Rivian Drops Another One Percent of Its Workforce As It Chases Profitability

Electric-only automakers are going through it right now. Tesla recently laid off 10,000 workers after posting disappointing first-quarter sales numbers, and now Rivian is slashing another one percent of its workforce after layoffs earlier this year.
A company rep told Automotive News, “We continue to work to right-size the business and ensure alignment to our priorities. This was a difficult decision, but a necessary one to support our goal to be gross margin positive by the end of the ye

It has only been a few months since the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) won big time after its historic strikes against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, but union organizers have another bone to pick with Stellantis. Workers at the company’s Warren Stamping plant will vote next week on the decision to strike due to health and safety concerns at the facility.
The Warren Plant provides parts for more than a half-dozen Stellantis facilities, so a strike would land a significant blow to t

If you want to get the most out of your high performance vehicle, you need a set of high performance tires. These tires offer you the grip and traction you just can’t find in a set of all-season tires. Of course, buying a new set of high performance tires can be an expensive proposition. Fortunately, we have teamed up with the folks at Tires-Easy.com to help save you some money.
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Red Bull RB17 will be a natural rival for Aston Martin Valkyrie, AMG One and GMA T50
Reveal date for Aston Martin Valkyrie rival confirmed by Red Bull principal; is a 1250bhp, £5m V8 hybridThe Red Bull RB17, the firm’s first-ever bespoke hypercar, will be revealed later this year and Formula 1 design guru Adrian Newey will stay at the firm to "focus on final development and delivery" of the hotly anticipated project. 
Powered by a mild hybrid V8 engine producing an eye

The Honda e:Ny1 is expected to be updated next year
Honda's new Chinese model naming system drops the e:N prefix; could translate to European marketsHonda is changing the naming of its electric cars after customers found the e:N badging too difficult to pronounce.
The Japanese brand unveiled the new naming system at the Beijing motor show, starting with the Ye P7 large SUV that will go on sale in China later this year.
Honda UK imports its sole EV, the e:Ny1 small SUV, f

It has been confirmed that the acclaimed designer is leaving the dominant Formula 1 teamRed Bull Racing design guru Adrian Newey, whose cars have dominated Formula 1 for decades, will leave the squad in the first quarter of next year – and he will spend his final months with the firm finishing its planned RB17 hypercar.
The 65-year-old joined the energy drinks giant's Formula 1 squad in 2006 and has been instrumental in its rise to becoming one of the sport's leading outfits. During h

17bhp, the option of no doors, and a chassis tuned by RenaultSport - is the Twizy a sensible or foolish used buy?Despite not being on sale for a few years now, the Renault Twizy, an electric quadricycle (important to note that it's not an electric car) with two seats arranged in tandem, continues to fascinate and delight those who glimpse one.Yes, it’s a bit chilly in winter, but otherwise the Twizy has much to recommend it. Such as? Well, it doesn’t take long to char

New V12 engine gives reborn Vanquish much more power than the DBS
DBS replacement will start a run of specials using the new 12-cylinder engine, which you can listen to hereAston Martin's next-generation GT flagship will bring back the storied Vanquish name and use a thunderous new V12 engine with far more power than that of the outgoing DBS.
As it edges closer to an unveiling in the coming months, the new Vanquish has been confirmed to pack 824bhp and 738lb ft of torque, which ar

This week the lads talk the road-legal Jaguar CX-75...
This week Steve and Matt talk a road-going Jaguar C-X75 at last, a Morris Minor restoration, EV oversupply and moreEpisode 86 of the Autocar podcast My Week In Cars finds our resident car hacks Matt Prior and Steve Cropley talking about a road-going version of the Jaguar C-X75 concept car updated by its designer Ian Callum, a Morris Minor set for a restoration, our friend Derek's hairdresser and his Toyota GT86, track daying a

Ferrari piles on the downforce for its first road-legal, special-series XX modelThat the Ferrari SF90 XX wasn't in the original production plan for the Ferrari SF90 tells you something about its gestation. Ferrari had made a near-as-darnit 1000bhp plug-in hybrid supercar and yet it never quite clicked with customers in the same way that its lighter, cheaper, less powerful-mid engined supercars did.The XX model, then, feels reactive. Made, dare I say it, in the most unusual of ways for

Ferrari piles on the downforce for its first road-legal, special-series XX modelIt’s almost a decade since Ferrari’s last extra-special-series ‘XX’ car, the La Ferrari-based FXX-K, was introduced. Between that, the original FXX, FXX Evolutione, and the 599XX and -Evo, it’s reckoned that Maranello has so far either made (or, in some cases, remade) fewer than a hundred XX-branded cars in total, only for its wealthiest and most favoured customers.Lately, however, thos

I got a press release from Aston Martin today about the opening of a high-rise condo building in Miami that bears the company's branding.Of course, the 66-story, 391-unit building is opening in time for next week's Miami Grand Prix Forumla 1 race.
Apparently, 99 percent of the units are sold. There's just a handful left. So I have to ask -- would you move into a building just because it bears the name of a car company?According to Aston, about 50 of the folks moving in are the owners of cars fr

Tesla is undergoing layoffs, with Elon Musk confirming the loss of two senior executives and plans to reduce overhead by cutting staff. This has been relatively common within the automotive sector, with legacy manufacturers having engaged in rolling layoffs for years as a way to offset development costs and maximize profits. But Tesla has long been viewed as the vanguard of electrification and the brand most other EV manufacturers hope to embody due to its meteoric rise.
Tesla figured out how t

The popular Equinox represents bread-and-butter sales for many Chevy dealers, so any wholesale changes are often eyed with equal amounts of anticipation and trepidation. Looking far more square and rugged compared to other iterations, the Equinox also gets a higher starting price for the 2025 model year.
It now starts a fin under $30,000 which suggests we’ll see plenty of advertisements this summer declaring the 2025 Equinox starts at $29,995. This sum is $2,000 dearer than last year when

Photo credit: grinny / Shutterstock.com The latest findings from theJ.D. Power 2024 U.S. Aftermarket Service Index (ASI) Study reveal a significant increase in overall customer satisfaction across three critical sectors: full-service maintenance and repair, tire replacement, and quick oil change. Particularly noteworthy is the substantial improvement observed in full-service maintenance and repair, followed closely by tire replacement and quick oil change services.
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If you’re interested in a career in automotive journalism, here’s a piece of unsolicited advice – don’t get in the passenger seat of a Lucid Air Sapphire with the car’s development engineer for hot laps of a major racetrack shortly after eating lunch.
If you do, you might find yourself burping unprofessionally as the driver slides through the esses.Don’t get me wrong, it’s a lot of fun to ride shotgun with pro drivers when they’re going around a f

Over two dozen states have joined forces to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over proposed vehicle emissions regulations put forward by the Biden administration in March. Grievances include claims that the executive branch is unconstitutionally manipulating the marketplace by setting requirements higher than manufacturers can adhere to, effectively mandating sales of electric vehicles that have been broadly unpopular in the United States. Additionally, the states have alleged these

Today we have a lightly-used 2019 Fiat 500 Abarth that seems pretty clean.
There are only 10,986 miles on this California-based car. Sadly, it has an automatic transmission -- Abarths are so much fun with a manual.Our seller tells us that the only issue is a scuff on the front of the car. It has been well maintained.You can see it by clicking here.[Images: Seller]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets t

Automakers are increasingly making advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) like automatic emergency braking (AEB) standard to meet tightening crash-test standards, but that feature will become required by law in 2029. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently finalized a rule requiring that AEB be included on all new vehicles by 2029.
The NHTSA’s ruling will make AEB the law of the land, requiring the feature to stop vehicles to avoid collisions at speeds of up to 62 mph.

The initiative celebrates the achievements of the most influential women across the motoring sectorFord UK and Ireland boss Lisa Brankin has been named the most influential woman in the British automotive industry at the Autocar Great Women Awards 2024.
Brankin, who joined Ford more than two decades ago as a graduate trainee, was recognised for steering one of Britain's oldest and most successful manufacturers through one of its most transformative eras, introducing compelling new retail initiat

While American politicians love to harp about TikTok’s Chinese owners and the national security issues that could bring, it may also be true that they worry that the platform is influencing an entire generation with quick hits of liberal political thought and economic theory. A recent survey from AlixPartners found that young TikTok users are increasingly seeing EVs on the app, with more than half of them saying they were aware of Chinese brands like Lynk&Co and BYD.
The firm surveyed

Prices will start at £68,975 for the Q6, rising to £92,950 for the SQ6
New electric SUV ushers in new era of Audi EVs based on advanced 800V architectureThe new Audi Q6 E-tron has been priced from £59,975 in the UK, with the sportier Audi SQ6 variant starting at £93,950. 
Available to order now, the electric SUV has been described by Audi boss Gernot Döllner as a “technological leap”, ushering in a new, high-tech platform. 
Including the SQ

Electric vehicle naysayers have a whole host of arguments against moving away from internal combustion. Range anxiety is often one of the first to hit the table, but that’s quickly becoming a non-issue as most new EVs offer a serviceable driving range. Charging time is another argument, but it’s one that actually has some teeth. Even the fastest-charging models still take upwards of half an hour to recover a meaningful amount of driving range, but Polestar recently demonstrated that