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Update: 3:53 pm EST: Tesla stock is now trading again. It opened today at $341.99 and is up 10.61 percent at $378.26 currently. ------------------------------------------ Update 3:44 pm EST: Tesla released a statement that was emailed to employees earlier today laying out the potential of taking Tesla private at $420 per share in a bid to insulate the company from news fluctuations on its capital. The change would be in an effort to focus on executing on the automaker's long-term vision of sustainable transportation. Musk laid out that he currently holds "about 20 percent of the company now"...
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Ford fitting line workers with bionics to help build cars
Ford is channeling the $6 Million Man for its latest technological achievement. After partnering with Ekso Bionics, Ford now offers the EksoVest for employees to reduce worker fatigue and lessen the chance of injury on the job. The EksoVest is an exoskeleton that provides lift assistance from 5 to...
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Teens failed to steal car because it had manual transmission
A woman in Nashville, Tennessee, was saved by the grace of three pedals and a gear selector. Two teenage carjackers attempted to steal a woman's vehicle at a Kroger parking lot only to find it didn't have an automatic transmission. The two teens, ages 15 and 17, grabbed the woman's keys as she...
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Aston Martin Valkyrie, Bugatti Divo, Wiesmann sports car: Today's Car News
The principal architect of the Aston Martin Valkyrie has explained why the hypercar will be powered by a naturally aspirated V-12. Interestingly, the leading alternative was a turbocharged V-6. Bugatti has a series of videos featuring its senior executives talking about the upcoming Divo hypercar...
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Usher starts 2018 Gumball 3000 rally in a BAC Mono
The 2018 Gumball 3000 rally kicked off in London on Sunday and among the crowd was none other than Usher, whose choice of ride for this year's rally is a BAC Mono. A car like the Mono can be intimidating, especially on public roads where you're driving alongside tall SUVs and trucks. However, it's...
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Adrian Newey explains why Aston Martin's Valkyrie has a V-12
It might seem odd that Aston Martin chose to go with the relatively old-school choice of a big V-12 for its Valkyrie hypercar at a time when rivals are downsizing to turbocharged V-8s and even V-6s. Recall, Mercedes-AMG's Project One packs a 1.6-liter turbocharged V-6, albeit one nicked from the...
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Do you remember when BMW was self-described as the Ultimate Driving Machine? Those days are long gone but BMW still cranks out a few hits. It's nevertheless clear that BMW's core demographic has changed, and thus the automaker has to put out a video explaining how to use its own dual-clutch transmission. While you have the likes of Honda instilling a love of the manual transmission, BMW needs to show you how to put one of its M cars in park. The problem here, is that there is no "Park" labeled anywhere near the gear selector. Instead, to engage Park you simply need to shut off the car. The...
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Report: Ferrari, Ford pull out of WEC's “Hypercar” class talks
Organizers of the World Endurance Championship, whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, are currently embroiled with automakers, teams and other stakeholders over a major shakeup to the series' top class in time for the 2020/2021 season. The current proposal is to replace the current LMP1 class...
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Bugatti execs talk about the Divo hypercar
It wasn't long ago that Bugatti's focus was on building the fastest car on the planet. However, the title of the maker of the fastest car on the planet currently sits with Koenigsegg, whose Agera RS hit a speed of 277.9 mph on a Nevada highway last November. Bugatti doesn't appear interested in...
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Witness the $21,000 Bugatti Veyron oil change
Technical knowhow is the main reason it's a good idea to go to a certified dealerships for maintenance on high-end supercars. A video from Royalty Exotic Cars owner Houston Crosta helps us understand why this is the case for the Bugatti Veyron. We're willing to bet right now Bugatti technicians...
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Mazda Autozam AZ-1 stops into Jay Leno's Garage
Something completely different dropped by for the latest episode of "Jay Leno's Garage." It was a 1992 Mazda Autozam AZ-1. Never heard of it? Most Americans haven't. The AZ-1 was one of many Japanese cars built for the kei car space. For an incredibly quick debrief on kei cars, the pint-sized...
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Race car concept has illegal turbine powertrain, aims to replace F1 race cars
Turbine-powered race cars were banned long ago by the racing community's sanctioning bodies, but that won't stop Keith Hylton and his dream to bring the Turbine T1 to life. Hylton, a California-based businessman with team ownership experience, calls his T1 Turbine concept race car a new-generation...
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Sometimes, a film's cars become nearly as iconic as the stars themselves. See "Bullitt" or "The Fast and the Furious." It can be just as important that a character's car matches his or her persona. In "Mission: Impossible - Fallout," BMW earned the leading automotive role. In the film, Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, receives wheel time in and on a variety of BMWs. He rides an R90 Scrambler motorcycle and drives two M5s: one new F90 M5 and a classic E28 M5. The new M5 is fine and dandy, but the original M5 is a real star. The German brand highlighted its support in the stunt scenes in a new...
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Italian company wants to make a cheap electric race car for everyone
Racing is a an expensive hobby, but a company by the name of Spice-X aims to make it affordable with a cheap race car, and it's a green proposition to boot. Spice-X is a collaborative effort between a handful of car companies based in Piedmont, Italy, with the goal to produce an affordable electric...
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Ferrari patents new targa top design
Targa tops are great as the design enables a car to have the open-roof feel of a convertible without the loss of structural rigidity that normally comes by removing a car's roof. Popular targa models on sale today include the Chevrolet Corvette and of course the Porsche 911 Targa. Ferrari is an...
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2019 Mustang Bullitt, 2017 Civic Type R, 2006 Viper ASC Diamondback: Car News Headlines
Ford has a new Mustang variant slotted between the GT and the Shelby GT350: the 2019 Mustang Bullitt. It boasts a unique 475-horsepower rating and a few additional performance upgrades, not to mention a coat of Dark Highland Green paint. Honda's Civic Type R is now the fastest front-wheel-drive car...
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F1 champ Jenson Button sets 2017 Honda Civic Type R's final lap record
Honda has been out to prove the performance of its Civic Type R since the feisty hatch debuted for the 2017 model year, and its yardstick has been to set the lap record for front-wheel-drive cars at famous race tracks around the globe, including the Nürburgring. The final attempt took place...
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Nissan sells EV battery business
Nissan confirmed Friday that its electric car battery manufacturing division will be sold to Envision Group, a Chinese energy company specializing in renewables and energy management systems. The confirmation comes following the cancellation of an earlier deal to sell the division to another firm...
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One of the most successful race teams in the history of Formula 1 is leaping into the world of supercars. The new Brabham Automotive is a spinoff of the Brabham race team which boasts no less than four Drivers' and two Constructors' championships, and its first product is the BT62, a track-only supercar limited to just 70 examples. The BT62 made its world debut in London in May and will grace local soil for the first time in Monterey, California during Monterey Car Week. It will appear throughout the event which runs from from August 18-26 and concludes with the prestigious Pebble Beach...
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Meet the woman who the Lotus Elise is named after
Despite no longer being on sale in the United States, the Lotus Elise has been pivotal in keeping the British sports car marque alive during decades of financial hardship. Development started shortly after Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli bought Lotus from General Motors in 1993, with the car's...
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2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt first drive review: noteworthy and nostalgic
I want to be a hero. A hero reminds me of the best versions of me, especially when I can hardly muster enough courage to get out of bed in the morning. The 1968 Ford Mustang fastback sprayed in Dark Highland Green wasn’t a hero when it rolled off the line in January 1968 and onto the screen...
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Jeep Wrangler 6x6 boasts Hemi V-8 and brutish looks
For former Atlanta Braves outfielder Andruw Jones, a regular Jeep Wrangler was simply not enough. Instead, he had Atlanta-based Monster Customs create a 6x6 complete with a Hemi V-8 engine and pickup bed. Now, the creation is for sale. Motor Cars of Atlantahas posted the brutish SUV-turned-pickup...
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Porsche building its own 911 restomod to celebrate 70th anniversary
Porsche isn't done with its celebrations for its 70th anniversary this year. Having already built a highly authentic replica of its very first sports car, as well as unveiling a spiritual successor in the form of the 911 Speedster concept, Porsche is now working on a restomod based on a classic...
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McLaren-modified ASC Diamondback Viper for sale, again
The one-off 2006 Dodge Viper ASC Diamondback has surfaced for sale again. The last time was almost 10 years ago, and since then the car's odometer registers just 19 extra miles. Yep, that's pretty sad. Californian exotic car dealer American Supercars currrently has the Viper listed for sale, and...
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