NHTSA escalates Tesla Autopilot probe with new demand for data
Tesla is facing a July 1 deadline to furnish US regulators with information about its biggest-ever recall because drivers using Autopilot keep crashing while using the system.
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Fuel-cell Ram HD pickup included in Stellantis hydrogen rollout
Stellantis will produce a hydrogen fuel-cell Ram commercial truck, the head of the automaker's fuel-cell program said in a recent interview with German publication Welt am Sonntag (via Electrive).
Mexico’s Subaru WRX Sportswagon Is Another Car The U.S. Misses Out On
What’s cooler than a standard Subaru WRX? A Subaru WRX estate, and that’s exactly what will soon be launched in Mexico. Unfortunately, the car will not be sold in the United States.Estate versions of the WRX have been sold in select markets for many years now and are often badged the Levorg, although in some markets like Australia, it is named the WRX Sportswagon.
Ford has no plans to bring EcoSport, Figo, Aspire back to India
Ford’s India return has been in the news for a while now. We’ve reported on how the Endeavour SUV is likely to make a comeback with the Everest nameplate, how the Ranger pickup is also being evaluated, and how the brand is focusing on affordable EVs based on a new platform developed by a Ford skunkworks team. In addition, some older design patents that were filed by Ford in India – including an SUV and an MPV – have surfaced online, fuelling speculation that the American brand may bring back some popular nameplates, along with more petrol and diesel-powered models.
The One Thing That’s Holding Back the Heat Pump
If billionaires actually cared about saving the planet, they’d pool their vast wealth and buy everyone a heat pump. Instead of burning planet-warming fossil fuels, these appliances extract warmth from even freezing outdoor air and transfer it into a building, thanks to neat tricks of physics. In the summer, they reverse to act like an air-conditioning unit. One recent study found that if everyone in the United States got a heat pump, it’d slash emissions in the building sector by 36 to 64 percent, and cut overall national emissions by 5 to 9 percent. (Because they’re fully electric, heat pumps run on a grid increasingly loaded with renewable energy.)
Boeing’s Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space
At long last, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is ready to launch humans to space. Tonight, the vehicle is due to lift off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with two NASA astronauts on board, the culmination of a troubled decade of development. Now, Boeing will hope, its own promised era of private human space travel can begin.
Tesla drops base Model Y, Electrify America push, NACS and reliability: Today’s Car News
Electrify America is on an expansion streak. EVs are part of the solution to remedy unhealthy air. Tesla has dropped the base Model Y for a 320-mile version that only costs $2,000 more. And will the Tesla connector fix charging? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
Trump attended Miami Grand Prix as McLaren's guest
Former President Donald Trump made an appearance at Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix as a guest of McLaren. Trump walked out into the paddock with a frenzy of attention following him before he made his way into the McLaren garage.