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A rear-view camera is a standard piece of safety technology nowadays, but it’s only any good if it actually shows the driver what’s behind them. In the case of some 2022 Toyota Tundras, the driver may end up getting the view of what’s in front of the truck. As such, Toyota is recalling affected examples […] July 14, 2022 at 12:45AM

At the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon, one of the Toyotas we feasted on was the Gazoo Racing GT3 Concept. Born of the Japanese automaker’s belief that it can provide more enthusiast enjoyment by commercializing race cars than by making customer cars racy, the quotes and suggestions at the time were that the GT3 Concept would result […] July 02, 2022 at 12:45AM

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s government will not agree to European Union plans to effectively ban the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Tuesday. In its bid to cut planet-warming emissions by 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels, the European Commission has proposed a 100% reduction in […] June 22, 2022 at 01:30AM

Ford is making leisurely chess moves when it comes to bringing the Transit Trail to the U.S. The automaker’s European branch launched the rugged van in June 2020, two months after Ford applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a design patent for the Transit Trail’s finer features. More than a year later, […] May 01, 2022 at 01:30AM

Tesla and NHTSA have announced another recall for its vehicles, and it once again affects the rearview camera display. The good news is that it’s a fairly limited recall with a simple and easy fix. The recall estimates that only about 947 cars are affected including 2018 to 2029 Tesla Model S and Model X […] The post Tesla recalling more than 900 Model S, X and 3 EVs for rearview camera display appeared first on Automoto Network . March 26, 2022 at 07:41AM

Remember the story about the unknown guy who rented a Tesla that was totaled in a ridiculously stupid jump stunt on a public road in Los Angeles? As you already know, there’s pretty much no such thing as a victimless crime, and one of the victims of this one is Jordan Hook, whose Subaru Forester […] The post Tesla jump stunt victim reaches GoFundMe goal to replace Subaru appeared first on Automoto Network . March 24, 2022 at 07:40AM

TOKYO — A Tokyo court gave Greg Kelly, a former American executive at Nissan Motor charged with underreporting his boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay, a suspended sentence, but cleared him of most of the charges. The verdict announced Thursday of a 6-month sentence suspended for three years will allow Kelly to return to the U.S. during […] March 04, 2022 at 07:31AM

TOKYO — Toyota will restart domestic production from Wednesday after a cyberattack on a supplier ground the automaking giant’s factories to a one-day halt, sparking concerns about vulnerability in Japan’s Inc’s supply chain. No information was available about who was behind the attack, nor the motive. It came just after Japan joined Western allies in […] March 02, 2022 at 06:16AM

BERLIN — Germany’s Transport Ministry has criticized a stunt that saw a Czech millionaire drive his high-powered sports car along a public highway at speeds of up to 414 kilometers per hour (257 mph). A video posted online this month shows Radim Passer pushing his Bugatti Chiron to extreme speeds on a stretch of Germany’s […] January 19, 2022 at 10:15PM

San Francisco — The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Friday that it is discussing heating issues of some Tesla vehicles with the automaker and evaluating “potential safety concerns.” A number of Tesla owners have complained that heat pumps are failing in extreme cold temperatures, according to Drive Tesla Canada. The report said the heating […] January 16, 2022 at 07:40AM

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk unloaded $5 billion of stock in the electric-car maker, shortly after fueling a social media debate over the tax treatment of billionaires’ shareholdings. The world’s richest person has disposed of more than 4.5 million shares so far this week, according to regulatory filings. Those were his first sales […] November 12, 2021 at 07:42AM

TOKYO — Large parts of the world are not ready for zero-emission vehicles, which is why Toyota Motor Corp did not sign a pledge this week to phase out fossil-fuel cars by 2040, the world’s largest automaker said on Thursday. Six major carmakers, including General Motors, Ford, Sweden’s Volvo Cars and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, signed […] November 12, 2021 at 06:18AM

Elon Musk is nothing if not eccentric. While most of us aren’t one of the richest people in the world, we generally take financial guidance from experts, carefully follow rules set out by regulators and spend hours agonizing on how best to keep what money we do have sitting in the proper places so as […] November 08, 2021 at 07:44AM

Ford says it will require most of its salaried employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in accordance with the Biden administration’s December 8 deadline for federal contractors. This means that approximately 32,000 people will be under the same guidance, and Ford says about 84% of its current employees are vaccinated. Reuters received a statement from […] November 05, 2021 at 07:04AM

In March 2020, a month after Chevrolet began customer deliveries of the 2020 C8 Corvette, a GM dealer technician created a Reddit thread about a leaking gearbox in a Corvette with 32 miles. That car hadn’t even been sold yet. Since then, as a search of “C8 Corvette transmission leak” shows, it’s been tales of […] November 02, 2021 at 06:45AM

Filed under: Government/Legal,Green,Chrysler,Fiat,Jeep,RAM,Truck,SUV,Diesel Continue reading FCA nears plea deal in diesel emissions fraud probe FCA nears plea deal in diesel emissions fraud probe originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this |  Comments October 28, 2021 at 06:53AM

Tesla wants to shift to a less expensive battery for its electric vehicles but first needs to figure out how to overcome political tensions to get a Chinese partner to build the iron-based batteries near its U.S. factories. The world’s two biggest economies have yet to resolve disputes over tariffs, intellectual property rights and Chinese […] October 25, 2021 at 07:42AM

Elon Musk voiced concerns on Twitter over the recent appointment of Missy Cummings to a key advisory role at the country’s top traffic authority, but U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg suggested the Tesla CEO speak to him directly about any concerns instead. “He’s welcome to call me if he’s concerned,” Buttigieg told reporters at an […] October 24, 2021 at 07:42AM

Many people are passionate about climate change, but not everybody should drive a battery electric vehicle as a means to combat it, Toyota Motor Corp Chief Scientist Gill Pratt said on Thursday at the Reuters Events Automotive Summit. Pratt’s comments, during a discussion on electric vehicles, appeared to amplify remarks made over the past year […] October 22, 2021 at 06:17AM

TOKYO — Japan’s biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp said on Thursday it had filed patent infringement lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp and China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) with a Tokyo district court. Nippon Steel is seeking 20 billion yen ($176 million) in damages from each company, alleging the two firms have infringed […] October 15, 2021 at 06:18AM