General Motors is considering adding an electric midsized pickup truck to its lineup of Hummer vehicles, leaning into demand for lower-emissions cars, according to people familiar with the matter. A smaller, electric Hummer is still a design concept in GM’s California studio, but has a good chance of going into production and is seen as …
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Atlantic Canada-based Steele Auto Group continued its acquisition spree in Texas on Oct. 17 with the purchase of Nyle Maxwell GMC in the Austin suburbs. It’s Steele’s third purchase in Texas in five months. The dealership group’s footprint in the state has grown to eight stores since 2020. “Round Rock, located just outside [the] Austin …
A reader sent me a letter once criticizing our labeling of the Model 3 as a luxury car, saying it resembled a Honda Civic. But here’s the thing: It costs twice as much. It’s priced more like a BMW 3 Series, which is still widely considered a luxury model. From the vantage point of Tesla’s …
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More than 500 Canadian companies expressed interest in working on the project and the APMA narrowed it down to just 58 — 35 per cent of which are from the Windsor-Essex-Chatham region in southwestern Ontario. And that’s why APMA President Flavio Volpe chose to offer a fleeting glimpse of the vehicle here, in “the heartbeat …
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GREER, S.C. — BMW is upgrading the jewel in its global manufacturing crown to position the 7-million-square-foot crossover factory for the electric era. On Wednesday, the German performance brand announced a $1.7 billion investment to build at least six battery-powered models at the facility in Greer, S.C., by 2030. The project includes domestic sourcing of …
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“Upon closing the ELMS transaction, the company will be in a position to strategically leverage all its acquired assets to shorten its production path and aggressively expand into the commercial and consumer EV market,” David Michery, CEO and chairman of Mullen, said in the release. The Indiana factory, formerly a Hummer plant, will have capacity …
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Porsche is adding a touring variant to the 911 lineup. The 2023 911 Carrera T, where the T stands for “touring,” will slot between the 911 Carrera and 911 Carrera S.It adopts the twin-turbo six-cylinder engine from the 911 Carrera that generates 379 hp and 331 pound-feet of torque.The 911 Carrera T comes standard as …
BERLIN — Volkswagen Group is looking for an investor to take over its factory in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, where production was halted soon after the Ukraine war began. VW said it is looking at various scenarios for the future of its business in Russia and one option was to sell the assets to a …
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Ontario has its sights set on landing a second battery plant as it remains in pursuit of automotive and battery supply chain investors looking to put down roots in North America, according to Vic Fedeli, Ontario minister of economic development, job creation and trade. Fresh off a weeklong trip to Germany and Austria, where he …
The Italy-based automaker is not calling its first four-door vehicle an SUV or crossover, instead referring to the high-riding Purosangue, shown above, as “something unique and distinctive.” Nor is the automaker departing from its performance pedigree. The Purosangue uses a 6.5-litre V-12 engine to accelerate to 100 km/h from rest in 3.3 seconds, Ferrari said. Deliveries …
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