MIAMI (Nov. 2, 2023) – duPont REGISTRY Group, Driven Lifestyle’s luxury ecosystem for the high-end automotive lifestyle, announces today the launch of duPont REGISTRY Insurance, a licensed insurance agency. The new luxury automotive insurance division offers the highest quality coverage and white glove service for high-end car owners through products offered by Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY)….
The first video reviews of the 2025 Volvo EX30 are in, and it looks like the China-made electric crossover has won over the automotive media on both sides of the Atlantic. After all, what’s not to like about an all-electric Volvo subcompact that starts at $34,950 (plus a $1,195 destination fee), looks like a mini-me version…
General Motors, Honda and GM’s autonomous driving subsidiary Cruise have agreed to setup a driverless ride-hailing joint venture in Japan which will begin a driverless ride in early 2026. The three companies aim to establish the JV in first half of 2024. The company will use the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle to give rides in…
Audi is systematically continuing its course for growth in fully electric models. The Audi Q4 e-tron family has contributed to the strong growth in Audi’s delivery of battery electric vehicles (BEV) in the first half of 2023 (+51.2 percent). Now, the Q4 e-tron is being comprehensively updated for the 2024 model year with a newly…
The Energy Department announced on Thursday that it had made $2 billion in grants and $10 billion in loans available to auto companies to convert existing factories that build gas-powered cars and trucks into plants that produce hybrid and electric vehicles. The money, provided under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is aimed at maintaining jobs…
US-based Micron Technology held the groundbreaking ceremony for its USD 2.75 billion (INR 22,540 crore) chip assembly and test facility at Sanand GIDC in September. After allotting 95 hectares of land in Sanand GIDC to semiconductor major Micron Technology, the Gujarat government has decided to reserve the remaining unallotted area of the GIDC to semiconductor…
In September, NIO global electric car deliveries increased by around 44 percent year-over-year to 15,641. However, it was a noticeably slower result than in July and August (around 20,000). The company reports also a record third quarter with 55,432 vehicle deliveries (up 75 percent year-over-year). That’s within the guidance of 55,000-57,000. The overwhelming majority of…
Kia America reports 59,164 vehicle sales in the United States in October, which is only 1.5 percent more than a year ago, but at the same time, it was the automaker’s best October ever and 15th month of consecutive year-over-year increase. So far this year, the company sold 663,838 vehicles (up 15 percent year-over-year) and…
A truck sits as California truck drivers, union leaders, and lawmakers rallied outside the state Capitol in Sacramento, California. They are demanding that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sign a bill that would require self-driving semi-trucks to have a human present as they are tested on public roads for their safety. California lawmakers, union leaders and…
Dr. Leslie Hendeles began prodding the Food and Drug Administration to reject a decongestant in cold medicines when he had a mop of curly red hair and Bill Clinton had just become president. By the time opposition to the drug had coalesced, Dr. Hendeles was appearing, at age 80, as an expert to testify before…
