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Ford announced a program, Ford Credit Support, that will provide assistance to new-vehicle buyers as well as owners with current Ford Credit loans or leases. For new-vehicle buyers, the first payment can be delayed by up to 90 days, while current owners may be able to change a payment due date or delay payment. The […] More
Film Tampa Bay via Twitter If you want to present the future of autonomous driving, you need to film it today. Even though these Tesla Model 3 EVs were not actually driving fully autonomously, they were using Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control. Nine local Tesla owners volunteered their time to be a part of the […] More
Deron Williams via Instagram Former NBA player Dirk Nowitzki was driving his custom Mercedes-Benz Metris van when it got stuck in the mud. His former teammate Deron Williams came in with the assists with his Dodge Ram pickup. Nowitzki even asked Williams if he was in quarantine. Retired NBA all-star Dirk Nowitzki was taking his […] More
Ford, FCA, GM, and the UAW have come together to create a task force focused on thwarting the spread of COVID-19 in their factories. The group will work on ways to keep their employees safe as the virus further threatens production. The decision to form the task force follows criticism of the manufacturers for keeping […] More
What’s the role of a car publication in the midst of a global pandemic? This is not a rhetorical question—I’m really asking. Do you know? This kind of thing has never happened before, and we’re off the map. We began disaster planning a couple of weeks ago, asking ourselves what we would write about and […] More
David McNew + AFP/Getty Images Musk sent a companywide email to Space-X employees downplaying the risk of the coronavirus. The CEO told employees that if they’re feeling sick, they ought to stay home, but earlier in the week stated on Twitter that the fatality rate was “greatly overstated.” As of the publication of this article, […] More
If a fix works, why not bring it back when everything else feel like it’s breaking? Hyundai received kudos for its Assurance program during the Great Recession, so it’s bringing a modified version back during the coronavirus pandemic. This time, the luxury arm Genesis gets in on the action as well, with both offering 90-day […] More
The chief strategist at Volkswagen says vehicle-to-grid technology will open up new business opportunities for the automaker. Cars that support the technology can store excess power and sell it back to the electrical grid in times of need. The Nissan Leaf already supports this technology, but the feature also needs to be supported by the […] More
