“I had just started at Chrysler in early 2010 and had to go out to ‘lot 27’ a lot to pickup/dropoff test vehicles,” the Chrysler employee who snapped the photos told me. “Lot 27 is one of the larger outdoor storage lots on the grounds. A lot of the parking […]
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Toyota’s Building an American EV Battery Plant That’ll Go Live in 2025
Toyota announced on Monday that’s it’s investing $1.29 billion over the next four years to create a brand new battery plant in North Carolina. Operations are slated to begin at the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite in 2025 with four production lines at the start. When it opens, the factory will be able to […]
The Lone Woman in the American Flat Track Series Has Won the Most Races in AFT Singles History
Shayna Texter-Bauman stands five feet tall and she’s fearless on a motorcycle; currently the winningest Progressive American Flat Track racer in the singles (single-cylinder) division, she was first female to win a flat track race, and later she beat her now-husband Briar Bauman, who is the current back-to-back champion in […]
American Racing Legend and Indy 500 Champion Bobby Unser Dead at 87
Three-time Indy 500 winner and overall American racing icon Bobby Unser, is confirmed to have died Sunday at the age of 87. The popular racing driver is said to have passed away peacefully at his home in New Mexico, and leaves behind his wife, Lisa; sons Bobby Jr. and Robby; […]
A Florida Muscle Car Museum Is Selling More Than 200 American Classics at No Reserve
Rick Treworgy bought his first car when he was 14 in the mid-60s. He was buying and selling cars in high school; eventually, his side hustle became a habit, and over time he amassed hundreds of cars. In an exclusive interview with The Drive, Treworgy told me that having a […]
Williams Formula 1 Team Sold to American Investment Firm
Sir Frank Williams’ ousting from the first Formula 1 team he helped build left him with a fiercely independent streak. It’s one he passed on to his daughter Claire Williams, the F1 team’s current deputy team principal, who quipped on Netflix’s Drive to Survive that “it would be over my […]
Ford’s Giant Turbine Semi-Truck ‘Big Red’ Is Lost Somewhere in the American Southeast
Back in the 1960s, automakers promised to propel us all into the future with turbine-powered automobiles. The Big Three prepared prototype cars and trucks with optimistic jet-driven powertrains, and some actually entered the hands of the public for testing. Chrysler’s famous Turbine Car gets all the attention; less known are […]
Tesla Now Worth More Than American Express, Bank of America as Musk Approaches Huge Payday
Good morning and welcome back to Speed Lines, The Drive’s morning roundup of what matters in the world of cars and transportation. On the docket this morning: Tesla’s crazy valuation, Hyundai and Kia plan their own EV blitz, and General Motors has to transfer workers over COVID-19 shortages. This May […]
How the American Auto Industry Is ‘Reopening’ Today
Good morning and welcome back to Speed Lines, The Drive’s a.m. roundup of what matters in the world of transportation. It’s May 18, and that means today marks the cautious, tepid reopening of many of America’s automotive factories. Let’s dive right into all of that. The Restart Begins After being […]
Hey, GM: The American People Demand a Short-Bed, Single-Cab Pickup Truck
First off, it’d be a rarity in today’s market. In turn, it’d have zero competition from the surging Ram brand. Ford does offer a single-cab, short-bed F-150, though the ratios essentially bury the two-door deep down on a dealer’s options list. Chevy recently slid to number three in the truck […]
How an American Heiress and an Outcast Jewish Racer Took On Hitler’s Best
Midmorning, heading north on the I-405 from Los Angeles International Airport, I am stuck in a traffic jam. A sea of vehicles of every make surrounds me: long-haul semis, boxy sedans, Denalis with tinted windows, Priuses with Uber stickers, black town cars, landscaping trucks, and the occasional zesty convertible. My […]