Thursday, October 17, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 17, 2019

Workers celebrate deal with GM, show union power in industry, Ford's future EVs will get free charging at 12,000-station network, Ford will bring more than 50 tricked-out vehicles to SEMA: Here's a preview and more...

Oct 17, 2019

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Workers celebrate deal with GM, show union power in industry

DETROIT — On the picket lines at a General Motors transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, passing cars honked and striking workers celebrated a tentative contract deal by munching on 10 pizzas dropped off by a supporter. They had carried signs for 31 da…

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Ford's future EVs will get free charging at 12,000-station network

Ford is sweetening the deal for its future electric car owners. The "Mustang-inspired" EV crossover that's on its way will come with access to 12,000 charging stations Ford is calling the "FordPass Charging Network." While they might have the Ford n…

Ford will bring more than 50 tricked-out vehicles to SEMA: Here's a preview

Ford says it will bring more than 50 customized vehicles to SEMA, including many tricked-out versions of its all-new 2020 Escape and Explorer SUVs, in ways that aren't always about pure performance. Ford, which says it will have the largest OEM exhib…

The 2020 Volvo XC40 Recharge is Volvo's first EV

Polestar may be the first brand you think of when pondering electric Swedes these days, but Volvo has one now, too. It's called the XC40 Recharge, and it's exactly what you'd expect an electric version of the XC40 to be. Here are the vitals: It has …

Next-gen Mercedes C 63 AMG to get plug-in hybrid four-cylinder

Autocar reports that the next-generation Mercedes-AMG C 63 will give up its membership to the V8 club and become a four-cylinder plug-in hybrid. You read that correctly. The news isn't exactly new, it only adds more confirmation to what's been whispe…


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Belgian solar car team wins 3,000-km race through Australian outback

MELBOURNE — A team from Belgium's KU Leuven University has won a 3,000-km (1,864-mile) race for solar-powered cars through the Australian outback, as the cars arrived in the South Australian capital of Adelaide on Thursday. The Bridgestone World Sol…

Look Ma, no air! Checking out Michelin's futuristic Uptis tires

"Well that just doesn't look right." When you're used to looking at something that hasn't fundamentally changed in more than a century, a radical switch-up is going to be jarring. Like finding a digital display in Big Ben or a palm tree standing in t…

Toyota Ultra-Compact BEV is a tiny electric car for tiny Japanese streets

Behold: The electric Toyota city "car" of the future. However, the "car" isn't much bigger than a golf cart. It's called the Ultra-Compact BEV, and Toyota isn't kidding around about it being small. Set to make its debut at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, …

2020 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Grappler is ready for SEMA and the dirt

With a 201-horsepower engine and sprightly handling, the 2020 Hyundai Veloster Turbo is a natural for modification. At least, it's a natural for improved on-road performance. But Hyundai has gone the opposite direction with the off-road oriented Velo…