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The all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona may not have been a stunning sales success with either EV fans or the Mopar faithful, but that didn’t change the fact that it’s one of the most competent straight-line performance cars ever built – and now, Hallmark is making it easier than ever to park one under a Christmas tree. Powered by an all-wheel-drive electric powertrain delivering up to 670 hp and 627 lb-ft of torque, the Dodge Charger Daytona rockets itself from 0-60 mph in a scant 3.3 seconds – barely a footnote in the annals of battery-powered performance these days, but rare air that…
Mazda’s CX-6e just got a major tech update in the form of a new LiDAR suite that makes the sporty electric SUV capable of delivering “advanced L2” autonomy, navigation on autopilot (NOA), and automated parking. The second new EV to roll out of Mazda’s partnership with Chinese domestic brand Changan Auto, the CX-6e is the JV’s first “global” product, having rolled out in Asian, European, and other markets earlier this year – offering a rear-mounted electric motor, packing 190 kW (258 hp) and 214 lb-ft of torque for the sort of zoom-zoom driving dynamics that Mazda customers have come to expect,…
SpaceX has cleared the last regulatory hurdle standing between Starship and its first trip to orbit. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the launch license for Starship Flight 14 late Saturday, keeping the mission on track for liftoff Monday, September 28, from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. The 75 minute launch window opens at 7:15 a.m. Central, and Boca Chica Beach closures are also scheduled for September 29 and 30 as backup dates. This will be Starship’s first revenue generating mission. The license was the missing piece after SpaceX completed a full wet dress rehearsal with Booster 21 and Ship 41…
The GV90’s motorized display rises to turn parking into movie night. Its engineers had rather more to worry about than popcorn. Source link
Tesla’s racism trial in California opened Monday with a bad day for the company’s lawyers. The first witness testified that a senior Tesla in-house attorney had called him last week and let him believe he was working for the state, according to Law360 (paywall). That same morning, Tesla’s outside counsel told the judge the N-word is a “term of respect and endearment” in the Black community. Both happened in front of Judge Peter Borkon, the one person who will decide the case. Back in May 2022, three months after California first sued Tesla over racism at Fremont, Elon Musk announced…
Credit: Zanegler Tesla has lined up at least 11 Semi electric trucks wearing customer logos outside its new Nevada factory, a clear sign that the automaker plans to parade its fleet customers at tonight’s Semi launch event. A drone flyover of the plant shows trucks branded for PepsiCo, US Foods, DHL, WattEV, ABF, Einride, IMC, OK Produce, and a few others parked in a neat row by the factory. The footage comes from Zanegler, a YouTuber who calls himself a “Tesla Semi Advocate” and regularly flies his drone over Tesla’s Semi operations in Sparks, Nevada. In the video, eight trucks…
Hyundai’s head of R&D says small-volume cars with solid-state batteries should hit the market within five years. Source link
Kia’s off-road electric SUV might be real after all. New patent images reveal what could be the production version of the EV9 ADVNTR. Is Kia bringing the off-road electric SUV to life? We got our first look at the EV9 ADVNTR almost two years ago at the 2024 SEMA show. Kia said the electric SUV concept was built for the outdoors with off-road modifications like a custom roof rack, reinforced rocker panels, and rugged all-terrain tires. The roof rack can carry extra luggage, or you can pop up a roof-mounted tent for an overnight stay almost anywhere. Kia’s adventure vehicle…
Image: Tesla Tesla officially launched high-volume production of the Tesla Semi last night at its new dedicated factory in Nevada, a plant it says can build 50,000 electric trucks per year. The Class 8 truck was unveiled in 2017 with production promised for 2019. Seven years later, Tesla says deliveries “start now,” and it detailed a heavily redesigned truck in a 13-post thread on X. A factory built only for Semi Tesla held the launch event at the Semi factory next to Gigafactory Nevada in Sparks, where the first truck came off the high-volume line back in April. According to…
Another Ferrari F80 has arrived in London, and this one isn’t your standard Rosso spec but a one-off ‘Lucky Orange’. It’s without a doubt one of the boldest F80 specs we’ve seen so far. This F80 was commissioned by @stevekhera, who has several other high-end Ferraris in his collection. The bright orange exterior is paired with exposed carbon fibre surfaces, which provide a nice contrast. The wheels are also made of lightweight carbon fibre, and the brake calipers are painted yellow. The F80 uses a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 engine that produces 900 hp. The internal combustion engine is paired with…