by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2020
More and more of today’s vehicles are being equipped with onboard telecommunications technology, but if one system is good, Land Rover is betting that two will be even better. The new Land Rover Defender is set to become the first vehicle to include a dual modem...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2020
Toyota wants to weave itself into the fabric of society – and it plans to do so quite literally by building an all-new city near Japan’s legendary Mount Fuji that will serve as a “living laboratory” to explore clean energy, alternative transportation and other “smart...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2020
Uber is turning to Hyundai to develop, and eventually produce, a line of air taxis for its new Uber Elevate ride-sharing service. The new partners showed off a full-scale concept at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday that is intended to handle trips...
by Michael Strong | Jan 6, 2020
Fisker Inc.’s new entry, the Ocean, making its debut at CES 2020 is not only paving the way for two more new vehicles and creating an all-digital automaker, but also the company expects to build 1 million EVs between 2022 and 2027. “We have secured a global...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2020
Exactly two years after it unveiled a concept version of its all-electric M-Byte battery-electric vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show, Byton is back in Las Vegas to show off the production version of the SUV. Prototypes are already rolling out of the automaker’s...
by Michael Strong | Jan 3, 2020
Attendees at this year’s CES will see a unique fleet of BMW i3s whizzing around Las Vegas with a driver and a backseat passenger. Backseat? The new i3 Urban Suite concept is designed with a driver’s seat in a conventional position; however, the rest of the little city...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 3, 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been slow to embrace electrification. Indeed, former CEO Sergio Marchionne was so skeptical of the technology he once asked potential customers not to buy the company’s first all-electric model, a version of the little Fiat 500. But in a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 3, 2020
Named for a strikingly futuristic 1934 sedan, the new Chrysler Airflow Vision Concept is meant to give us a glimpse of what’s coming from the Detroit automaker – though what it describes as a “sculptural design concept” focuses our attention on what’s inside as much...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 19, 2019
Three years after announcing plans to launch a second battery-car start-up, Henrik Fisker is finally set to lay his cards down on the table, his new Fisker Ocean SUV scheduled to make its formal debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early next month. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 4, 2019
It’s frequently said that the shift to battery power will free up automotive designers and engineers to do things impossible when you have a big internal combustion engine gobbling up space. We’ve seen some creative ideas of what that might mean during the last...
by Michael Strong | Dec 2, 2019
Mercedes-Benz has been steadily withdrawing from participating in auto shows around the world, the latest being the 2020 New York International Auto Show in April. Now New York joins Detroit and Chicago on the list of major North American shows the German automaker...
