Новости за 27.11.2023

The spiritual successor to the Land Rover Defender, the Ineos Grenadier is now officially on sale in the U.S. Before you head to one of Ineos’ 19 retailers across the country, you can now build one using the company’s build and price tool on its site. Prepare for a bit of sticker shock, though. The Grenadier starts at…

With the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season just a couple of months away, Toyota has unveiled its new Camry XSE Next Gen race car that will take to the track on February 4th when the series returns to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the Clash. The new-style Camry has been aerodynamically optimized while still…

Tesla has found itself in an interesting pickle over in Sweden. Workers at seven of its repair shops have put together a collective bargaining agreement with the company, but Tesla refuses to sign. As more unions in the country have stood in solidarity, refusing to work with Tesla until it negotiates with its own…

Virgin Atlantic is set to operate the first transatlantic flight to be powered entirely on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tomorrow. The New York to London flight has been years in the making and will offer a glimpse into the future of passenger airlines. The milestone service has also brought attention to the hurdles…

Read more...

Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia flipped a six-figure John Deere farm tractor on its roof last Saturday as the driver attempted to negotiate the on-ramp to Highway 1. One of the cops drove his Ford Explorer into the right rear wheel of the Deere, and unlike a traditional PIT Maneuver which would pitch…

A cruise that was set to sail around the world for three years has been abruptly canceled at the last minute. The reason? The company behind the cruise couldn’t afford to buy a ship in time, as CNN reports.

After Chinese automaker BYD dethroned Volkswagen as the best selling automaker in China late last year, VW said last week that it will develop a new, cheaper electric car platform using more Chinese-made components to reestablish dominance in the world’s biggest car market.

World leaders are scheduled to meet this week for a summit on climate change that’s being hosted by one of the top oil-producing nations, the United Arab Emirates. Leaked documents now show the UAE was planning to use its role as host of COP28 to make side deals that run afoul of the summit’s goal to reduce carbon…

With 23 years of DTM racing experience, dozens of race wins, and over 250 podium finishes, German tuner and race shop ABT Sportsline knows a thing or two about a thing or two. For its latest project, ABT spent over two years developing Audi’s R8 GT2 race car into a street-legal car capable of negotiating road traffic.…

Jeff Bezos is insanely rich. So much so that his superyacht is bigger than other rich people’s superyachts, which is pretty wild if you think about it. Bezos’ recently completed ship, the Koru, is currently docked down in Florida where its massive size made it a bit difficult to dock.

Netflix essentially took a $62 million television contract out to the shed and shot it in the head, according to an ongoing arbitration case against director Carl Erik Rinsch. After an ambitious and expensive bet on an unproven director in 2018, the deal had gone sour, the director allegedly lost his senses, and he’d…

The Tesla Semi launch event was held on November 16th, 2017, exactly six years ago last week. At the end of that launch event, Elon Musk had a signature “one more thing” that was the unveiling of the incredible second-generation Tesla Roadster. Back then the car was promised to be delivered in 2020, which obviously…

Happy Monday! It’s November 27, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

Once a bustling industrial port town directly across from midtown Manhattan, Hoboken is now a trendy walkable/bikeable destination town with posh waterfront highrises and twee coffee shops. Despite lots of foot traffic, and considerable four-wheeled traffic, the city hasn’t seen a single traffic death since January…

It’s Monday, November 27, 2023 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. Formula One ended its season in Abu Dhabi with yet another Max Verstappen victory. Unlike F1, the MotoGP title fight went down to the season-ending Valencian Grand Prix. Pecco Bagnaia sealed his championship…

If we’re to believe the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice F450, it has the later 6.7-liter turbo-diesel rather than the 6.4 that was available when it was built. Whether that’s a typo or a pleasant surprise, we’ll still have to decide this huge truck’s fate regarding its asking price.