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Treasury lets automakers do the math on EV tax credit eligibility

Treasury lets automakers do the math on EV tax credit eligibility

auto executives the world over marked their calendars for march 30, the deadline the us treasury department set for itself to hammer out requirements electric vehicles would have to meet for federal tax credits. the day ended up being rather anticlimactic. what many people anticipated was highly significant minutiae and fine print solidifyi

Rapid Transit System Plymouth Cuda, hidden for 46 years, is going up for auction

Rapid Transit System Plymouth Cuda, hidden for 46 years, is going up for auction

there have been many plymouth 'cudas sold for jaw-dropping prices. top sellers claim to be one of only a handful with a particular engine, paint or performance package option. some are truly rare, but chrysler offered so many checkboxes and catalog changes at the time that any sufficiently discerning buyer could have put together a fairly unco

Lyft to lay off 1,200 under new CEO, Wall Street Journal reports

Lyft to lay off 1,200 under new CEO, Wall Street Journal reports

san francisco — lyft is preparing to lay off 1,200 employees, the wall street journal reports, just days after new ceo david risher began steering the ride-hailing service with a eye toward driving down costs to help bring its fares more in line with its biggest rival, uber. risher, a former amazon executive, informed lyft's workforce of mo

Jurors in lawsuit say Tesla never claimed Autopilot to be a self pilot

Jurors in lawsuit say Tesla never claimed Autopilot to be a self pilot

  los angeles — jurors in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving tesla's autopilot feature told reuters after the verdict on friday that the electric-vehicle maker clearly warned that the partially automated driving software was not a self-piloted system, and that driver distraction was to blame.  &nb

Junkyard Gem: 1990 Ford Festiva L Plus

Junkyard Gem: 1990 Ford Festiva L Plus

even though oil prices collapsed during the middle 1980s, americans could still choose from plenty of new vehicles made with extreme fuel economy in mind during the late 1980s and into the early 1990s. general motors offered the suzuki-built chevrolet sprint and its geo metro successor, while ford turned to its friends at mazda for a proper competi

Hyundai Mobis reveals roll-up display for cars

Hyundai Mobis reveals roll-up display for cars

right alongside foldable displays found in smart phones are rollable displays. a number of companies have been experimenting with them, but hyundai mobis, a technology division of the automaker, claims to have the first design specifically for automotive use. and it intends to put the screen into production, maybe even for companies besides hyundai

Hyundai is developing a solar-powered lunar rover

Hyundai is developing a solar-powered lunar rover

hyundai isn't limiting its ongoing model expansion to this planet. working together with six south korean research agencies, the company has started developing an autonomous, solar-powered robot capable of carrying up to 155 pounds across the moon's surface. the yet-unnamed robot is at the embryonic stage of development, and the project&

Hummer EV SUV official range announced: 3X truck tops 350 miles

Hummer EV SUV official range announced: 3X truck tops 350 miles

the first run of gmc hummer evs were in one single specification: pickup truck in edition 1 with all the off-road goodies. the most pertinent of those off-road upgrades to electric range being the 18-inch wheels with mud-terrain tires. and it was rated for 329 miles. but now, there are more hummer variants. the pickup truck is now available with a

Honda Civic Type R S grade quietly revealed as part of Nurburgring record lap

Honda Civic Type R S grade quietly revealed as part of Nurburgring record lap

turns out, there is some fine print about the new honda civic type r nürburgring record lap that has just come to our attention. apparently, the record was set using an unreleased version of the type r that is to be called the honda civic type r s grade. honda’s press release both in the u.s. and europe includes this detail in the footnotes, fi