by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 13, 2020
This could be a very big year for the electric vehicle market – at least if the coronavirus epidemic and Wall Street crash don’t short-circuit overall U.S. new car sales. There is an assortment of all-new battery-electric vehicles heading to showrooms before the end...
by Michael Strong | Mar 13, 2020
Sport-utility vehicles are more popular than ever and within that segment, performance utes are hot sellers. Audi’s jumped into the market in the U.S. with its first-ever performance large SUV, the new RS Q8. The German premium brand’s newest ute “combines the genes...
by Michael Strong | Mar 12, 2020
Volkswagen wants to rid the world of car accidents by 2050. The German automaker will introduce a new vehicle operating system later this year on the make’s new ID.3 EV to help make that happen. “We want to have no more accidents by 2050,” said Michael Jost, the VW...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 12, 2020
Robert Bollinger is an unlikely automotive pioneer. While he started out as an industrial design student, his career took some decidedly eccentric turns in marketing, advertising and then organic hair care products. But it was only when he decided to move to the...
by Michael Strong | Mar 12, 2020
Detroit-area electric vehicle startup Bollinger Motors’ growth continues with the debut of its new E-Chassis. The patent-pending E-Chassis is, according to the company, the world’s first-ever Class 3 electric platform. It’s designed to specifically for commercial...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 12, 2020
Honda has pulled the plug on the Clarity Electric, the purely battery-powered version of its exotic alternative fuel vehicle. The automaker plans to continue selling the two other versions of the Clarity, one using a plug-in hybrid driveline, the other powered by a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 12, 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is taking new measures across its facilities in Italy to support the nation’s campaign to contain the COVID-19 crisis, which is paralyzing Italian society as the numbers of people infected by the virus have exploded. “As a result of taking...
by Michael Strong | Mar 11, 2020
As the number of Americans identified as having the coronavirus rises, automotive analysts are predicting that new vehicle sales will fall. In fact, Morgan Stanley is predicting that sales will fall 9% compared with last year’s results. Prior to the outbreak, the U.S....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 11, 2020
BMW will end production of the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car next month after a six-year run. When BMW launched the i8 in 2014, it consciously countered what was then the conventional wisdom about hybrid-electric vehicles. True, the car got solid fuel economy, but it...
by Michael Strong | Mar 11, 2020
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has the business development agencies in several states buzzing after he tweeted that he was looking to set up a factory in the central U.S. for the Cybertruck. “Scouting locations for Cybertruck Gigafactory. Will be central USA,” Musk tweeted. He...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 11, 2020
Hyundai plans to officially unveil its next-generation Elantra during a media preview in Los Angeles next week. But the automaker already is offering a good look at what’s coming thanks to a news release, and teaser video and still images. Put them all together and...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 11, 2020
Until now sales of electric vehicles have been fenced in or left out of markets in various parts of the United States. But Ford Motor Co. says the all-electric Mustang Mach-E has drawn reservations from all 50 U.S. states during the first three months of the...
