by Michael Strong | Feb 27, 2020
Those lukewarm to electric vehicles often cite the lack of public charging stations as one of the reasons for remaining quite happy with their gas- or diesel-powered vehicles. However, the State of Utah may eliminate range anxiety from the discussion. In Utah, the...
by Michael Strong | Feb 27, 2020
Subaru of Indiana is investing in $158 million in of its Indiana plants, creating 350 new jobs in the process. The investment is being used to add a new service parts facility and transmission assembly shop at its Lafayette, Indiana plant. The new facilities will be...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 27, 2020
More than six decades after the first Chevrolet Impala rolled off the assembly line, the last of the big sedans will be built at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant today. The full-size four-door, along with other models like the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, have...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 27, 2020
The number of people killed in motor vehicle incidents last year dipped for the second year in a row – but that trend was countered by a rise in pedestrian fatalities, new data reveals. An estimated 6,590 people were killed were killed on or alongside U.S....
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 27, 2020
TrueCar, online car-shopping platform and its data and analytics subsidiary, ALG, are predicting mild winter weather will boost sales of new vehicles 0.2% during February from a year ago when adjusted for the same number of selling days. After a slow start in January,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2020
Volkswagen will be pulling the wraps off a number of new products during the Geneva Motor Show media preview next week, but the spotlight is likely to center around the debut of the new VW Golf GTI. The hot hatch will not only get a new look, both inside and out, but...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2020
With coronavirus cases now reported on every continent but Antarctica, the epidemic is expected to have a growing impact worldwide, the auto industry taking a particularly hard hit. Global motor vehicle sales will dip by 2.5% this year, according to a newly released...
by Michael Strong | Feb 26, 2020
The popularity of ride-hailing services isn’t just hurting other forms of transportation like taxis or buses, but it’s also creating more pollution in the process, prompting a call for those groups to move to zero-emissions vehicles. According to a new report from the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 26, 2020
General Motors Co.’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, San Francisco-based Cruise, has obtained a permit to transport passengers in its autonomous vehicles from the state of California. As part of the program, Cruise must provide data and reports to the California Public...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2020
With spring fast approaching, that can only mean one thing for auto show fans: next week marks the start of the annual Geneva Motor Show. The annual event is one of the automotive world’s most significant events, partly due to traditional Swiss neutrality encouraging...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 25, 2020
It may be the smallest crossover in the Mercedes line-up but the GLA isn’t about to take a backseat to any other model line — especially not with the addition of a new AMG-powered variant using what the German automaker proclaims “the world’s most powerful...
by Michael Strong | Feb 25, 2020
The criticism of Tesla’s Autopilot resurfaced as National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt discussed the role of the system in a 2018 fatal crash in California. Sumwalt said U.S. regulators have provided “scant oversight” of automakers implementing...
