by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 22, 2018
Mazda’s recent partnership with Toyota to produce EVs at a new plant in Alabama is just that — a partnership. Masahiro Moro, Mazda North America Operations president and CEO, told a crowd that Mazda plans to remain an independent automaker for foreseeable future....
by Michael Strong | Jan 19, 2018
The city of Detroit just received one more affirmation that it is indeed The Motor City as upstart EV truck maker Bollinger Motors announced plans to move its operations from upstate New York to Detroit. Bollinger founder Robert Bollinger visited Detroit during the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 19, 2018
You might have to skip that extra beer or third glass of wine, at least if you’re planning to then get behind the wheel of a car. A new government report recommends states significantly lower the level of alcohol in the blood that would be considered driving under the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 19, 2018
Executives inside what is now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. have been arguing about building a midsize pickup truck for nearly a decade, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne told the media this week during a meeting at the North American International Auto Show. Marchionne told...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 19, 2018
After a 26-year absence from the North American market, French automaker PSA Group is formalizing plans to reenter the market, though in a series of interviews and appearances in Detroit this week, CEO Carlos Tavares made it clear he’s not in a rush. With the once...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 18, 2018
It will be another year before Porsche’s first pure battery-electric vehicle, the Mission E, finally reaches market, but the German sports car brand already is laying out big plans to electrify. Fully half of all Porsches will use some form of battery power by 2023,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 17, 2018
Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen is proving himself to be a “glass full” kind of guy. Despite ongoing struggles in the U.S., he is optimistic General Motors’ luxury brand’s revival is “proceeding according to plan.” Of course, it helps to know that Caddy is rapidly...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 17, 2018
Self-driving cars are not yet roadworthy and could pose a lethal threat to motorists unless they are carefully regulated said Joan Claybrook, the former chief of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and longtime critic of the auto industry’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 17, 2018
Things didn’t look very good when Hinrich Woebcken landed in the U.S. two years ago as the new CEO and President of the Volkswagen Group of America. The automaker had just acknowledged cheating on diesel emissions tests and was not only facing the prospect of paying...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 17, 2018
With the overwhelming number of truck and sport-utility debuts and news coming out of the North American International Auto Show this year, it’s not surprising that Ford CEO Jim Hackett appears ready to make an even bigger commitment to that segment. Hackett told...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 17, 2018
There are SUVs, CUVs and, soon, there will be an FUV. And before you try to guess what that means, Sergio Marchionne calls it the Ferrari Utility Vehicle – though considering the disdain some of the brand’s gold chained owners often display, you might come up with a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 16, 2018
Seven of every 10 vehicles sold in the U.S. could soon be a truck the but continuing shift to pickups and sport-utility vehicles is not going to disrupt the growing presence of electric vehicles that will be on the road in the next decade, according to Mike Jackson,...
