by | Mar 27, 2023 | Industry News
Tesla is back in court this week as a plaintiff seeks to restore a $137 million verdict in a racial discrimination lawsuit. Tesla is back in court to determine if an employee awarded $137M in damages should get that amount. The EV maker has faced similar lawsuits — as...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Industry News
More than 80% of EV charging is today done at home, according to industry data. And that’s fine when battery-electric vehicles make up a small niche of the overall U.S. vehicle market. But what happens when vehicles with internal combustion engines begin to phase out...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Industry News
Sales of gas-powered cars, such as the Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4Matic, are banned in the E.U. after 2035. But the engines could survive due to the e-fuel loophole. It’s a deadline that seems far away, but isn’t. It’s the planned phase out of new combustion engine...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Industry News
Shawn Fain was sworn in Sunday as the United Auto Workers new president, and the first elected directly by the union’s active and retired members after a lengthy vote count, less than 24 hours before the union delegates were scheduled to meet in Detroit to discuss...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Industry News
This week starts off with a focus on the UAW’s vote in a runoff election to determine who will lead the organization: old-guard incumbent Ray Curry or militant upstart challenger Shawn Fain. Shawn Fain captured the UAW presidency by less than 500 votes. The vote count...
by | Mar 26, 2023 | Enthusiast News, From The Web
The Explorer is one of the most popular vehicles in Ford’s lineup here in the U.S. With advances in turbocharged engines, it’s more fuel-efficient than it has been in the past, but it still runs on gasoline, resulting in carbon emissions. Now Ford Europe is showing...