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The Audi Q4 e-tron will be the first Audi to use Volkswagen’s MEB electric platform. Power will come from an electric motor on each axle paired with a 82.0-kWh lithium-ion battery. The Q4 e-tron should start at around $45,000 and arrive sometime next year. This story originally appeared in the May 2020 issue of Car […] More
Jacobs Stock Photography LtdGetty Images If you live in a city, now might be a good time to go turn on your for a few minutes, to scare away any rodents that may have moved in during the coronavirus shutdown. With normal food patterns disrupted, rats are looking for places to go that they might […] More
Ford Performance is offering a kit for the 2018–2020 Ford Mustang GT that boosts power and torque. It adds 19 horsepower and 18 lb-ft to the 5.0-liter V-8, bringing the totals to 479 hp and 448 lb-ft of torque. It costs $1275 before installation and comes with a warranty if installed by a Ford dealership […] More
Robert GauthierGetty Images It usually takes just half a day to unload a massive cargo ship of its cars, but since demand is way down, a shipment of about 2000 new Nissan/Infiniti vehicles had to sit offshore for a while, as Bloomberg reported this week. The vehicles were Nissan Armada SUVs, Rogue crossovers, and Infiniti […] More
It’s a lot easier to enter these than the Pebble Beach Concours, and Pebble’s canceled anyway. More
Tesla reported its third straight quarterly profit this past week, with $354 million coming from selling regulatory credits. Automakers who need to comply with emissions regulations buy the credits from Tesla, which accumulates credits from having an all-electric lineup. It is unclear where all of the credits go, but last summer, it was revealed that […] More
JEFF KOWALSKYGetty Images General Motors, defending itself against a report that claimed federal investigators were looking at the company’s involvement with the United Auto Workers in a corruption probe, said the U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit has confirmed it is “not a target.” A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office confirmed that GM is not […] More
PHILIP PACHECOGetty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the company’s stock was too high, and it immediately dropped in value. The tweet may have violated a deal Musk made with the SEC about his tweets and Tesla. Musk also tweeted patriotic lyrics, said his girlfriend Grimes is mad at him, and noted that their […] More
