Category: News

Castroneves Expresses Disappointment Over Missing Opportunity to Pursue Fourth Consecutive Daytona 24 Win

Several drivers from the IndyCar Series are participating in this weekend’s endurance classic, but Helio Castroneves is notably absent from the lineup. After making his Daytona debut in 2018, the Brazilian shifted his focus to…

Morgan Stanley Alerts to Decelerating EV Momentum, Citing 7 Concerns That Should Worry Tesla

Challenges Tesla dodged last year might catch up to them in 2024. Morgan Stanley expects a conservative year-ahead outlook from Tesla when it reports earnings this week. The EV market is facing slower growth and diminished optimism.  The year ahead for Tesla is shaping up to be a challenge. Tesla CEO Elon Musk will face

Study Finds Arizona Tops the List for Worst Road Rage in the United States

People seemingly became worse drivers during the pandemic. Even though there were fewer people on the roads, drivers continued dying in preventable accidents due to speed and irresponsible behavior. Road rage certainly plays a role, but a recent study showed that anger behind the wheel is much worse in some states. Car subscription platform Finn

Minnesota Holds the Record for the Lowest Road Rage Among U.S. Drivers

If you’ve spent any time in traffic lately, there’s a great chance you’ve experienced (or been) one of many angry drivers on the road. Road rage is a fact of being behind the wheel, but it’s much worse in some states than in others. Finn, a car subscription service, recently combined data from several sources

Why Ford CEO Jim Farley is optimistic about 2024 — and how racing plays a crucial role in selling ‘passion’ cars

  By Pras Subramanian, Yahoo Finance I recently flew down to Charlotte, N.C. — the home of NASCAR in the US, among other things — to preview all of Ford Performance’s new race cars and meet its CEO/race car driver-in-chief, Jim Farley.  Farley was in good spirits; for one thing, he enjoyed showing off the

Honda to Recall 2023 HR-V Rear Windows Over Shattering Hazard

Honda has issued a service bulletin for the 2023 HR-V crossover after multiple reports from customers that the rear windows have shattered without warning. This news comes to us by way of Consumer Reports, who happened to experience the problem first-hand with one of their own test vehicles during a winter weather warm-up in New

Earnings of Automotive Dealership Staff: Substantial Income

Here’s the tradeoff for employees in the automotive retail sector in the United States: long hours for more money. A lot more money, actually. In the recent Automotive News Dealership Salary Survey, automobile retail professionals pulled in an annual average pay of $200,200 last year — nearly three times higher than what the average American

Horse and Buggy of Amish Family Stolen from Walmart in Small-Town Michigan

Sturgis, Michigan, may not have the international name recognition that its South Dakotan namesake offers, but the small town recently made the news with an odd story that would be a better fit for the rowdier and more popular motorcycle paradise. An Amish horse and buggy were recently stolen from the town’s Walmart. The buggy’s

Global Car Manufacturers Increase Exports Amidst Sluggish Sales in China

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Foreign carmakers that have been losing market share to local rivals in China have boosted exports from the world’s largest auto market, accounting for more than a fifth of the country’s total vehicle exports last year, industry data showed.China is estimated to have overtaken Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter in

Leaked Information from AlphaTauri Indicates a Renamed Formula 1 Team

A leak across AlphaTauri’s social channels suggests the team will transition into ‘Visa Cash App Racing Bulls’ as part of its rebrand from the 2024 Formula 1 season.Amid rumours that the team could be sold last year, it was revealed that the Faenza-based squad would change its name and forge a closer partnership with Red

Ricky Brabec Secures Honda’s Second Triumph in Dakar Rally 2024

Ricky Brabec Secures Honda's Second Triumph in Dakar Rally 2024 (Credits: Wheels Guru)

On January 22, 2024, in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, Monster Energy Honda Team’s Ricky Brabec, aged 32, astride the CRF450 RALLY factory bike, secured a triumph in the motorcycle category at the Dakar Rally 2024. This…

Meyer Shank Racing, Defending Rolex 24 Champions, Forced to Watch the Race from a Distance Following Cheating Scandal

Meyer-Shank Racing team, from left, Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, Colin Braun, Tom Blomqvist and Simon Pagenaud, of France, celebrate in Victory Lane after they won the Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Some six weeks after the victory — the third overall for the

Jimmie Johnson, a Hall of Famer, remains committed to racing; ‘I can’t release my grip.’

Typically, induction into a Hall of fame — in this case, halls — follows the conclusion of a distinguished career.But Jimmie Johnson is far from being done.“I miss being in a race car,” the 48-year-old El Cajon native said Thursday morning on the eve of being inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. “That’s why