by Michael Strong | Aug 11, 2020
While U.S. automakers continue to sales dip due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus, China reported its fourth consecutive month of improved results, sales jumping 16.4% compared with year-ago figures. It’s not all good news for the world’s largest market....
by Michael Strong | Aug 11, 2020
Automakers have been luring high-level executives from outside the industry for several years, and the tech industry struck back as General Motors CFO Dhivya Suryadevara is leaving to take the same role at Stripe, an online payment startup. Suryadevara was named chief...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 11, 2020
Lexus has not been around as long as say Mercedes-Benz or Cadillac. Nonetheless it is well established in automotive culture as a purveyor of luxury vehicles made with great care. While Lexus seems to have spent more of its time and money building luxury sport-utility...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 11, 2020
In a fight critical to their future business model, Uber and Lyft have lost a battle in their legal fight about whether their drivers are company employees or independent contractors. A state judge in California ruled in favor of a new state law, Assembly Bill 5,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 11, 2020
The debut of the production Lucid Air is still a month away but the EV startup has been ramping up its pre-launch PR campaign – and the latest news is enough to get us to sit up and pay attention. There has been a steady ramp up of range as manufacturers work to push...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 10, 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobile N.V. fired back at General Motors Co. in a filing that is part of the contentious lawsuit that has seen GM claim that FCA had conspired with key officials from the United Auto Workers to undermine GM’s competitive position during the past...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 10, 2020
Two years after introducing the high-performance (okay, higher performance) Levante Trofeo package, Maserati confirmed plans to offer similar versions of the Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans. As one might guess, “Trofeo,” is Italian for trophy, and the Italian marque...
by Michael Strong | Aug 10, 2020
In the distant past, some naysayers suggested electric vehicles would just simply be trash — Nikola Motors is proving them true starting in 2023. The EV maker just inked a deal to produce 2,500 electric waste and recycling collection trucks for Republic Services, a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 10, 2020
Parked in my driveway alongside a compact sport-utility vehicle I was also driving a few weeks back, the sheer mass of the new 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe was hard to miss. In fact, the completely updated model is nearly 7 inches longer than the old Tahoe. In today’s...
by Michael Strong | Aug 7, 2020
U.S. auto sales have been hammered since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in late February and early March. After tough results in March and April, the market has slowly begun to bounce back, offering encouragement to automakers and the industry and leading...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 7, 2020
Fisker Inc., the California-based EV startup hoping to challenge segment leader Tesla, has signed a preliminary deal meant to get its first product, the Fisker Ocean SUV, into production late next year, TheDetroitBureau.com has learned. Fisker, which also is in the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 7, 2020
Head to Google and search terms like “Tesla fighter,” or “Tesla killer,” and you’ll get pages of results, some referencing comments from competing manufacturers, others the breathless expectations of journalists and analysts. The reality is Tesla continues to dominate...
