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Maserati North America Inc. is recalling more than 1,000 of its newest luxury cars to fix leaky fuel pipes that increase the potential for an engine fire. The 2018 Ghibli and Quattroporte sedans – with prices starting at $73,050 and $105,600, respectively – have a faulty fuel delivery pipe in the engine compartment that may leak gasoline. The cars haven’t yet been delivered to customers, and they’ll be fixed before individuals are able to drive off with them, according to Matteo Sardi, a spokesman for the carmaker. The company said the flaw, caused by a part...
The range of the average battery-electric family crossover has increased to nearly 400 miles on a single charge, after years of continued incremental improvements in lithium-based batteries, combined with extreme weight savings from lightweight materials, a new generation of superefficient electric motors, and advances in automated driving that reduce energy waste. The new generation of fast chargers enables vehicles with depleted battery packs to be 80 percent recharged in the time it takes to down a cup of Tim Horton's coffee and doughnut, about five minutes. Even exotic sport...
There are some serious issues on the 2017-18 Infiniti QX30 crossovers. Because of poor grounding of steering components could cause the driver-side airbag to deploy, potentially injuring the driver and resulting in a crash. This is why Nissan North America decided to recall all of them. The company notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week after receiving information about the potential problem in September from supplier Daimler AG. Nissan said 17,507 vehicles are affected. Vehicle owners will begin to receive notifications about the problem and how to ge...
Cadillac and Audi might already tour their semiautonomous driving systems, but BMW is taking some more time before rolling out a high-speed self-driving system. BMW is spending the next couple of years working with suppliers and testing prototypes to ensure the automaker can introduce a system that can operate at high speeds in most highway driving situations, with the added benefit of being a backup operator in fully automated vehicles. BMW's system won't be available until 2021, which puts it several years behind competitors. BMW chose to wait until it could introduce a sy...
Guess who’s gonna sell its electric battery business to GSR Capital? Yes, it’s Nissan. In its statement Nissan revealed that the business which GSR will buy includes battery operations in Japan, England and of course U.S.. The sale covers Nissan's battery manufacturing operations in Smyrna, Tennessee, owned by Nissan North America; in Sunderland, England, owned by Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK; and part of Nissan's Japanese battery development and production engineering operations in Oppama, Atsugi and Zama. Nissan will first take full control of its battery subsidiary...
