Its guardrails, Lexus says, are three times as strong as those on a normal test course. “It is an especially difficult course, both on cars and people,” says Shuichi Ozaki, one of two “Takumi” expert drivers who push Lexus cars to their limits here to hone their driving feel. Toyota has invested $2.22 billion in …
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“I am an avid musky fisherman — the fish of 10,000 casts — and spend most summer and fall weekends musky fishing at Chautauqua Lake in New York. In 2019, I was No. 1 in the men’s division of the Muskies Inc. International for most musky caught and released — 134.” — David Dragisic “Many …
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Young auto dealership leaders who have been recognized as 40 Under 40 recipients say they value mentoring and professional development and generally believe their employers support their career growth. Source link
A $60 million project that will feature garage condominiums along a 2.2-mile European-design driving circuit is getting underway in Michigan. The developer of an “automotive country club” called Motorsports Gateway Howell says 75 percent of the 92 garage condos are reserved and that it aims to have the track ready for members to drive on …
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SUVs tend to cost more than sedans. But does the relation hold for traffic-law violations? Perhaps in Germany. A court in Frankfurt, according to Autoblog, has ruled that a driver who ran a red light should pay more than the usual fine because he was driving a sport utility vehicle. The verdict dated June 3 …
Electric vehicle startup Canoo has provided its first look at the transport vehicle it’s developing for NASA’s project to return astronauts to the moon. Canoo, based in Arkansas, showed off the vehicles it won a contract to supply within the next year in two Instagram posts. The vehicles are designed to have enough room for …
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It’s clean, it’s environmentally kind and it’s utterly indistinguishable from ordinary car paint. But sometimes a technological innovation just makes you blink. BMW and the global coatings supplier BASF are partnering to create vehicle paints out of bio-waste from sewage treatment plants. The organic material replaces traditional petroleum-based building blocks, such as naphtha. The solution …
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The Wrangler 4xe is being researched alongside gasoline vehicles such as the Ford Bronco as well as battery-electric options. It’s no surprise that the Bronco is high on the list of competitors for the conventional Wrangler and the Wrangler 4xe. It was the most cross-shopped non-Jeep model and No. 2 overall for both versions in …
What’s Up? (July 3-9) A Verdict on Theranos and Silicon Valley Culture For many tech start-ups, the era of seemingly endless optimism and immunity — from scrutiny, skepticism and, most of all, serious legal consequences — began to fray when an exposé on the blood-testing company Theranos was published in 2015 that raised questions about …
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Nissan plans to exit the full-size pickup market after years of failing to make a major dent in the giant Detroit-dominated segment. Source link
