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Antonelli named Hamilton’s replacement at Mercedes F1 team

Italian youngster Andrea Kimi Antonelli will join George Russell as a driver at the Mercedes-Benz AMG Formula 1 team in 2025. Already widely rumored in the prior month, Mercedes formally announced the decision this week. Antonelli, 18, fills the seat of seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton who joins Ferrari next year. Hamilton won six

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Volvo scales back profit forecast after abandoning its EVs-by-2030 goal – Autoblog

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars slashed its margin and revenue ambitions for a second time in a year on Thursday, a day after it abandoned its EV-only target by 2030, citing the impact of tariffs and a decrease in demand for electric vehicles. Slowing demand for EVs, partly due to a lack of affordable models, as well

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Get ready: VW to release ChatGPT integration for 2025 models this week – Autoblog

Even the most advanced AI systems today have trouble delivering accurate information in a sensible fashion, but that hasn’t stopped Volkswagen from swinging for the fences with its new ChatGPT integration. Earlier this year, the automaker announced the feature for European markets, and now, we’re learning that AI is coming to VW’s American fleet. The

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Scout sets official reveal date for its two upcoming EVs – Autoblog

We started hearing about Volkswagen’s takeover of the Scout brand so long ago that you’d be forgiven if you completely forgot what was happening. The wait to see what VW’s up to is almost over, however, as the company recently announced that it would reveal the next-generation electric vehicles at an event on October 24.

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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 gets new XRT trim and bigger batteries – Autoblog

From the moment the Hyundai Ioniq 5 was first revealed, people were comparing the design to ’70s and ’80s European hot hatchbacks, particularly the Lancia Delta Integrale. And for the 2025 model year, the electric Hyundai is closer than ever to that rally champion with the new XRT trim, designed for dirt roads and light

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Infiniti reportedly planning a QX65 to take on the Lexus RX – Autoblog

A year ago, Infiniti previewed four future models it planned during its journey to electrification. Back then, those were the Q80, which we have; the QXe battery-electric crossover and its sedan equivalent, the Qe; and the QX65 a midsize crossover coupe. We expect this to be a rakish version of the current three-row QX60 —

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