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BEST-EVER FIRST QUARTER AND MARCH SALES FOR KIA AMERICA

BEST-EVER FIRST QUARTER AND MARCH SALES FOR KIA AMERICA

Building on 2022's best-ever market share achievement, Kia America opened 2023 with a record first quarter of 184,136 units, a 15-percent increase over the previous high set in 2021. Continue Reading Best-Ever First Quarter and March Sales for Kia America. ... Continue reading

Nikola Fuel Cell Class 8 Truck on the Road This Summer Will fuel cell technology be the end game?

Nikola Fuel Cell Class 8 Truck on the Road This Summer Will fuel cell technology be the end game?

Nikola Corporation, despite its rocky origin, is delivering battery-powered Class 8 trucks to customers now - not really soon. ... Continue reading

No April Fool Joke: Chinese Bio Weapon Covid-19 Magnifies China Ability To Gain Worldwide EV Domination - Updated

No April Fool Joke: Chinese Bio Weapon Covid-19 Magnifies China Ability To Gain Worldwide EV Domination - Updated

Most politicians and their aides are too ignorant or in Big Oil's pocket to promote realistic alt fuel options, so they delegate their "alt fuel position" to young aides to decide which alt they should support. ... Continue reading

Marketing For Most Powerful BMW Production Vehicle Launched

Marketing For Most Powerful BMW Production Vehicle Launched

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 30, 2023… BMW of North America debuted today the first of two new 30-second spots featuring a talented roster of MLB All-Stars alongside the new plug-in hybrid electric BMW XM, which will run throughout the 2023 MLB season. The new creative, developed in partnership with the Home Team Spo ... Continue reading

Senator Joe Manchin American Hero "EV's, Do What Congress Voted For Not What Burecrats Want"

Senator Joe Manchin American Hero "EV's, Do What Congress Voted For Not What Burecrats Want"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin said on Wednesday he may go to court after the U.S. Treasury releases guidance later this week on battery sourcing guidance for electric vehicle tax credits. "If it goes off the rails" and violates the intent of the climate legislation approved in August, ... Continue reading

1000 MIGLIA Returns For Second Edition Of Sorrento Roads

1000 MIGLIA Returns For Second Edition Of Sorrento Roads

BRESCIA, Italy, March 29, 2023 -- Everything is ready for the second edition of Sorrento Roads by 1000 Miglia, the event that from Friday 31 March to Sunday 2 April will take the Red Arrow from the Gulf of Sorrento to the Gulf of Naples, to the immensity of the Royal Palace of Caserta and among the steep cliffs of the ... Continue reading

California's FIRST public DC Fast Truck Chargers Now Open For Public Use

California's FIRST public DC Fast Truck Chargers Now Open For Public Use

Chargers near the U.S./Mexico border speed up charging for trucks, delivery vans, buses and other large vehicles. SAN DIEGO, March 27, 2023 -- Today, San Diego Gas & Electric, along with local and state officials, unveiled four public, direct current (DC) fast chargers at a busy truck stop just north of the Otay Mesa P ... Continue reading

Hyundai IONIQ 5 Named 2023 Top Pick Family EV by Cars.com

Hyundai IONIQ 5 Named 2023 Top Pick Family EV by Cars.com

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., March 29, 2023 – Hyundai’s award-winning IONIQ 5 has received the Top Pick Family EV by Cars.com in its new Top Pick awards that showcase the best electric vehicles in four categories: Luxury, Family, Value and Commuter. This is a second award by Cars.com for the IONIQ 5, it was recently na ... Continue reading

Blue Line Aviation Announces Large Aircraft Order and Expansion to Florida

Blue Line Aviation Announces Large Aircraft Order and Expansion to Florida

Blue Line Aviation announces a signed purchase agreement with Piper Aviation for fifty-five (55) aircraft with an option for sixty (60) more, and a new flight school location in Winter Haven, Florida. SMITHFIELD, N.C., March 28, 2023 -- Blue Line Aviation, a fast growing flight school in North Carolina announces a sign ... Continue reading

Size Does Matter: Electric Roads Allow Car Batteries To Be Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper, More Practical

Size Does Matter: Electric Roads Allow Car Batteries To Be Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper, More Practical

Göteborg Sweden March 28, 2023; The Chalmers University of Technology released this EV Motoring Report. If an electric car charges while driving, the size of the battery can be reduced by up to 70%, and the load on the power grid can be spread out over the day. ... Continue reading

What does 205/55 R 16 91 V actually mean? - Brief explanation of information on the tyre sidewall

What does 205/55 R 16 91 V actually mean? - Brief explanation of information on the tyre sidewall

A tyre sidewall contains several alphanumerical codes. Some of them help the manufacturer or tyre dealer to identify the products, others give information on the tyre's size, type, maximum permissible speed and load rating. Recently information of original equipment relevance and on run-flat properties and low rolling ... Continue reading

2023 Genesis GV60 Performance - Review by Mark Fulmer

2023 Genesis GV60 Performance - Review by Mark Fulmer

From its beginning, the Genesis has successfully won the hearts of many drivers who appreciate reasonably affordable luxury. That ante has been upped by the 2023 GV60 in the form of smooth, silent speed. If you are running an errand and left your key fob in your room, no worries. There is a facial-recognition camera in ... Continue reading

Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing Sedans Debut in "Forza Horizon 5"

Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing Sedans Debut in "Forza Horizon 5"

As Cadillac celebrates 20 years of V-Series performance, the CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing high-performance sedans will soon make their debut in “Forza Horizon 5,” developed by Xbox Game Studios’ Playground Games. “The timing couldn’t be better for the V-Series Blackwings to arrive in ‘Forza Horizon 5 ... Continue reading

Ford to Build Next Electric Truck "Project T3" at BlueOval City; BlueOval Learning Will Prepare Nearly 6,000 for Jobs

Ford to Build Next Electric Truck "Project T3" at BlueOval City; BlueOval Learning Will Prepare Nearly 6,000 for Jobs

BlueOval City, Ford’s all-new mega-campus in West Tennessee, is taking shape and preparing to build Ford’s next-gen electric truck, code named Project T3, in 2025 Designed to be radically efficient and carbon neutral, the truck plant on the site will be capable of producing 500,000 electric trucks a year at full pr ... Continue reading

Hydrogen Madness: EU Accelerates on Hydrogen

Hydrogen Madness: EU Accelerates on Hydrogen

Brussels 27 March 2023 The Commission’s Communication on the European Hydrogen Bank, published on 16 March 2023, describes the Facility objective of unlocking private investment in hydrogen value chains, both domestically and in third countries, by connecting the supply of renewable energy to EU demand and tackling i ... Continue reading

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