by Michael Strong | Sep 4, 2020
Volkswagen is readying to show off its first-ever fully electric vehicle for the U.S. market, the ID.4, later this month by offering some insight about how the vehicle’s interior was developed and the role that light plays in its form and function. The new ID.4...
by Michael Strong | Sep 4, 2020
Auto shows all over the globe have been cancelling, rescheduling and ultimately pretty much cancelling altogether for nearly a full year now with the latest to move their show dates being the Los Angeles Auto Show. The show, normally held in November, is officially...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2020
The most advanced of today’s cars offer a dizzying array of customizable settings, something that can take hours to set up. That’s all the more so with the newest battery-electric vehicles which add functions such as cabin “pre-conditioning” and charging times that...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2020
We’re used to getting teaser images showing concept versions of upcoming vehicles, as we did with the reveal of the new Jeep Grand Wagoneer Concept this week – so we were ready to downplay today’s image of the next-generation Hyundai Tucson as more of the same....
by Michael Strong | Sep 3, 2020
General Motors and Honda are taking their relationship to the next level — in North America, at least. The two automakers have been working together on several fronts for some time now, an under the terms of a new memorandum of understanding, they’ll seek to pair up...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2020
It’s been a long time in coming. Jeep has spent years hinting of plans to bring back its one-time flagship, the Grand Wagoneer. It came close, early in the new millennium, with the poorly received Commander. But now, it’s finally ready to deliver the big, high-line...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2020
Fiat Chrysler has been slow to join the push to battery propulsion but it is now racing to catch up with plans to have “more than” 30 hybrids, plug-ins and all-electric models in its line-up during the next few years. Leading the charge is the Jeep brand which...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2020
The complete makeover of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class announced this week will be a technological showcase, but the German automaker has plans to significantly upgrade the big sedan during the next few years, notably adding what one executive called the “big, big, big...
by Michael Strong | Sep 2, 2020
The up-and-down relationship between General Motors and the Trump administration was on an up stroke Wednesday as Ivanka Trump met with CEO Mary Barra to tour part of the automaker’s technical center just outside Detroit. Trump, an adviser to the president, toured the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 2, 2020
Members of Unifor, the Canadian union representing blue-collar workers at General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, authorized strike at all three companies. The union’s three bargaining committees will decide if a strike is necessary as the...
by Michael Strong | Sep 2, 2020
Ford Motor Co. plans to eliminate 1,400 jobs in North America, confirming earlier reports that more than 1,000 white collar jobs will be cut. “The program is part of our underway and ongoing process to increase Ford’s global fitness and effectiveness, which includes...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 2, 2020
If you still think battery cars are sluggish and stodgy, barely able to get out of their own way, you obviously haven’t checked out the latest in the EV market – and even for those who understand what the instant torque of an electric motor can deliver, the...
