One of the biggest contributors to global emissions is the oil and gas industry, which previously set out targets to cut production in an…

It’s Tuesday evening, and you’re sitting in your car — stopped. A sea of brake lights lies ahead of you, going up the I-95 corridor for what seems like forever. You turn down the home of rock and roll, start to look around, and — man, there are a lot of semi trucks here. Wouldn’t there be so much more room on the road…

The current-generation BMW X5 has been around since the 2019 model year, which means it’s time for an update. Having seen the grilles BMW has recently thrown on the M4, 7 Series, and iX EV, that news could have you justifiably worried about the new X5 and X6. The good news is, BMW restrained itself. The 2024 X5 and X6…

There’s a part of America located on the West Coast that’s essentially one giant storage area, filled with millions of square feet of things sitting and waiting to be distributed to the rest of the country. I’m referring to Southern California’s Inland Empire. While this region may be booming to some, that comes at a…

A court in Germany has sided with BMW and rejected a lawsuit brought against the automaker by climate activists. The Environmental Action Germany group, or Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) — as the group is known in Germany — hoped the lawsuit could convince the courts to tell BMW to stop selling ICE-equipped cars by 2030,…

The current trend of bigger, bulkier cars is but a phase, according to Citroën boss Vincent Cobée. The chief executive of the French brand says we’re on the brink of a “post-SUV world” where optimized aerodynamics and lower, lighter vehicles will be the objective of every manufacturer looking to squeeze maximum…