Hertz order for 100,000 EVs sends Tesla shares to $1 trillion

Tesla Inc.’s shares soared on Monday, pushing the automaker’s value past $1 trillion for the first time.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/10/25/hertz-order-for-100000-evs-sends-tesla-shares-to-1-trillion
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Hertz orders 100,000 Teslas, carmaker’s stock surges

Tesla Model 3 sedans will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major US markets and parts of Europe in November.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/10/25/hertz-orders-100000-teslas-carmakers-stock-surges
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Mustang GT sits atop the American-made auto index

Researchers at the Kogod School of Business have released the 2021 version of the American Auto Index. The American Auto Index looks at which vehicles sold in the US have the most domestic content in their construction. Sitting at the top of last year’s list was the Ford Ranger. The Ford Ranger is no longer at the top of the … Continue reading

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Ford Recalls Mustang Mach-E for Windshield and Glass Roof Dangers

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Ford continues to face struggles with its first mass-produced electric vehicle, the Mustang Mach-E. After Ford recalled dozens of the first Mach-Es earlier this year for loose subframe bolts, now it’s saying the windshield and glass panoramic roof may become loose, leak, or even fly off while you’re driving. And that’s not good.

Unfortunately, nearly all 18,000 models of the Mustang Mach-E are at risk and are being recalled in the US. Ford also states that only around 13,000 of them run the increased risk of the windshield or roof becoming completely detached. According to Electrek, last week, the company issued a similar recall on the SUV for 5,000 models in Canada.

To make matters worse, Ford confirmed the problem to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) earlier this month but has yet to pinpoint the problem in production.

That said, even though they don’t know the cause of the problem, Ford will start providing owners with recall instructions in late October. That should give them enough time to sort through the issue, find a fix, and replace defective windshields and glass sunroofs across the entire Mustang Mach-E line.

Most likely, owners will be able to take vehicles in for an inspection, and if necessary, have the items reinstalled with more automotive-grade adhesive or new glass panels. We’ll keep an eye on the situation and report back if we learn more.

via The Verge

Source: https://www.reviewgeek.com/98966/ford-recalls-mustang-mach-e-for-windshield-and-glass-roof-dangers/
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An entire museum of painstakingly reproduced “dwarf cars”

Ernie Adams of Maricopa, Arizona has built an incredible collection of shrunken cars. Need more? Ernie sources a lot of his parts from old refrigerators.

These reproductions are absolutely beautiful, and would be nearly impossible for me to get into!

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Walmart plans self-driving home delivery in 2021 with Ford and Argo AI cars

Ford and autonomous vehicle company Argo AI are working with Walmart to launch a driverless delivery service, with the goal of filling in the last mile of home orders. It’ll be the retail behemoth’s first multi-city autonomous delivery collaboration in the US, Walmart said today, and see the total number of locations taken to three. The three companies had already … Continue reading

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Automakers gear up for an all-electric future

The car industry’s looming green transition has big implications for the countries that rely on it.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/carmakers-electric-future-green-technology/
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NYC Considers Surveillance Law That Would Fine Drivers With Loud Cars

A New York City legislator has introduced a bill that would let the police department use radar and artificial intelligence to surveil noise levels related to traffic in the city. If you got caught making a ruckus in violation of city code under the new law, the NYPD could use the tech to identify your car and send…

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Source: https://gizmodo.com/nyc-considers-surveillance-law-that-would-fine-drivers-1847597791
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Perfect 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 could be yours

When it comes to muscle cars in the 1970s, few were more highly desired than the Ford Mustang Boss 429. It was the most potent Mustang in its day, and they are incredibly valuable, particularly when perfectly restored and all original. When it comes original and perfectly restored examples, this 1970 Boss 429 is about as good as it gets. … Continue reading

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The Taliban love Toyota… but why?

This week we’ve been besieged by news images of men jam-packed into truck beds holding military assault weapons. Their manufacturer of choice is Toyota. Militias have long used Toyota pickup trucks as a vehicle of war, especially in the Middle East. The trucks are lightweight, agile, fuel-efficient, and well suited to the local terrain. In 2013 Kyle Mizokami noted: “You can buy 266 of them for the cost of just one tank. Plus, it’s more dependable than a tank—and easier to maintain.”  Toyotas are not only a war vehicle in Afghanistan. Somali warlords use them in Somalia. Humanitarian aid officials have…

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Ford has new robotic test drivers at its Weather Factory

One of the cooler buildings that Ford has for testing its automobiles is called the Weather Factory. At the Weather Factory, Ford can simulate all types of weather when testing its vehicles to ensure they will perform and function no matter the environment they’re placed in. However, with the range of conditions that can be created inside the building, it … Continue reading

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New York auto show cancelled amid delta variant’s spread

The current spread of the COVID-19 delta variant has caused the New York International Auto Show to cancel its annual event, …

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Ford Made a Nasty Perfume That Smells Like a Gas Station

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In a survey paid for by Ford, the motor company found that 70% of drivers upgrading to an electric vehicle will miss the smell of gasoline. Ford also discovered that gasoline is a more popular scent than wine or cheese. So screw it, here’s Mach-Eau GT, a perfume that smells like the co-worker who came in after spilling gas on their pants.

Ford showed off the fragrance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a yearly gathering of “petrolheads” (Ford’s word, not mine) from across the world. Everybody’s favorite American motor company commissioned this … “fragrance” to get people excited for its Mustang Mach-E GT, an all-electric vehicle that doesn’t smell like gasoline and looks less like a Mustang than you might expect (although it does look nice).

Anyways, Mach-Eau GT came to life at the hands of Pia Long, an Associate Perfumer in the British Society of Perfumers (Ford got ahold of Long through the Olfiction company). She mixed chemicals that are emitted from car interiors, engines, and gasoline with more traditional fragrances, like sandalwood and geranium, to give off a dreamy gas station vibe. An unnamed “animal element” was also added to the mix to give the impression of wild horses—perfume is freaky, man.

Here’s the good news for all you level-headed people out there; Ford will never sell Mach-Eau GT. Those who want to smell like a spilled gas can will have to do it the old fashioned way, or wait for Bath and Body Works to go completely off the rails with its smell-alike products.

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Motorist “let God take the wheel” resulting in high-speed crash

In Beachwood, Ohio, a 31-year-old woman accompanied by her 11-year-old daughter was driving at 100mph when she decided to “let go and let God take the wheel,” according to her statement to police. God then smashed into a car, spun into a utility pole, hit another car, and finally crashed into a house. — Read the rest

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Ford recalls more than 770,000 Explorer SUVs over steering fears

Ford is recalling more than 770,000 of its most popular SUVs, after multiple reports of injuries due to a flaw in the rear suspension. The issue, Ford confirmed today, occurs when parts of the suspension fracture, and in the process “significantly diminishes steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.” The issue affects select 2013 to 2017 model year Ford … Continue reading

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Why cars are driving the highest inflation since 2008

Inflation is at its highest level since 2008, thanks in very large part to a single item whose price has been going through the roof: Cars.

Why it matters: What goes up must generally come down, and there are strong indications — like data last week from prominent used car marketplace Manheim — that the unprecedented rise in auto prices is peaking. In the second half of this year, cars might well be a force making inflation numbers look artificially low.

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By the numbers: Used car and truck rental prices rose 12% in June, and 88% from a year previously. Used car prices were up 11% in June and 45% from a year ago, while new car prices were up 2% and 5% respectively.

How it works: The rise and rise of car prices has been one of the dominant inflation narratives of 2021. The cause has been a shortage of new cars, which in turn has been caused by a shortage of the computer chips needed to make any modern car run.

• Cars need as many as 1,400 different computer chips, each of which has to go through a rigorous quality-control process that ensures it will keep on working for at least 20 years.
• Lead times for such chips can be as long as 180 days

What they’re saying: “These chips are not fungible assets,” Tirias Research analyst Kevin Krewell tells Axios. “You can’t just move them to another fabrication facility with spare capacity.”

Flashback: Fire and ice have both closed chip plants unexpectedly this year, making it harder for them to reconfigure their production lines to go back to making the auto chips that manufacturers desperately need.

• Automakers slashed chip orders when the pandemic hit in March 2020, causing chip makers to pivot to making components for uses that were booming, such as webcams.
• More recently, automakers around the world have been forced to cut production in the face of the shortages. AutoForecast Solutions says the industry faces a loss of 6.2 million vehicles globally because of the chip supply line disruption, while AlixPartners sees a drop of 4.9 million vehicles just in the first half of this year.
• Volkswagen has warned that the chip shortage could get even worse in the second half of this year.

The big picture: While new-car prices haven’t risen enormously (sticker prices are sticky, it turns out), the new-car shortage has meant that car-rental companies, faced with booming demand, have become buyers rather than sellers of second-hand vehicles, upending the market’s normal delicate balance.

What’s next: Wholesale auto prices seem to have peaked, which means that retail prices are likely to follow them down. Manheim chief economist Jonathan Smoke says that retail prices have been lagging wholesale prices by about 4 weeks this year — and that the decline in wholesale prices started 5 weeks ago.

Data: Cox Automotive; Chart: Axios Visuals

The bottom line: If you’re in the market for a car, and you’re able to wait a few months, you should probably do that.

Source: https://www.axios.com/inflation-used-cars-ff7d9744-a846-4743-ab04-19fc239b43c4.html
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Abbott: Drive-thru voting would allow passengers to have a ‘coercive effect’ on voters

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday said that drive-thru voting would allow passengers riding in vehicles to have a “coercive effect” on voters while defending proposed state laws that would ban the practice.Abbot…

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Klein Vision AirCar completes a 35-minute test flight between two cities

AirCar is a dual-mode car/aircraft moving towards production after meeting a key development milestone this week. That milestone was its first inter-city flight, where the aircraft flew for 35 minutes from the international Airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava. The flight was conducted on June 28, 2021. The flight also represented the flying car’s 142nd successful landing … Continue reading

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WRC: Safari Rally puts Kenya back on world stage

Known as one of world’s toughest races, the returning 18-stage event takes place between June 24-27.

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How American highway construction built a legacy of inequality

The federal highway program barreled through Black and Latino neighborhoods in the 1950s. But will new solutions repeat past mistakes?

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