by Michael Strong | Apr 16, 2020
Volkswagen of America is the latest automaker to step up efforts to help customers suffering financially due to the coronavirus pandemic, implementing a program called the Community-Driven Promise. Unemployment claims in the U.S. have risen to all-time highs as the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2020
U.S. new car sales are now running at an even lower rate than were seen during the depths of the Great Recession – though there is a small silver lining, as the downturn this month isn’t quite as bad as many analysts had been forecasting. With automakers and dealers...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2020
For those living in the little town of Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, the silver lining of the state’s pandemic shelter-in-place order was a sharp drop in traffic along both I-696 and eight-lane Woodward Ave., traditionally busy thoroughfares that slice through the city....
by TDB Staff | Apr 15, 2020
Affiliate Disclosure x The Detroit Bureau and its partners may be compensated if you purchase the recommended services. This allows us to provide in-depth research at no cost to you. Acuras are powerful and fun to drive, and owners can trust the Acura warranty...
by TDB Staff | Apr 15, 2020
Affiliate Disclosure x The Detroit Bureau and its partners may be compensated if you purchase the recommended services. This allows us to provide in-depth research at no cost to you. If you’ve bought a new or used Ford from a dealership, you’ve probably...
by TDB Staff | Apr 15, 2020
Affiliate Disclosure x The Detroit Bureau and its partners may be compensated if you purchase the recommended services. This allows us to provide in-depth research at no cost to you. As part of America’s Best Warranty, Hyundai’s...
by TDB Staff | Apr 15, 2020
Affiliate Disclosure x The Detroit Bureau and its partners may be compensated if you purchase the recommended services. This allows us to provide in-depth research at no cost to you. Kia vehicles are known to go for miles and miles. As time goes on, you...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2020
General Motors has filed a patent application for a system that continuously updates a vehicle’s on-board maps and navigation guidance. GM said its patent application covers, “A system for updating a distributed navigation map for a motor vehicle includes one or more...
by Michael Strong | Apr 15, 2020
China’s auto industry seems to be hustling toward full speed, if Tesla Inc.’s March results are any indication. The EV maker’s registrations jumped 450% last month, compared with February’s totals, according to auto consultancy LMC Automotive. The company’s totals...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2020
The bidding war for the new Tesla Gigafactory that will build the EV maker’s battery-electric pickup trucks appears to have intensified. Joplin, Missouri, which sits close to the state’s borders with Oklahoma and Kansas, is reportedly prepared to offer Tesla a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 14, 2020
Months after the coronavirus pandemic reached U.S. shores, barely 1% of Americans have been tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. So, Hyundai is stepping up funding aimed at expanding field testing, doubling the financial support it is providing to 22...
by Michael Strong | Apr 14, 2020
General Motors is moving quickly on its ventilator production, revealing Tuesday that its first models for the federal government contract are ready to be shipped. The automaker secured a $489.4-million contract with the Trump administration to produce the much-needed...
