by Michael Strong | Aug 21, 2020
Days after four children died in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma after they were unknowingly left in hot cars, Tesla Inc. is asking the federal government for approval to use a new sensor that could help cut down on this issue. The EV maker petitioned the Federal...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 21, 2020
Ford Motor Co. and INRIX Inc. are rolling out plans for new services compatible with the automaker’s new Sync 4 system, which help drivers find both fuel and the least expensive parking spots. INRIX officials noted its parking and fuel services will be soon available...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 20, 2020
Hours before Lyft was set to shut down its operations in California, a federal judge gave the ride-hailing service – along with rival Uber – a reprieve, temporarily blocking the state’s move to have drivers declared employees, rather than independent contractors. Both...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 20, 2020
We’ll be seeing an explosion of new brand names over the next few years, a sizable share of them – like Fisker, Lucid and Lordstown Motors — offering battery-electric vehicles. Among the list is one you might already have heard about, Polestar initially debuting...
by Michael Strong | Aug 20, 2020
The eighth-generation Chevy Corvette is the first-ever mid-engine model it’s that new “frunk” that is the source of the company’s reluctant new recall for the sports car. Nearly a dozen owners have had the frunk lid, otherwise known as “the hood,” fly up at speeds...
by Michael Strong | Aug 20, 2020
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc. is offering a way to save EV buyers big money when they purchase their vehicle: don’t buy the battery pack. The company is introducing a battery leasing service, letting buyers purchase an EV without owning the battery pack...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 20, 2020
Amazon is emerging as a key supplier to the auto industry of cloud-based computing services, which will play a larger role in the car business in the years to come. It already has developed close ties to the world’s two largest automakers, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2020
General Motors will launch “20 or more” battery-electric vehicles worldwide by 2023, and 40% of the new models it’s aiming at the Chinese market going forward will be BEVs. By various estimates, that could substantially increase the value of an automaker that has long...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2020
Terms like “Tesla fighter” and “Tesla killer” have become cliché, and also just plain false, so many seemingly solid contenders either falling by the wayside or failing to dent the California EV maker’s dominance on the sales charts. But one startup could be getting...
by Michael Strong | Aug 19, 2020
General Motors officials revealed that its plan to revive its sales in China center on an influx of new electric vehicles during the next five years. The company’s plans call for 40% of its new vehicle launches in China to be battery-electric models that the country’s...
by Michael Strong | Aug 19, 2020
While trekking to the movie theater isn’t available to most of us these days, that hasn’t stopped Aston Martin from hyping its longtime partnership with arguably film’s greatest spy, James Bond. The British sports car maker is celebrating the release of the 25th James...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 19, 2020
Electrify America is partnering with Love’s Travel Stops to expand its growing network of public ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by adding to seven locations in six states across the country. The charging stations, which direct-current,...
