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Oct 4, 2020 Motorsports
F1 at risk of becoming 'irrelevant to car manufacturers'

The loss of Honda raises fundamental questions about the sport's future

Stefano Domenicali will have some fundamental questions to address when he takes over as Formula One chief executive in January, starting with the relevance of the sport to manufacturers in an increasingly electric age. Honda's shock announcement on Friday that it will depart at the end of 2021 leaves the pinnacle of motorsport as a series with only three engine manufacturers and no sign of any newcomers. Car companies have come and gone throughout the 70 year history of the sport, Honda most

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Oct 4, 2020 Motorsports
IndyCar delays new hybrid engine until 2023

Honda and Chevrolet would love to see a third engine manufacturer in the series

The IndyCar Series will continue running the same engines each of the next two seasons. It also will be working with the same two engine manufacturers, Chevrolet and Honda, into the foreseeable future. IndyCar President Jay Frye announced Saturday the three parties agreed to delay the introduction of a new engine until 2023 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tesla to acquire battery assembler ATW Automation

The Germany company was on the brink of liquidation due to a slump in orders

ATW, a subsidiary of Canadian ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc , was on the brink of liquidation due to a slump in orders, German media reported in September. ATS on Sept. 25 announced that certain assets and employees at one of its Germany-based units would be sold and transferred to a third party, without disclosing the name of the company. ATS and ATW on Friday did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Honda confirms 17th U.S. death in Takata air bag rupture

The 2002 Civic had been under recall since December 2011

Honda Motor Co said on Saturday it has confirmed a 17th U.S. death tied to a faulty Takata air bag inflator. The Japanese automaker said that after a joint inspection with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), it confirmed a faulty air bag inflator was to blame for the Aug. 20 crash of a 2002 Honda Civic that led to the death of a driver in Mesa, Arizona. The defect, which leads in rare instances to air bag inflators rupturing and sending metal fragments flying, prom

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