by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2020
The Cadillac Celestiq will take General Motors forward into the past. In a return to the days when the most exclusive luxury products featured hand-built coachwork bodies, the low and sleek sedan will allow extensive customization. But what will become the brand’s new...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 4, 2020
General Motors is carefully monitoring the coronavirus outbreak around the world in a continuing effort to minimize its impact on the company’s employees and operations, GM executives said. “It’s real,” GM President Mark Reuss told reporters as he...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2020
General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra has frequently declared that the automaker is “on a path to an all-electric future,” and officials for automaker today provided a rare deep dive into its electrification program, covering everything from the new battery technology it is...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 4, 2020
General Motors is making electric vehicle charging for employees even more accessible by making plans to install an additional 3,500 new EV charging plugs at the company’s facilities in the U.S. and Canada. The expansion will triple the number of charging locations...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 4, 2020
Monthly sales reports from several automakers indicated that new vehicle sales continued to roll along in February at a healthy clip. Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi all reported sizeable gains in February as sales of utility vehicles continued to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2020
There’s a clear sense of retro … make that “heritage” … to the new Aston Martin V12 Speedster, the limited-edition two-seater the British marque unveiled at its headquarters in the UK today. The latest in a series of core products and special editions, the open-top...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2020
Chinese-owned EV start-up Byton is nothing if not ambitious. The company is planning an aggressive global rollout for its mByte SUV that will begin in China this year and, if all goes according to plan, see it enter both the Europe and the U.S. in 2021. There could be...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
Ford Motor Co. has all but banned employee travel, both international and domestic, as concerns about the spreading coronavirus outbreak escalates. And the second-largest Detroit-based automaker isn’t alone. Every automotive manufacturer reached by...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
The Fisker Ocean was one of the unexpected stars at the recent Consumer Electronics Show and was set to make its public – and European – debut this week at the Geneva International Auto Show. Despite the event’s cancellation due to the coronavirus epidemic, Fisker has...
by Michael Strong | Mar 3, 2020
Many of the Geneva-based debuts have centered on performance vehicles or battery-electric options, but Audi’s introduction is a bit more mainstream: the 2021 A3 Sportback. The new A3 Sportback gets a makeover designed to keep its compact proportions, but also a sporty...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
Despite having to scrub its news conference at the now-cancelled Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen is making a lot of news this week. We already got an advance look at the next-generation GTI that was to debut in Geneva. Now, falling back on a livestream...
by Michael Strong | Mar 3, 2020
Porsche fans have two new options when it comes to the German sports car maker’s latest 911 Turbo S: roof or no roof. The company just introduced its two new 911 models: Turbo S Coupe and Cabriolet for the Geneva Motor Show. Although the event was cancelled, that...
