FRANKFURT, Germany — Shares in electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola plunged on Monday after the company’s founder resigned amid allegations of fraud – just two weeks after signing a $2 billion partnership with General […]
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford says it will add 300 jobs at a new factory that’s being built to assemble batteries and manufacture an electric version of the F-150 pickup truck. The new plant is being […]
BOSTON — Lockdown sucks. Of course, I work from home, so this hasn‘t been quite the change in routine for me that it has been for some folks. And, as the months have gone on, […]
BOSTON — Folks are always fascinated about what I do for a living. „Oh, you drive a different car every week? That‘s so exciting!“ What follows is a fairly predictable set of questions. „What‘s your […]
BOSTON — People generally buy big, expensive luxury sedans for one of two reasons. Either they want to show everyone else how they’ve made it, or they want to reward themselves for how they’ve made it. Or, both. […]
BOSTON — I was watching a movie the other day and it reminded me of the car I’ve been testing this week. The movie was Chef, a fantastic labor of love from Jon Favreau, the […]
BOSTON — Jeremy Clarkson once pointed out that things sold by the gram are always more exciting than things sold by the pound. I don‘t think he was talking about small, Korean-built crossovers, but the […]
RAGGED POINT, Calif. — In the first scene of the first episode of Aaron Sorkin’s terrific HBO drama The Newsroom, news anchor Will McAvoy rants during a lecture to journalism students. In the midst of […]
YOSEMITE VALLEY, Calif. — You can learn a lot about a person by going on a road trip with them. Sharing a cramped space for days on end will bring out the best and worst […]
BOSTON — There’s a lot to like about most Lexus automobiles. They’re invariably well built, quiet and comfortable, (mostly) reasonably priced for the competition and what you get — and then there’s the infotainment system […]
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