by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 15, 2020
Range and price are often cited as the two big obstacles to EV adoption. But there’s a third key challenge: charging times. The good news is that automakers are finding ways to help motorists “pump” more energy into their batteries faster than ever. Ford, for one, has...
by TDB Staff | May 15, 2020
Affiliate Disclosure x The Detroit Bureau and its partners may be compensated if you purchase the recommended services. This allows us to provide in-depth research at no cost to you. Nissan generally performs well across car reliability surveys. However,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 15, 2020
Reversing course, Mexican government officials now say the country’s auto plants could open before the end of the month, as long as manufacturers have put adequate safety measures in place. The government has released a series of contradictory announcements in recent...
by TDB Staff | May 14, 2020
Affiliate Disclosure x The Detroit Bureau and its partners may be compensated if you purchase the recommended services. This allows us to provide in-depth research at no cost to you. Should you get an extended warranty to pay for repair bills? Or should you put...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 14, 2020
The fallout from pandemic created by COVID-19 will weigh heavily on Ford Motor Co.’s results for the second quarter but the company is moving forward with plans that will put the company on much stronger footing in the future, Ford executives told stockholders during...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 14, 2020
A new report from the Fitch Group, the financial analysis and debt-rating service, says that manufacturers are moving away from China as a source for critical components but the size and scope the Chinese sales market exerts is an almost irresistible allure to car...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 14, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp. ended its 2020 fiscal year, which ended March 31 with 10% increase despite a small dip in global sales, but officials warned annual profit for 2021 would drop by 80%. Toyota’s consolidated vehicle sales were 8.9 million units, down 18,000 from the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 14, 2020
Two months after much of the United States began entering lockdown there are clear signs of recovery by the U.S. auto industry – though the American market still could end 2020 down nearly 25% from last year’s levels. Automakers hoping for a rebound have been flooding...
by Michael Strong | May 13, 2020
Nissan’s been struggling with sliding sales, bloated costs and management issues for much of the past three years; however, officials are preparing to reveal their restructuring plans to revive the company May 28, starting with a move to cut $2.8 billion in fixed...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 13, 2020
In the days after shelter-in-place orders went into effect in states like California, New York and Michigan, anyone still out on the road might have had a post-apocalyptic experience, traffic on many normally clogged roads like I-405 in Los Angeles all but vanished....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 13, 2020
General Motors has had no new COVID-19 cases occur at any of its global factories since beginning to ramp them back up in China more than a month ago. The announcement comes as the Detroit automaker prepares to restart production operations in the U.S. next week. In a...
by TDB Staff | May 12, 2020
Affiliate Disclosure x The Detroit Bureau and its partners may be compensated if you purchase the recommended services. This allows us to provide in-depth research at no cost to you. The Toyota warranty covers mechanical failures up until 3 years/36,000 miles....
