by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 22, 2020
With members preparing for the union’s annual political conference in Washington D.C., the United Auto Workers has come out against the Trump administration’s new “Phase 1” trade pact with China, saying the agreement favors corporations over the interests of American...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 22, 2020
Months after pulling back on plans to impose hefty tariffs on European auto imports, President Donald Trump again raised that threat during interviews at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In November, the administration let pass the deadline on enacting...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 22, 2020
There are plenty of reasons not to buy an EV, such as high costs and low range, or so goes the conventional wisdom. But many of those concerns vanish once motorists actually buy a battery-electric vehicle, according to a new AAA study. One example is cost. While there...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 22, 2020
Fully driverless, without even a steering wheel and pedals for backup, the battery-powered Cruise Origin might look like it rolled off the set of a science fiction film but it is all but ready to go into production, officials with the San Francisco-based autonomous...
by Michael Strong | Jan 21, 2020
The home of the U.S. auto industry – Michigan – is now going to allow Tesla Inc. to sell and service its EVs after the company and the state hammered out a compromise. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is expected announce Wednesday the plan that will allow the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 21, 2020
Tesla is far and away the leader in the U.S. battery-electric vehicle, or BEV, market, outselling all of its competitors combined. But, even as the California automaker ramps up production in China and gets ready to start building a new plant near Berlin, a look back...
by Michael Strong | Jan 21, 2020
Tesla Inc. officials didn’t take long to deny accusations about unintended acceleration levied in a petition filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The California-based EV maker says the claims are false, and are the work of one of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 21, 2020
San Francisco’s Cruise LLC may be ready to take a big lead in the development of autonomous vehicles, the start-up set to make a major announcement Tuesday expected to focus on a fully driverless vehicle. Cruise, which has generated about $7.25 billion in funding...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 21, 2020
An Israeli company, UVeye, has developed a new process using high-resolution cameras and additional technology that allows automakers and other auto-related companies to detect defects in both old and new vehicles. Amir Hever, CEO and co-founder of Tel Aviv-based...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 20, 2020
It’s hard to say whether the long production delay caused by last autumn’s strike at General Motors played a role, but the first street-legal version of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette managed to land a $3 million winning bid at this weekend’s Barrett-Jackson Auction....
by Michael Strong | Jan 20, 2020
Just two months after Tesla Inc. announced it would build its next gigafactory in Germany near Berlin, the company has secured the property for the new plant for about $45 million. The EV maker announced the European location for Gigafactory 4 will in Gruenheide, in...
by Michael Strong | Jan 20, 2020
Chinese government officials are offering a slightly rosier outlook for the country’s 2020 automotive sales, expecting them to come in at about the same number – about 25 million – this year as they did in 2019. China’s Industry Minister Miao Wei offered the forecast...
