Good news for Ford: The 2021 Mustang Mach-E has nailed its EPA range target of 300 miles for the long-range RWD version. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Executive Briefing.
Today’s Headlines:
+ General Motors has abandoned the Trump administration in its legal battle with the state of California over its independent emissions and fuel economy regulations. More at The Detroit News.
+ Ford’s 2021 Mustang Mach-E has nailed its EPA range target of 300 miles for the extended-range version, while the entry-level model was rated at 210 miles. More at Car and Driver.
+ Davide Grasso, chief executive of Fiat Chrysler’s Maserati division, says the brand’s product line will be made up entirely of electric and gas-electric hybrids in five years. More at Reuters.
+ IndyCar veteran Tony Kanaan will return to Chip Ganassi Racing next year to race the four oval-course events on the schedule, sharing the no. 48 seat with Jimmie Johnson. More at Racer.
+ Researchers say that illegal aftermarket emissions modifications on pickups have a larger impact on U.S. air quality than the entire Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal. More at The Drive.
+ As the company reported its fifth consecutive quarterly profit and its share price topped $527.48, the market capitalization of Tesla Inc. reached $500 billion this week. More at CNBC.
+ Billed as South Africa’s largest estate auction of collector cars, the Louis Coetzer Collection will be offered up for bidding by High Street Auctions on December 5. Mmore at Classic Cars.com Journal.
+ Porsche has unveiled the prototype for the 992 generation of the 911 GT3, which sports double-wishbone front suspension and a curb weight of around 3,100 lbs. More at CNET Roadshow.
+ The latest Polaris Slingshot has a new in-house 2.0 liter engine to replace the previous 2.4-liter GM Ecotec unit, along with a newly available Autodrive automatic transmission. More at Autoweek.
+ Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner revealed that surviving the season was the team’s biggest achievement in 2020, acknowledging that it was by no means certain. More at Motorsport.com.
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Stinking filthy diesels? With no end of shops making money modifying these things that often go slower and use more fuel!!
Though manufacturers have put so much crap on the things removing it makes the things simpler and cheaper to service.
A diesel is NEVER the answer in a passenger vehicle or light commercial. Petrol engines are cleaner faster and with the difference in the price of diesel over petrol often more expensive to refuel!
EPA has required so much emissions crap on diesels they will barely run now. They have about destroyed the trucking industry, these EPA engines don’t last as long, have constant problems, and get less fuel mileage, and cost more to buy and operate. A properly tuned diesel actually smokes very little. Before the EPA 07 engines came out, we were getting over 6 mpg and engines were lasting well over a million miles before they needed overhauling. Now, with the EPA 10 engines, 5 mpg is tops, and if you get 750,000 miles out of one you’re lucky. Last pre EPA smog motor I had knocked down 6.5 MPG every day, never smoked a bit, and ran well over 1.5 million miles before it had to be overhauled. My current truck with an 07 EPA engine has already been overhauled before it hit 1 million, and in three years has cost me over $30,000 in repairs alone. And when the DPF is doing a regen, it belches blue, stinky smoke! Not better by a long shot!
The professionals who rely on diesel power to make their living need to speak up to the “wannabes” who think “rolling smoke” is cool. If sensible change doesn’t go from the top down, it needs to come from the bottom up. In the past, hot rodders who saw the large amount of hot rod “wannabes” that were hurting they’re hobby, they decided to take action and built drag strips to allow them to “show off” somewhere other than the streets. Change came from the “users” before the government had to get too involved.