by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 16, 2020
Toyota’s big plant in Guangzhou reopened today, a significant development in China’s battle to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. By the end of January, as it became clear an epidemic was underway in the province of Hubei, automotive assembly and parts plants quickly...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2020
As auto plants in China closed by COVID-19 struggle to re-open, car plants in the U.S. and Western Europe are beginning to shut in face of the spreading virus, which in less than three months claimed thousands of victims around the world. Volkswagen of America said...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2020
Facing increasing volume of complaints from workers ordered to stay on their jobs in manufacturing plants, the United Auto Workers, General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced they are forming a COVID-19/Coronavirus Task Force to study...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 13, 2020
With the coronavirus outbreak now declared pandemic, the impact on daily life is expected to become increasingly significant — and the auto industry is already feeling the brunt of the outbreak as plants close, workers get quarantined, sales tumble, events are...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 13, 2020
General Motors cleared the way for all of its salaried and contract employees to work from home starting March 16, in a bid to shut down the spread of COVID -19, which has disrupted life across the United States. However, the company plans to keep operating the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 13, 2020
For most people I suspect electric vehicles remain something of a mystery for the simple reason they have never had a chance to drive one in everyday life. However, my recent test of the 2019 Kia Niro EV reinforced the basic fact that electric vehicles are practical...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 13, 2020
This could be a very big year for the electric vehicle market – at least if the coronavirus epidemic and Wall Street crash don’t short-circuit overall U.S. new car sales. There is an assortment of all-new battery-electric vehicles heading to showrooms before the end...
by Michael Strong | Mar 13, 2020
Sport-utility vehicles are more popular than ever and within that segment, performance utes are hot sellers. Audi’s jumped into the market in the U.S. with its first-ever performance large SUV, the new RS Q8. The German premium brand’s newest ute “combines the genes...
by Michael Strong | Mar 12, 2020
Volkswagen wants to rid the world of car accidents by 2050. The German automaker will introduce a new vehicle operating system later this year on the make’s new ID.3 EV to help make that happen. “We want to have no more accidents by 2050,” said Michael Jost, the VW...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 12, 2020
Robert Bollinger is an unlikely automotive pioneer. While he started out as an industrial design student, his career took some decidedly eccentric turns in marketing, advertising and then organic hair care products. But it was only when he decided to move to the...
by Michael Strong | Mar 12, 2020
Detroit-area electric vehicle startup Bollinger Motors’ growth continues with the debut of its new E-Chassis. The patent-pending E-Chassis is, according to the company, the world’s first-ever Class 3 electric platform. It’s designed to specifically for commercial...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 12, 2020
Honda has pulled the plug on the Clarity Electric, the purely battery-powered version of its exotic alternative fuel vehicle. The automaker plans to continue selling the two other versions of the Clarity, one using a plug-in hybrid driveline, the other powered by a...
