by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 2, 2020
Global petroleum prices plunged by more than half last month, with prices at the pump falling to levels not seen in years – but crude oil is showing an unexpected rebound, raising the prospect that the numbers could be ready to bottom out. Brent crude, a global...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 2, 2020
Nissan will keep its manufacturing and assembly plants in Tennessee and Mississippi shuttered until the end of April, although the company but did not specify a specific date. Volkswagen of America also announced it was pushing back the date it plans to resume...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 2, 2020
Days after announcing plans to start building desperately needed ventilators at a plant near its Dearborn, Michigan headquarters, TheDetroitBureau.com has confirmed Ford Motor Co. will convert a second factory to add production of powered respirators, as well. While...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 1, 2020
The U.S. new car market has had the bottom drop out, as was widely expected as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the U.S. in March, but the outlook going forward is far more bleak than was forecast as recently as a week ago. April sales are now expected to be off...
by Michael Strong | Apr 1, 2020
By 2025, the world will be awash in electric vehicles, if the production plans laid out by more than a dozen automakers remain unchanged. The pronouncements by automakers leaves one to wonder: How will they do it? Just what kind of vehicles will we get in the U.S.?...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 1, 2020
A good start to vehicle sales in January and February ended abruptly in mid-March as carmakers reported sales dropped precipitously as state and local officials shut businesses and put social distancing measures in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic....
by TDB Staff | Apr 1, 2020
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by TDB Staff | Apr 1, 2020
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by Michael Strong | Apr 1, 2020
For those thinking that the Federal Reserve’s move to essentially cut the interest rate to zero last month would be a boon to those in the new vehicle market due to anticipated rise in low-interest and zero-percent loans, March was a disappointing month. The average...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 1, 2020
Volkswagen lifted a page from the Jeep handbook, scoring a hit with the Basecamp concept it introduced at last year’s New York International Auto Show, showing off all the ways its popular Atlas sport-utility vehicle can be customized for outdoor types. Almost exactly...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 31, 2020
The turmoil at the top of the United Auto Workers continues as the union suspended Richard Rankin, one of the union’s regional directors, following an independent investigation by an outside law firm into charges that had described as “workplace harassment.” The move...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2020
The White House on Tuesday formalized plans to roll back fuel economy standards set during the Obama administration, a move expected to substantially lower the mileage the typical new vehicle will deliver by 2025. What the administration is calling the “Safer...
