by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 17, 2015
European automakers have another reason to celebrate today, an industry group confirming that sales on the Continent rose in February, the 18th consecutive month of increased demand. There is now general consensus that the European auto market’s worst recession since...
by Michael Strong | Mar 17, 2015
The law firms handling one of the high-profile lawsuits against General Motors due to its faulty ignition switch allege the automaker actively engaged in a cover up problems that led to the deaths of more than 65 people. During a news conference on Monday, attorneys...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2015
After rising by 20 cents per gallon, gasoline prices have begun to drop again slightly, according to the AAA Gas Gauge. A string of 40 consecutive daily price increases at stations across the country ended abruptly last month. It was the longest streak of rising...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 16, 2015
Ford’s painfully slow launch of the new, aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup finally is shifting into high gear. The automaker has spent much of the last year preparing for one of its most dramatic transitions in years by slowly converting two key assembly plants to build...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2015
Delphi, the giant automotive supplier, plans to show off the growing sophistication of its automated driving system by taking a specially equipped Audi Q5 on a 3,500-mile cross country journey starting at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and winding up in New...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 16, 2015
Danish designer Henrik Fisker has emerged from the shadows after his ill-fated attempt to launch a plug-in hybrid sports car company. And he offered up two visions of is future over the weekend during an appearance at the annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. That...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 16, 2015
Chevrolet plans to give about 1,000 lucky muscle car fans the chance to get a first look at the next-generation Camaro. The Detroit maker has been dropping lots of hints about the sixth-generation Camaro in recent weeks and today confirmed it will unveil the new pony...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 16, 2015
Could Tesla Motors be on the verge of a major breakthrough – one that eliminates the biggest concern people have about electric vehicles? That’s something the California carmaker’s CEO Elon Musk suggested is in the works. “About to end range anxiety,” the South...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 16, 2015
Porsche may become the latest automaker to enter the high-performance electric vehicle market – and to take on battery-carmaker Tesla Motors. The German sports car company already has introduced several hybrid and plug-in models, but it is considering a purely...
by Michael Strong | Mar 13, 2015
An autocycle? It’s a vehicle classification that most folks don’t give much thought, but 26 states have laws or are developing them, for three-wheeled, enclosed vehicles otherwise known as autocycles. Perhaps the best known of the group currently is the Elio from Elio...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 13, 2015
While trucks and utility vehicles are thriving in this era of low gas prices, Ford Motor Co. expects passenger cars to account for a smaller share of global sales over the next five years. By 2020, passenger cars will account for 43% of Ford’s global sales,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 13, 2015
There were plenty of skeptics when Chevrolet said it would bring back its Camaro, a few years back, but if the Gen-5 model’s sales numbers are any indication, it’s been a solid hit for the Detroit maker. But in today’s hotly competitive market, those 500,000 sales...
