As Carlisle said, the EV push will continue for “as long as it makes sense,” but GM won't hem themselves in too far in one direction. “It’s part of the balance,” he said. “We’ve got to provide the consumers what they want when they want it and at the same time give a different, compelling view of the future.” That push is coming, with $27 billion pledged towards electric and autonomous investment by the brand, with the Hummer EV, Bolt, and Caddillac Lyriq providing results.
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The car seen above in the press image and video is the Civic Touring, which should be the most expensive model in the lineup. Some elements, like the chrome window surround, may not be present on lower-tier models, but Honda's hasn't said anything about that. More information will be released in the Civic Tour on April 28th, with performances leading up to the official reveal of the new Civic Sedan. The Civic Hatchback will follow the sedan by several months, although Honda will be pushing the hatchback more in the US market than with previous Civic generations, including manufacturing the car by Honda US as well as in India.
Matsuyama's star is rising, especially in Japan, and that's only a good thing for Lexus. Both parties will continue with the partnership for the future, and the golfer will serve as one of the faces of the Tokyo Olympics, potentially even to be chosen to light the Olympic Torch. Lexus' bet, then, is paying off in a big way.
But the race was far from good. The mud problem was resolved quickly as the truck dried, and there were shades of great racing, especially from the start. Sure, visibility was an issue and drivers were still figuring out the track. Even I was liking it though, and I still wasn't happy with the spring Bristol date being taken away. But that didn't last. Unfortunately, as happens so often in NASCAR, as the race went on wrecks bred wrecks. Dust circling the air on the restart wasn't just a problem for the television cameras trying to capture the restart, but also for the drivers themselves. There were plenty of restarts that went right back into caution with a spin as the drivers made contact getting up to speed, unable to see each other with the dust. What should've been small wrecks became massive as drivers who couldn't see or avoid the accident plowed in, and a red flag came out quickly in the first stage. By lap 150, NASCAR eventually threw up its hands and went to single-file restarts for the remainder of the race. And single-file best describes how the race went from there, with all the battles disappearing and, while lap cars played a role for a time, Logano drove away to the win. Tony Stewart must be laughing. He's managed to run truck series races at his Eldora Speedway for seven years, but NASCAR passed him over in favor of the prestige of Bristol for their dirt race. So he refused to host the truck race. That didn't go well for NASCAR, with the truck racing being an even bigger mess than the cup race, while Stewart has run them flawlessly at Eldora each time. And NASCAR's coming back. The crowd at Bristol approved, and if the race can be made up of just the good racing from the beginning, I'll be cheering too. But I don't think NASCAR will. NASCAR hasn't tested the new cars on dirt at all, and it needs to test them before it tries to make another dirt race. The series has proven that big stock cars can make a good race on dirt. NASCAR just needs to actually test and prepare the cars and put on a better race. It might be an unfair comparison to say the race was like the 2008 Brickyard 400, when 'the tire debacle' led to competition cautions every 10 laps with a seven-lap run to the uncontested finish. This one was much the same, with cautions following cautions constantly in the worst sections of the race. If NASCAR can't figure it out for last year, it'll only get worse for them.
The new car is also largely based on the Australian V8 Supercars, something team owner Roger Penske knows well. He thinks the racing would work well with NASCAR, although of course he'd like to see the race made into an IndyCar doubleheader. The racing will be tested with the NASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational series, a nationally-broadcasted event featuring the premier drivers in the sport. The Coca-Cola iRacing Series of professional esports drivers will also race on the circuit. It should also be available on the service in the future for any members to try their hand on. According to iRacing, scanning the track meant driving through at 12:30 in the morning to keep the project a secret and not disturb traffic. So the scan is a lot less detailed than a standard track for the service, meaning more of the background imagery is added in later than usual. The course involves some of the most famous and scenic streets of Chicago, with Lake Shore Drive, Columbus Avenue, and Michigan Avenue all featured, and Buckingham Fountain beautifully framing the start/finish line. Either way, NASCAR's future in Chicago is somewhat up in the air right now. The series owns Chicagoland Speedway but it isn't racing there this year. NASCAR Vice President Ben Kennedy admitted "Chicago is a critically important market to us," so they'll need a track to get all those fans. If it can't be Chicagoland Speedway, is this road course the answer? No one's said that it'll appear on the 2022 schedule, or maybe later, but no one's said it won't either. That remains to be seen. Until then, I'll just have to settle for taking a few hot laps in the sim.
The filing in the Manhattan federal court by the US Department of Justice adds that the company “actively encourages” the usage of these emissions controls systems with the EZ-Lynk software, using an online forum with representatives of the company even offering support for this feature. U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss in Manhattan said in a statement after the filing “Emissions controls on cars and trucks protect the public from harmful effects of air pollution. EZ Lynk has put the public’s health at risk by manufacturing and selling devices intended to disable those emissions controls.” The government seeks fines from the company as well as an injunction on further sales and installations of the system.
He bought 250 acres in Wakeman, Ohio where he opened an African American country club. The club was a success and Morgan was able to retire comfortably in Cleveland Ohio. He also invented the gas mask and many other things such as better hairspray and the improved sewing machine. Morgen had three sons and he died on July 27, 1963, at 87 years old from a pre-existing illness.
The move doesn't seem to be prompted by anything, but CNBC notes that the share price of Tesla was up over 1% following the announcement.
Alfa Romeo North America gets new leadership from Larry Dominique, who was formerly head of PSA North America and was leading the push to get Peugeot into the US. There are already rumors of Alfa getting access to Stellantis technology, including a possible new Jeep platform. Lancia should get access to some of this as well, hopefully moving it up to a luxury brand for Stellantis. Either way, the outgoing Ypsilon will see a facelift that will keep it on sale for some time yet.
This is the first big example of the reason for the merger into Stellantis, which was synergies between the two automakers in global markets. Adding on with that synergy, the platform will be used on a small Alfa Romeo crossover and a Fiat. Assembly in Tyche, Poland, could begin in 2022 an potentially produce as many as 400,000 vehicles per year. An official reveal could be anticipated for later this year.
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