The Cherokee Nation, for the primary time, has requested Jeep to change the name of its Grand Cherokee vehicle, a transfer that the carmaker, getting ready to release the next generation of the road, has to date resisted. Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, said in an […]
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The next time your car’s navigation system takes you proper to the entrance door of an ideal little back-road barbecue joint, thank the U.S. navy. The Global Positioning System — a community of satellites that permits location pinpointing — exists courtesy of the Defense Department. The Space Force and Coast […]
“We don’t have the three or four extra billion dollars in our plan right now that it would take to do it,” said Mr. DeJoy, an appointee of former President Donald J. Trump whose selections — notably about mail dealing with through the 2020 election — have made him a […]
Type Small station wagon Base worth $36,500 Vary 259 miles Recharge time 9.3 hours The neatly practical form of the Chevrolet Bolt sticks to the confirmed components of small runabouts: tall with plenty of glass to make the inside ethereal, but fairly brief and slim to create an easy-to-maneuver package […]
Late final 12 months Elon Musk kissed California goodbye. The Tesla chief executive sold his Bel-Air mansions and said he’d moved to Texas. However whereas he additionally threatened to shut the electrical car maker’s California manufacturing unit in Fremont, these threats now appear like bluster. The company not too long […]
You could possibly say Arthur Krieger, a former detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, is the kind of man who expects affordable solutions to affordable questions. So Krieger, 88, was more than a bit nonplussed when he lately contacted his car insurer, Hartford, to ask in regards to the […]
WASHINGTON — President Biden got here into office with plans to help the economy recuperate from the coronavirus pandemic and spur a domestic manufacturing revival for goods reminiscent of cars and semiconductors. However one month into his presidency, a global chip scarcity has shuttered auto factories within the United States, […]
An eight-day Mecum public sale in July in Indianapolis — beforehand postponed by the pandemic — notched record sales of $74 million. That determine included a highest-ever worth of $3.85 million for a Mustang. The auctioneer billed the car, a 1965 Shelby prototype as soon as pushed by Ken Miles […]
Ted Bacino bought a used 2017 Mustang from a Palm Springs Ford vendor. He paid almost $2,000 additional for an prolonged guarantee to cowl any repairs. Two things are noteworthy about this. First, the one time Bacino, 87, tried to make use of his prolonged guarantee, he was instructed it […]
“Today’s batteries are not competitive,” said Jagdeep Singh, chief executive of QuantumScape, which is based in San Jose, Calif. “Batteries have enormous potential and are critical for a renewable energy economy, but they have to get better.” For probably the most part, the entire cash pouring into battery technology is […]