The recent Amazon 10-Q SEC filling reveals that, as of the end of Q3, the company owns about a fifth of Rivian – the electric vehicle startup, known mostly for the Rivian R1T/Rivian R1S models. Bloomberg (via Teslarati) reports that the Amazon’s stake is worth as much as $3.8 billion (it was $2.7 billion at the […]
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Lion Electric announced that ih as received a conditional purchase order for 1,000 LionC electric school buses from Student Transportation of Canada (STC). If confirmed, it could be the largest order of its kind (even bigger than the 260 LionC order from First Student), but the agreement depends on incentives: “The purchase order is conditional
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When The General’s Buick Division axed the LeSabre and Park Avenue names in 2005 (after 46 and 30 years, respectively, though the Park Avenue returned a few years later in China), the replacement top-of-the-line Buick sedan became the new Lucerne. It wasn’t the Buick with the biggest price tag that year— those honors went to
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WASHINGTON — A $1.75 trillion Democratic spending proposal could give a big boost to electric vehicles especially to Detroit’s Big Three automakers and the U.S. Postal Service, but it faces opposition from Republicans, foreign automakers, Canada and Mexico. The House plan boosts electric vehicle credits to up to $12,500 per vehicle, including $4,500 for union-made
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Another famous race car is being brought back to life in continuation form, this one a bit further afield than the Jaguars and Bentleys we’ve seen of late. England’s CNC Motorsport AWS is building three Ford Sierra RS500 racers that campaigned in the British Touring Car Championship in the 1980s. CNC has chosen the 1990
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Like many automakers, Ford brings a fleet of concept vehicles to the annual SEMA show to advertise their aftermarket potential. Scheduled for November 2-5, the 2021 SEMA show is no different. A Ford press release said more than 40 modified vehicles will be on display, but this year the emphasis seems to be on the
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Toyota on Friday revealed a whole lot more about its upcoming fully electric SUV, the 2022 bZ4X, which leads a lineup of “bZ” EVs and is described as “overturning the common idea that electrified vehicles are tedious.” From a yoke not entirely unlike the one Tesla introduced earlier this year on the Model S Plaid
There is no shortage of fun-looking electric vehicles on Alibaba, the mystical and sometimes downright oddball Chinese shopping site. And while I normally find something decidedly more land-loving for my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, this week we’re going to get a bit wet. So grab some sunblock, inflate your arm
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Presented by GAA Classic Cars – To those not familiar with the Ford Galaxie, this classic car may not look all too special… but it is. This 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL-R Code is a very rare American classic that is fitted with a massive factory-installed 427 CID. Mated to this engine is a four-speed manual transmission.
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Tesla is recalling a total of just under 3,000 2020-2021 Model Ys and 2019-2021 Model 3s to address a potential suspension separation issue. As of June 2, 2021, Tesla service departments had reported 39 instances of one or both front suspension lateral link fasteners being found loose or missing. This is not the first time
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