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Bill PuglianoGetty Images Federal prosecutors have charged former UAW president Gary Jones with embezzlement, making him the 14th person charged in a corruption scandal involving the auto union. Jones had been president only since June 2018 but is charged with stealing more than $1 million from the union to buy condos, custom golf clubs, cigar […] More
The CEO of sports-car maker Aston Martin tells C/D the company will engineer its own 3.0-liter hybrid V-6. The new engine will be built in the U.K. and will be at least as powerful as the AMG V-8 (pictured above, in the DB11) that it replaces. Aston’s V-12 will continue, but its production will be […] More
Tesla has received complaints from new Model 3 owners who discovered old processors powering Autopilot. The cars shipped with hardware version 2.5, which had been phased out in April 2019. Tesla said it will upgrade the old processors to Autopilot Hardware version 3.0 for free. Supply-chain issues surrounding the coronavirus epidemic have had an effect […] More
Read everything we have to say about the 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S, and see the Porsche 911 Turbo S configurator to spec your own. The 911 Turbo S is all about excess. Excess price, excess luxury, excess power, and excess, i.e. mind-boggling, organ-discombobulating acceleration. The new 992-generation Turbo S was just unveiled—640 horsepower, a […] More
The 2021 Genesis GV80 luxury SUV has a starting price of $49,925 and a fully loaded price of $72,375. The base engine is a turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-four and the optional engine is a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6. The GV80 will arrive at U.S. dealerships sometime this summer. The new 2021 Genesis GV80 luxury SUV will start […] More
We spied the upcoming Audi e-tron GT electric sports sedan, which has a claimed 249-mile range, testing in the Arctic Circle. The e-tron GT is powered by two electric motors that produce 590 horsepower, and will send the electric Audi sedan to 60 mph in a claimed 3.5 seconds. It’s expected to arrive later this […] More
The 2021 VW Atlas starts at $32,565, the same price as the outgoing model year. The higher two trim levels see price bumps of $200 and $1500 for the SE and SEL trims, respectively. The Atlas will go on sale in the second quarter of this year. Brandishing a facelift that helps it look more […] More
The fifth-generation of Waymo’s Jaguar I-Pace self-driving vehicles are already being tested on the road. On the vehicles, called Driver, Waymo’s proprietary high-definition lidar system can see a 360-degree view up to almost 1000 feet away, while cameras can see as far as 1640 feet. The company says it has done 20 million self-driving miles […] More
