by Ken Zino | Jul 30, 2010
General Motors today said that thanks to “strong public interest” in the Chevrolet Volt, it will increase production capacity of the four-seat series hybrid car from 30,000 units to 45,000 units in 2012. The announcement came as U.S. President Barack Obama toured the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 30, 2010
Whichever side of today’s highly partisan spectrum you fall on, there’s little doubt President Barack Obama’s visit to Detroit is clearly political in nature. But why shouldn’t it be? In an era when the merits of almost everything the government does is debated, ad...
by Ken Zino | Jul 30, 2010
More than 1,500 UAW-represented employees at Chrysler Group’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit welcomed U.S. President Obama to the home of the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee today. The President visited the plant a little more than a year after Chrysler...
by Ken Zino | Jul 30, 2010
Henry Ford, a key figure in the economic history of the United States and the automobile industry, was born today in 1863 in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built his first automobile in 1896, but it was the introduction of the Model T in 1908 that changed the U.S....
by Ken Zino | Jul 30, 2010
President Obama will visit the Jefferson North plant of Chrysler in Detroit where Jeep Grand Cherokee models are made and then stop by a nearby General Motors plant in Hamtramck where the Chevrolet Volt hybrid will be built. At both stops, and another next week at a...
by Bryan Laviolette | Jul 30, 2010
As Nissan and Chevrolet prepare to launch their groundbreaking electric vehicles later this year, they face a huge task educating the public about just what they are – and aren’t. Marketing a new car is always a challenge, and something that can cost a maker as much...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 30, 2010
With New York’s never-shy Michael Bloomberg taking point, a coalition of American mayors is pressing Congress to give them permission to green their taxi fleets. The Big Apple is just one of the cities that had been trying to force taxi operators to switch from...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 29, 2010
With the approval of the Chinese government now in hand, it appears Ford Motor Co. and Geely Holding Group can consummate the sale of Swedish automaker Volvo. The U.S. and Chinese firm agreed to the $1.7 billion deal in June but had to wait for government regulators...
by Ken Zino | Jul 29, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied ten petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real and is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. This threatens human health and the environment. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 29, 2010
The corners come up fast when you’re pushing 150 mph. But with little more than a whoosh, we blast around the high-banked oval at the Hyundai Namyang Proving Grounds, the big sedan firmly locked in its lane. Though there aren’t many places where you can expect to...
by Bryan Laviolette | Jul 29, 2010
With automakers creating new smartphone apps that will allow motorists to remotely unlock their vehicles and even start them up, security is becoming a serious concern in the era of the hacker. But when General Motors launches its new apps that turn a smartphone into...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 29, 2010
Toyota has reversed directions on its plan to produce the popular Prius hybrid here in the United States, and will now delay that move until at least 2016, according to a senior company official. Despite growing demand for alternative propulsion – and increasing...
