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• J.B. Hunt Starts Electric Tests 13 Aug 2020 19:26 Arkansas Business We were unable to send the article. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell made its first delivery with an all-electric tractor Tuesday. The company said the 120-mile intermodal delivery, made for Walmart Inc. of Bentonville in the Los Angeles market, …
• Nurburgring Veteran Takes Tesla Model 3 Performance Out, Thrashes Its Brakes 13 Aug 2020 19:25 Autoevolution Unlike the $5,500 Track Package, which is a hardware upgrade that involves brake fluid replacement, high-performance brake pads, and 20" Zero-G Performance Wheels (wearing Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires), the track mode is something you can enable …
• 2023 Cadillac Lyriq Electric SUV Price Previewed: Will Cost Less Than $60,000 13 Aug 2020 19:25 Autoevolution Speaking to Automotive News at the J.P. Morgan Auto Conference, the president of General Motors in North America made it pretty clear that we’re dealing with less than $60,000 for the 2023 model. It “won’t be high five digits” and it “won’t start with a …
• 2022 Nissan Qashqai (Rogue Sport) Spied Testing, Looks Pretty Sharp 13 Aug 2020 19:24 Autoevolution Scheduled to reach dealers in 2021 as a 2022 model, the all-new Qashqai is the first top-to-bottom redesign since 2013 for the compact crossover. Recently spied in Spain, the footprint is similar to the outgoing CUV but the exterior features the Japanese …
• How to build American resilience 13 Aug 2020 19:18 The Hill - Washington DC For Americans and much of the world, 2020 has been an annus horribilis. To contain the coronavirus pandemic, nations have been forced to order mass quarantines, freezing economic activity and social life. It likely will take decades to calculate the full …
• U.S. Postal Service to award $6.3B contract for new mail truck this year. See the finalists 13 Aug 2020 18:39 Fox News Lordstown, Ohio, Mayor Arno Hill discusses GM’s selling their Lordstown plant to an electric truck startup and what the move means for jobs in his town as well as President Trump’s popularity among Lordstown residents. Their delivery may be a little late, …
• 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Review: Easy To Like, Hard To Love 13 Aug 2020 18:25 Motor1.com Verdict 6.3 / 10 Four decades ago, if you had some expendable income and wanted to show off, you bought a personal luxury coupe. That loaded Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Ford Thunderbird, or Chrysler Cordoba showed the world that you valued style over …
• Clean Energy Adds Jobs, but Pace is Slow 13 Aug 2020 17:57 POWER magazine An analysis of federal labor data for the clean energy sector shows renewable energy and other industries are adding jobs after months of declines brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. But the gains in July were lower than those in June, signaling …
• Tata Motors and TMETC Engage BreezoMeter in Mission to Enhance the Future of In-Cabin Pollution Management 13 Aug 2020 17:26 MarketWatch.com The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Aug 13, 2020 (AB Digital via COMTEX) -- Haifa, Israel - August 13, 2020 - Three businesses within the Tata Group have entered into a partnership with air quality data …
• Global Industrial Metrology Market Analysis 2020-2025 and Impact of COVID-19 - ResearchAndMarkets.com 13 Aug 2020 17:20 Odessa American - Texas DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2020-- The "Industrial Metrology Market - Growth, Trends, Forecasts (2020-2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global Industrial Metrology Market is expected to register a …
• Fraud charges, lost patents: How an L.A. auto legend's China venture crashed 13 Aug 2020 17:09 Los Angeles Times - California Last July, Steve Saleen, the Southern California designer of souped-up Ford Mustangs and eponymous supercars, walked onto a strobe-lit stage at Beijing National Stadium to launch a new line of vehicles for the Chinese market. During a 90-minute spectacle …
• The Kia Niro is an SUV hybrid hero 13 Aug 2020 16:25 Daily Record “MY DAUGHTER has just bought a Kia Niro – I’d be interested to know what you think of it,” said one of my neighbours. He made the comment as he walked past my driveway as I was about to climb aboard a similar model that had just arrived from the Korean car …
• Man gets into fight over electric scooter, steals Uber driver's SUV instead, Madison police say 13 Aug 2020 16:22 www.madison.com - Wisconsin × Sign Up Today and Support Local Journalism Enjoy more articles from Madison's Most Trusted Information Source. Subscribers can log in for unlimited digital access A Minnesota man allegedly knocked a Madison man unconscious while trying to steal the …
• Excited by demand, but production remains a challenge: Royal Enfield 13 Aug 2020 16:13 business-standard Top officials of Royal Enfield (RE), the motorcycle making arm of Eicher Motors, on Thursday said in a post earnings call with reporters that despite the rapid recovery in demand seen across all the key markets of the company, the coronavirus (Covid-19) …
• Tesla's Model 3 Performance Laps Nürburgring - Is It Good, Bad, Or Ugly? 13 Aug 2020 16:02 AutoSpies A Tesla Model 3 Performance recently took on the iconic Nürburgring track while in the hands of Misha Charoudin, a veteran of the world-famous destination who currently lives, works, and races on site. After seeing the struggles Model S owners have had on …
• Volkswagen to make electric car cells, battery packs in U.S. 13 Aug 2020 15:42 Reuters Aug 13 (Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG said it was expanding its Chattanooga factory in Tennessee to make electric vehicle cells and battery packs in the United States, alongside assembling electric vehicles. The company said it plans to break …
• Polestar 2 Can Reportedly Be Ordered With A Factory Tow Hitch 13 Aug 2020 15:37 Motor1.com According to the official Polestar website, the all-electric Polestar 2 has a braked towing capacity of 2,000 pounds, which is a very impressive number for a vehicle its size. The automaker also points out that with the additional 440 liter (15.5 cubic …
• Traditional Automakers Are So Far Behind They Can't Figure Out Tesla's Over The Air Updates 13 Aug 2020 15:23 AutoSpies As if Tesla’s lead over other automakers in battery and electric vehicle technology wasn’t enough, one Wall Street firm says that Over-the-Air updates are also causing legacy car manufacturers problems. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc, a full-service brokerage …
• Tencent’s Online Games Get a Boost From… Tesla? 13 Aug 2020 15:03 The Motley Fool Chinese internet giant Tencent (OTC:TCEH.Y) reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, Aug. 12, delivering strong results and seeing its stock rise over 3.1% in the aftermath, adding to its already hefty year-to-date gains. TCEHY Year-to-Date Total …
• Bright sparks Triumph and Ducati launch exciting e-bike models 13 Aug 2020 14:51 Daily Mirror One positive to come out of the horrors of the pandemic is that more people than ever have taken to two wheels. Bicycles have more or less completely sold out across the country and the MCIA reports unprecedented amounts of interest in motorised two- …