PORTSMOUTH, RI – It’s one of the most polarizing designs in the history of auto-making, and some would say dressing up a Tesla Cybertruck is like putting lipstick on a pig. Nonetheless, the Newport Car Museum is staging a Cybertruck makeover contest to improve the exterior looks of the top-of-the-line …

The same sample size was small and decidedly unscientific, but viewers of RIDE-CT’s YouTube channel picked Pontiac by a wide margin as a car brand that needs to be revived. A poll this week on the channel’s Community page had 44 percent of voters selecting Pontiac over other defunct brands …

BOULDER, CO – Instead of just griping about the horrible road habits of drivers, someone in the Boulder area did something about it in the past week or so by installing 14 explicit but fake traffic safety signs around town. Colorado Public Radio reports the illegal signs, which contained messages …

HARWINTON, CT – The number of car shows across Connecticut keeps growing. The addition today of a few shows to RIDE-CT’s 2024 CT Car Show Calendar brings a loose tabulation of the total to 328 between March and November, although saying “more than 325” is probably safer. The total doesn’t …

U.S. electric truck and SUV builder Rivian, which reportedly loses nearly $39,000 on every vehicle it sells, is getting a boost from German automaker Volkswagen. VW announced Tuesday that it will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian in an alliance “to create next-generation electrical architecture and best-in-class software technology,” …

A line of thunderstorms that moved into Connecticut late Friday afternoon and into evening forced the postponement of two car shows scheduled to kick off a slate of at least 13 shows across the state this weekend. Getting postponed were the Torrington P.A.L. Car Show in Torrington and the Knights …

DETROIT – After losing a vote to unionize at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama earlier this month, the United Auto Workers (UAW) is seeking a new election, according to a petition filed Friday with the National Labor Relations Board that charged illegal intimidation of workers by the automaker. The UAW accuses Mercedes-Benz …

NEWINGTON, CT – After a more than three-week delay due to high water levels on the Connecticut River, the seasonal Chester-Hadlyme and Rocky Hill-Glastonbury ferries resume operation today following the winter hiatus. Ferry service is set to start at 7 a.m. and will run daily through Nov. 30. Hours of …

DETROIT – It was an off year in 2023 compensation-wise for General Motors CEO Mary Barra, who saw her total take dip four percent from 2022 to only $27,847,405 million. The company failed to hit shareholder value targets to which her compensation is tied. Barra’s counterparts at the other two …

CHATTANOOGA, TN – The United Auto Works has gotten a toehold in the South after workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant voted 73 percent in favor of unionizing. The results released Friday night had 2,628 in favor and 985 opposed. The landslide result will make VW’s factory the first foreign-owned facility …