by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 26, 2019
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.’s top public relations job was left vacant after The Boeing Co. nabbed Niel Golightly as the aerospace company’s senior vice president of Communications, starting Jan. 1, 2020. Golightly leaves FCA just as it is about to embark on...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 26, 2019
BMW Group, which is in the midst of a heated sales race with Mercedes-Benz for the top spot in luxury sales in the U.S., is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company confirmed. The inquiry is focused on the company’s sales...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 24, 2019
Hoping to right itself after a year of scandal and an ongoing decline in sales and earning, Nissan was counting on a new management team that official moved into place at the beginning of December, but fractures are already showing, with one of its top executives...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 24, 2019
Rivian, the electric-vehicle start-up, which has enlisted the support of both Amazon and Ford Motor Co., announced Monday it received a $1.3 billion investment led by T. Rowe Price, the mutual fund company. It was the fourth large investment in Rivian this year and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 24, 2019
Is there room for the steering wheel in tomorrow’s autonomous vehicles? Depends on whom you ask, it seems. General Motors CEO Mary Barra personally met with the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation last week in a bid to win approval for a batch of...
by Michael Strong | Dec 23, 2019
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vision of a fleet of Model 3 robo-taxis may be coming true sooner than even he expected as the EV maker has inked a deal with German cab company. Taxi Norman, a Düsseldorf taxi company, has ordered 50 Tesla Model 3 vehicles to update its fleet....
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 23, 2019
With carmakers pouring incentive money in the market and aiming heavy doses of advertising at consumer, December’s final sales totals should be substantial, according to Edmunds, the automobile shopping service. In a pre-Christmas sales estimate, Edmunds...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 23, 2019
Range and cost are two of the biggest hurdles faced by proponents of battery-electric vehicles, but a Phoenix-based truck company start-up claims it has developed “the Holy Grail of batteries,” a new technology that can pack about twice as much energy into a given...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 23, 2019
BMW, which is committed to an electric future, will have sold more than a half-million “electrified” vehicles by the end of 2019, company executives said. “Half a million vehicles is the best proof: Our broad range of electrified vehicles is meeting exact...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 20, 2019
In this SUV-crazed era, automakers are looking for every possible bit of “white space” to slot in yet another offering. We recently reviewed the new Mercedes-Benz GLB as one example and, earlier this month, got the chance to drive the 2020 Mazda CX-30 which, somehow,...
by Michael Strong | Dec 20, 2019
Volkswagen’s jump to leader of the electric vehicle pack may have to wait a while longer after reports surfaced it is having software problems with its newly produced ID.3 all-electric crossovers — and it could affect as many as 20,000 vehicles. Germany’s Manager...
by Michael Strong | Dec 20, 2019
Volkswagen’s latest teaser sketches of its next-generation Caddy city van may be the next benefit that Ford Motor Co. derives from its partnership with the German automaker: The next-generation Transit Connect minivan. The Caddy is derived from the Golf, and the new...
