Month: November 2022
Investor sentiment on Tesla weakens amid Elon Musk’s Twitter drama, Morgan Stanley says
Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Getty Images Investor sentiment towards Tesla is on the decline as CEO Elon Musk runs Twitter, according to Morgan Stanley. Analyst Adam Jonas surveyed investors and found that most respondents believe Tesla’s price decline could be attributed to the Twitter fiasco. “We see a window of buying opportunity near our $150
Audi recalls sedans, wagons for issue caused by back seat messes
With the number of recalls issued by manufacturers these days, it’s rare that something truly weird crosses our desks. Well, mark this date, because we’ve got a strange one. Audi is recalling more than 50,000 A6-based sedans, wagons and Sportbacks from the 2019-2022 model years because a spill in the rear seat can shut down
Mercedes-Benz eSprinter prototype drives 295 miles on one charge
Mercedes-Benz is preparing to release an improved version of the electric eSprinter, and this time the van will be sold in the United States. The model hasn’t been fully unveiled yet, but a pre-production prototype recently completed a 295-mile trip on a single charge in Germany. The test route started at the Mercedes-Benz museum in
Corvette sub-brand reportedly starts with electric four-door and SUV in 2025
That didn’t take long. A couple of days ago, we wrote about Mark Reuss previewing a car based on the C8 Corvette chassis. He told investors the car would arrive in 2025 and possess “incredible performance,” but he never called it a Corvette. Perhaps Reuss’ sidestep has something to do with Car and Driver running
Zenvo TSR-GT ends the TSR range with a 263-mph top speed
The Danes aren’t known for being flashy, which helps explain how Danish supercar maker Zenvo has been building and selling 1,000-horsepower, million-dollar coupes since the ST1 in 2008. Zenvo introduced the latest evolution of its single product in 2016, the TSR. Next year, the TSR will be replaced by an all-new model, so the company
Tesla Model 3 refresh coming with even more controls via the display, sources say
Tesla is developing a revamped version of the Model 3, according to four people with knowledge of the effort, as the top EV maker aims to cut production costs and boost the appeal of the five-year-old electric sedan. One focus of the redesign codenamed “Highland” is to reduce the number of components and complexity in the
Hennessey Mammoth TRX Overland Edition is 1,000 hp you can sleep on
We ended our recent piece about Porsche’s off-road forays and the new Porsche 911 Dakar with the line, “It’s about to get faster, more crowded, and a lot more expensive in the backwoods.” The Hennessey Mammoth 1000 TRX Overland Edition is not what we had in mind when we wrote that, but here we are
South African company builds the world’s first armored Jaguar I-Pace
When you think of armored cars, the presidential “Beast” limo and large SUVs likely come to mind. What you might not consider is that as the auto industry transforms itself to produce electric vehicles, we’ll start seeing more armored EVs. A South African company has a leg up in this area with the release of