by Michael Strong | Jan 28, 2020
Tesla Inc., by all accounts, enjoyed a stellar year in 2019, achieving new production and sales records while building a new factory in China and bring its battery operations in house. The California-based EV maker is going reveal just how good a year it was Wednesday...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 28, 2020
The White House has announced President Trump will visit a plant belonging to Dana Inc., an automotive supplier in Warren, Michigan, to tout the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which replaced NAFTA. The NAFTA replacement agreement was eagerly endorsed by automakers...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 28, 2020
(This story has been updated to note that GM plans to increase charging speeds and range in steps as it rolls out its next-generation battery-cars.) Conventional wisdom suggests there are three major obstacles to widespread adoption of battery-electric vehicles: cost,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 28, 2020
With more than 4,000 people in China now infected by the coronavirus and more than 100 dead, Chinese authorities are taking major steps in a bid to halt the spread of the disease, among other things limiting travel and shutting down some schools and factories where...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 28, 2020
Cadillac has big plans for its hands-free Super Cruise system, the luxury brand set to expand to three more models, including the redesigned Escalade, while also adding new functions, such as the ability to change lanes automatically simply by tapping the turn signal....
by Michael Strong | Jan 27, 2020
As the end of January approaches that means one thing: the Super Bowl is near. With that, comes some of the most creative advertising television watchers get to see all year and Hyundai is looking to attract attention this year. The automaker has ponied up its...
by Michael Strong | Jan 27, 2020
Ford Motor Co. could pay out more than $100 million as part of a settlement the automaker reached with owners of Ford Focus and Fiesta vehicles as a result of repairs to faulty dual clutch transmissions. The deal to satisfy a class-action suit by nearly 2 million...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 27, 2020
General Motors will invest $2.2 billion in its 35-year-old Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant, transforming an aged factory that had been set to close into one of the most modern in its global network. The transformation will be completed next year, GM President Mark...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 27, 2020
With the introduction of the new generation smart car, the brand returns to its origins with the systematic switch to emission-free, battery-electric powertrains with progressive design and intelligent connectivity. Daniel Lescow, head of Brand and Product Management...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 27, 2020
In today’s high-tech automotive world, horsepower is taking a back seat to processing power for many new car buyers. And, by that measure, the new Uconnect 5 infotainment system Fiat Chrysler is launching is the digital equivalent of the Dodge Hellcat. One of the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 25, 2020
As expected, lawyers for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have filed a motion asking a federal judge to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit brought against the automaker by rival General Motors. GM filed its lawsuit in November claiming that FCA executives had bribed officials of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 24, 2020
General Motors President Mark Reuss will make some electrifying news Monday, offering some of the first details about the automaker’s plan to transform the 35-year-old Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant into the manufacturing heart of its battery-car program. Spokesman...
