by Michael Strong | Jan 16, 2020
The long-awaited revamp of the North American Free Trade Agreement was passed by the U.S. Senate Thursday, and now heads to the desk of President Donald Trump for his approval. The new deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada, which Trump has dubbed the United...
by Michael Strong | Jan 15, 2020
The Trump administration inched closer to setting lower fuel economy and emissions rules that those mandated by the previous administration after the agencies reviewing the standards sent their final recommendations to the White House. The process has been ongoing for...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 14, 2020
Tesla shares continue to set new records each day, the stock closing at $524.86 on Monday and surging to yet another record, nearly $540 in midday Tuesday trading. That’s certainly great news for Tesla investors, including CEO Elon Musk, who holds about 34 million...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 10, 2020
And you thought CES was all about TVs, smartphones, cameras, drones and other consumer electronics? Well, if you consider the automobile as a “smart device on wheels,” as Byton CEO Daniel Kirchert likes to say, then you’re probably right. And that’s a good thing...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 8, 2020
It’s been a tough couple years for Faraday Future, the battery-car start-up that initially seemed ready to position itself as a serious Tesla challenger, only to have its main source of funding drop out, its planned factory program collapse and a series of other...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2020
Toyota wants to weave itself into the fabric of society – and it plans to do so quite literally by building an all-new city near Japan’s legendary Mount Fuji that will serve as a “living laboratory” to explore clean energy, alternative transportation and other “smart...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 30, 2019
The Volkswagen brand expects to be selling at least 1 million battery-electric vehicles, or BEVs, annually by 2023, the automaker says, moving that target up by a full two years. The announcement by the German automaker also anticipated reaching sales of 1.5 million...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 27, 2019
I recently attended a holiday party in which each of us was asked to make predictions for the year ahead. Among my own prognostications I suggested that 2020 will finally be the year of the electric vehicle – or at least the year in which demand finally starts to gain...
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 Michael Strong | Dec 16, 2019
One of the drivers of electric vehicle sales in the U.S. has been the $7,500 federal tax credit some buyers are eligible for when they buy a battery-electric vehicle; however, it appears a push to extend that credit will fall short. Automakers, especially General...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 16, 2019
There are three sizable roadblocks to broad public acceptance of electric vehicles: cost, range, and the availability of public charging stations – but all three obstacles are beginning to crumble. With battery costs dropping fast, next-generation EVs are starting to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 13, 2019
Only a few hours after General Motors Co. unveiled its next big thing, the 2021 Chevrolet Suburban and Chevrolet Tahoe, the executive responsible for one of GM’s most important subsidiaries, Cruise Automation, said in new uncertain terms old fashioned motoring is now...
