Category: Latest News
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Tesla CEO unveils Powerwall 2.0 and solar roof
Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk on Friday unveiled two new products, one from Tesla and another from SolarCity, the solar home installation firm Tesla is hoping to acquire and headed by Musk’s cousin Lyndon Rive. Tesla’s new product is a second-generation Powerwall home energy storage system while SolarCity’s product is a new…
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2018 Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake spy shots
Fans of Porsche’s Panamera Sport Turismo concept from the 2012 Paris Auto Show rejoice, the automaker has heeded your calls and is putting the stunning show car into production. Our latest spy shots show a late-stage prototype. The general shape looks virtually identical to what we saw on the Panamera Sport Turismo concept, though camouflage…
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Finn sets new speed record for car on 2 wheels
If you research the topic on YouTube, riding on two wheels in a car is seemingly the normal way to commute on the highways in the Middle East. Still, those Middle Easterners who do this so-called side-wheelie aren’t seeking to set new speed records. Instead, it’s more about just keeping the shiny side of the…
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Circa-1990 Nissan Sentra to finally cease production in Mexico
While Nissan in the United States is busy promoting its new turbocharged Sentra SR, the company’s counterparts down in Mexico are marking the end of an era: the Nissan Tsuru, which was sold here as the Sentra in the early 1990s, is finally going out of production. With more than 1.8 million built since 1992,…
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Audi to end WEC campaign after 2016, including Le Mans
Audi has confirmed earlier reports that it is about to end its participation in the World Endurance Championship. Audi will exit the sport at the end of the 2016 season, in the process ending 18 years of prototype racing. (The final race will be the 6 Hours of Bahrain on November 19.) During those years,…
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Chevy teams up with Carhartt for custom SEMA Silverado
Two icons of work have teamed up for a special SEMA-bound pickup: Chevrolet and Carhartt. Carhartt is a work-wear company that has been in the United States since it was founded in 1889. It started in Detroit as a company set out to build clothes for railroad workers, and it’s grown from there. Chevrolet, as…
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You’ve been allocated a Ford GT; here’s the next step
If you’re one of the lucky 500 individuals awarded a build slot for Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar in the first round of applications, you’ll already know what’s in the video above. But for everyone else curious to learn more about the upcoming supercar, the DragTimes video reveals some interesting tidbits…
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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2017 Audi A4
If an automaker is going to offer a compact luxury sedan it had better be on top of its game. The segment is filled with fantastic cars like the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and upstarts like the Cadillac ATS and Infiniti Q50. That’s some stiff competition, but Audi has been up to the task…
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Relic or thrill ride? Up a mountain in a Mercedes-Benz G-Class
After nearly 40 years, you’d think that Mercedes-Benz would run out of tricks for its G-Class. After all, the company’s box-on-wheels doesn’t look much different today than it did back in 1979, when it first hit the road as a go anywhere, do anything four-by-four. But the hits keep coming: You will soon be able…