by Joseph Szczesny | May 1, 2020
The GMC badge has been found on trucks of all sizes for decades. But the GMC Acadia, while carrying the distinctive GMC insignia, is a far cry from the commercial trucks and vans that could be found on farm roads and the back streets of cities around the country for...
by Michael Strong | May 1, 2020
The relationship between Ford Motor Co. and startup electric vehicle maker Rivian just got a little tighter as Alexandra Ford English was announced as the newest member of Rivian’s board of directors. She is currently the director of corporate strategy at Ford — and...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 1, 2020
Sales figures from the handful of carmakers reporting April results reflected the expected sharp decline in new vehicle sales last month as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the U.S. economy. Subaru of America Inc. reported 30,620 vehicle sales for April 2020, a 47%...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 1, 2020
A mile off the coast of Los Angeles, the Jupiter Spirit sat anchored, the big cargo ship sitting in limbo after a three-week journey from Japan, unable for five days to unload the 2,000 Nissan and Infiniti vehicles onboard because there was simply nowhere to put them....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 1, 2020
It’s a lousy year, let’s face it, for classic car fans. Traditional events like the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Greenwich Concours, the Quail: a Motorsports Gathering, and other A-List events have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and others,...
by Michael Strong | May 1, 2020
Automakers have been working overtime to provide incentives to encourage customers to buy new vehicles during the coronavirus pandemic, and one particular strategy seems to working: zero-percent financing. Zero percent finance deals hit a new high in April, according...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 30, 2020
In a bid to trim costs, consolidate data collection and boost efficiency, the Volkswagen Group is developing its own cloud computing platform with help from Amazon that could save hundreds of millions. The company initially launched its cloud server with Volkswagen...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 30, 2020
When Ford Motor Co. restarts its U.S. manufacturing operations on May 18, company officials expect what they’ve described as a “benchmark playbook” will ensure that workers can count on being safe despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Senior Ford officials...
by Michael Strong | Apr 30, 2020
The battery-electric work vehicle market is getting a little more crowded as Bollinger Motors has jumped into the fray with a specialized variant of its all-electric B2 called the B2 Chassis Cab, or B2CC. The B2CC is the world’s first and only Class 3...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 30, 2020
The long-rumored Corvette Zora, it turns out, is very much part of the plan at General Motors, its existence revealed, ironically, by the coronavirus pandemic. Named for Zora Arkus-Duntov, the legendary General Motors engineer widely known as “the father of the...
by Michael Strong | Apr 30, 2020
Despite the tough times the auto industry is currently enduring, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is ready to move ahead, starting with picking a location for a new Gigafactory in the U.S. The location for the new plant, which is expected to be somewhere in the Midwest or...
by Michael Strong | Apr 29, 2020
As other automakers tersely offer up first quarter earnings results that were well below what was predicted even as recently as the end of February, Tesla’s report is sprinkled with optimistic thoughts and positive results — starting with a first-time ever GAAP...
