by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 22, 2020
New car sales were down by about 48% last week as the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll – but that actually was the good news, according to J.D. Power analysts whose earlier forecasts predicted U.S. demand was likely to tumble by as much as 80% for all...
by Michael Strong | Apr 22, 2020
Amidst all the doom and gloom dominating everyone’s daily lives, comes another reason to remember that that better days are ahead: Earth Day! That’s right. Today is the day we celebrate Mother Earth and while it may not seem like there is much to be happy about, there...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 21, 2020
With most of the U.S. currently facing shelter-in-place orders, Americans have gotten creative in finding ways to keep themselves entertained, especially those that have children locked down at home with them – and for many, the automobile offers a variety of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 21, 2020
A team of physicists in Switzerland has built what they describe as the world’s first megapixel photon-counting camera and a first-of-its-kind image sensor technology, which could make lidar systems faster and more accurate. Lidar, a surveying method that...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 20, 2020
The outlook for new vehicle sales this year is growing steadily more pessimistic, according to the latest new vehicle sales forecast from ALG Inc., a subsidiary of TrueCar Inc. In its latest report, ALG offers three “scenarios” for vehicle sales in 2020 and the most...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 16, 2020
With its factories in many key markets shuttered and sales largely dried up, Volkswagen said Thursday it is abandoning its original sales and earnings outlooks for 2020 – with no clear alternative in sight. The German automaker is just the latest to admit that it’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 14, 2020
He survived one epidemic only to be brought down by the coronavirus pandemic. Automotive historian Mike Davis, a long-time contributor to TheDetroitBureau.com – and a long-time personal friend – is one of the roughly 25,000 Americans who have so far died from...
by Michael Strong | Apr 13, 2020
Americans are filing for unemployment benefits at levels never seen before, struggling to keep up with their bills. Some segments are working with consumers to make things easier, but critics charged today that auto insurers are not doing enough to help. More than 80%...
by Michael Strong | Apr 13, 2020
Less than a year after taking reins of AutoNation as President & CEO replacing Mike Jackson, Cheryl Miller is stepping down with Jackson filling in — temporarily. Miller is experiencing an undisclosed health issue, according to the company’s filing with the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 10, 2020
For the small cadre of Los Angelinos who’re actually venturing out from home these days, hitting the highway can come as a shock. Traffic on typically snarled roads like I-405 is almost non-existent. According to data from navigation service TomTom, Friday morning...
by Michael Strong | Apr 10, 2020
Saudi Arabia and Russia worked through their differences, leading to an agreement for a record cut in oil production worldwide in hopes of raising prices for crude oil and gasoline. OPEC agreed to cut 10 million barrels a day, about 10% of their production, while the...
by TDB Staff | Apr 10, 2020
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