by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 27, 2020
TrueCar, online car-shopping platform and its data and analytics subsidiary, ALG, are predicting mild winter weather will boost sales of new vehicles 0.2% during February from a year ago when adjusted for the same number of selling days. After a slow start in January,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2020
Volkswagen will be pulling the wraps off a number of new products during the Geneva Motor Show media preview next week, but the spotlight is likely to center around the debut of the new VW Golf GTI. The hot hatch will not only get a new look, both inside and out, but...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2020
With coronavirus cases now reported on every continent but Antarctica, the epidemic is expected to have a growing impact worldwide, the auto industry taking a particularly hard hit. Global motor vehicle sales will dip by 2.5% this year, according to a newly released...
by Michael Strong | Feb 26, 2020
The popularity of ride-hailing services isn’t just hurting other forms of transportation like taxis or buses, but it’s also creating more pollution in the process, prompting a call for those groups to move to zero-emissions vehicles. According to a new report from the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 26, 2020
General Motors Co.’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, San Francisco-based Cruise, has obtained a permit to transport passengers in its autonomous vehicles from the state of California. As part of the program, Cruise must provide data and reports to the California Public...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2020
With spring fast approaching, that can only mean one thing for auto show fans: next week marks the start of the annual Geneva Motor Show. The annual event is one of the automotive world’s most significant events, partly due to traditional Swiss neutrality encouraging...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 25, 2020
It may be the smallest crossover in the Mercedes line-up but the GLA isn’t about to take a backseat to any other model line — especially not with the addition of a new AMG-powered variant using what the German automaker proclaims “the world’s most powerful...
by Michael Strong | Feb 25, 2020
The criticism of Tesla’s Autopilot resurfaced as National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt discussed the role of the system in a 2018 fatal crash in California. Sumwalt said U.S. regulators have provided “scant oversight” of automakers implementing...
by Michael Strong | Feb 25, 2020
BMW is giving attendees at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show a chance to see the next step in the Bavarian automaker’s electrified future with its Concept i4. The maker offered up a short teaser video Tuesday, spurring interest in the car. The concept is more production...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 25, 2020
The Center for Automotive Research estimates that General Motors’ 83,860 direct U.S. employees support another 681,000 jobs throughout the U.S. economy. The CAR study noted that of those jobs supported by the auto company, 207,420 jobs are at companies that feed parts...
by Michael Strong | Feb 24, 2020
Like Tesla, Rivian is a ground-up automaker looking to produce and sell electric vehicles. Like Tesla, it plans to sell their battery-electric truck and ute directly to customers. And that means, like Tesla, they’re going to need some states to change or make...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 24, 2020
Former Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa, who tendered his resignation late last year after being caught up in a corporate corruption scandal, will have to make due with a parting payout of $3 million, the Japanese automaker’s board has decided. That might seem reasonably...
