by Michael Strong | Jan 21, 2020
The home of the U.S. auto industry – Michigan – is now going to allow Tesla Inc. to sell and service its EVs after the company and the state hammered out a compromise. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is expected announce Wednesday the plan that will allow the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 21, 2020
Tesla is far and away the leader in the U.S. battery-electric vehicle, or BEV, market, outselling all of its competitors combined. But, even as the California automaker ramps up production in China and gets ready to start building a new plant near Berlin, a look back...
by Michael Strong | Jan 21, 2020
Tesla Inc. officials didn’t take long to deny accusations about unintended acceleration levied in a petition filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The California-based EV maker says the claims are false, and are the work of one of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 21, 2020
San Francisco’s Cruise LLC may be ready to take a big lead in the development of autonomous vehicles, the start-up set to make a major announcement Tuesday expected to focus on a fully driverless vehicle. Cruise, which has generated about $7.25 billion in funding...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 21, 2020
An Israeli company, UVeye, has developed a new process using high-resolution cameras and additional technology that allows automakers and other auto-related companies to detect defects in both old and new vehicles. Amir Hever, CEO and co-founder of Tel Aviv-based...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 20, 2020
It’s hard to say whether the long production delay caused by last autumn’s strike at General Motors played a role, but the first street-legal version of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette managed to land a $3 million winning bid at this weekend’s Barrett-Jackson Auction....
by Michael Strong | Jan 20, 2020
Just two months after Tesla Inc. announced it would build its next gigafactory in Germany near Berlin, the company has secured the property for the new plant for about $45 million. The EV maker announced the European location for Gigafactory 4 will in Gruenheide, in...
by Michael Strong | Jan 20, 2020
Chinese government officials are offering a slightly rosier outlook for the country’s 2020 automotive sales, expecting them to come in at about the same number – about 25 million – this year as they did in 2019. China’s Industry Minister Miao Wei offered the forecast...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 20, 2020
With the launch of a plug-in hybrid version of its Crosstrek SUV for 2019, Subaru finally seemed ready to get serious about electrifying its line-up, but even while preparing to ramp up production of battery-based vehicles, it’s far from certain how well they will...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 20, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp, through its Toyota AI Ventures subsidiary, has invested $394 million in Joby Aviation to develop its electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle for commercial air taxi service. With Toyota’s investment, Shigeki Tomoyama, executive vice president...
by Michael Strong | Jan 17, 2020
Toyota revealed Friday it plans to shift production of its popular Tacoma midsize pickup to Mexico from the U.S. as part of a larger reallocation of resources during the next two years. The passage of the new NAFTA allows automakers to build vehicles in Mexico without...
by Michael Strong | Jan 17, 2020
Tesla Inc.’s gotten plenty of attention for problems with crashes related to its Autopilot technology, and now it’s facing another potentially big problem: unintended sudden acceleration. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is engaging in a...
