by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 8, 2018
Just north of the Alabama border, a 16-mile stretch of Interstate 85 has become an infrastructural experiment that could transform the way highways across the country are designed, engineered and built in the years ahead. Known as “The Ray,” and named after Ray C....
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 7, 2018
Despite the uncertainty, General Motors is hoping the unfolding debate over fuel economy triggered by the administration of President Donald Trump will lead to an outcome that can foster innovation. Ammann acknowledged as he fielded questions from reporters after an...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 6, 2018
A former employee at the Gigafactory battery plant has sued Tesla after it claimed he committed sabotage and stole intellectual property. Martin Tripp was fired by the battery-carmaker in June and subsequently sued by Tesla for allegedly sabotaging the company’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 3, 2018
Despite, or perhaps because of, the Trump Administration’s plan to roll back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, automakers are finding themselves in what one long-time industry analyst calls “limbo,” and it could be a year or more before they’ll actually be able to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 2, 2018
It didn’t take long for the backlash to begin as critics took aim at the White House effort to roll back the federal mileage mandate, 19 states, along with the District of Columbia, announcing plans to sue the Trump Administration. The plan revealed Thursday would...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 2, 2018
The White House officially unveiled a set of proposed revisions to the federal fuel economy standards that, government officials claimed, will lower vehicle costs and get more, safer vehicles on the road, saving an estimated 1,000 lives annually. The much-anticipated...
by Michael Strong | Aug 2, 2018
The Department of Transportation today revealed its intention to rollback Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, calling the new plan the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule, or SAFE rule. The plan calls for fuel economy levels for vehicles built in model...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 30, 2018
The planned revisions to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards set to be announced by the Trump Administration could save as much as $500 billion in “societal costs,” according to a draft proposal revealed over the weekend – but on an individual...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 27, 2018
The Trump administration will announce as early as next week a set of options that will offer alternatives to the tough Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards enacted under former President Barack Obama. The current president has made clear his intentions...
by Michael Strong | Jul 23, 2018
The Trump administration appears ready to make good on its threat to revoke the State of California’s ability to set its own emissions and fuel economy rules as part of its efforts to ease the restrictions on vehicles in the U.S. The move would also eliminate...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 20, 2018
Elon Musk has dismissed as “bs” a report that suggested a growing number of advanced reservations for the Model 3 battery-car are being cancelled. The recent report from investment bank Needham & Co. isn’t the first to raise that prospect, which could make it...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 20, 2018
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s recent executive order put the state on the track to match California’s ZEV mandate. Colorado, thanks to an executive order by the state’s Democratic governor, is on the path to becoming a ZEV state, joining California...
