by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 16, 2020
Elon Musk lost a key round in legal battle with a group of investors angered by one the Tesla CEO’s stray tweets. A federal judge in San Francisco said a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. and Musk can go forward to trial. The lawsuit claims that Musk – and by extension Tesla...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2020
U.S. new car sales are now running at an even lower rate than were seen during the depths of the Great Recession – though there is a small silver lining, as the downturn this month isn’t quite as bad as many analysts had been forecasting. With automakers and dealers...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 15, 2020
For those living in the little town of Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, the silver lining of the state’s pandemic shelter-in-place order was a sharp drop in traffic along both I-696 and eight-lane Woodward Ave., traditionally busy thoroughfares that slice through the city....
by TDB Staff | Apr 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. Trucks don’t just get you from point A to point B – they haul a lot of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2020
General Motors has filed a patent application for a system that continuously updates a vehicle’s on-board maps and navigation guidance. GM said its patent application covers, “A system for updating a distributed navigation map for a motor vehicle includes one or more...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2020
The bidding war for the new Tesla Gigafactory that will build the EV maker’s battery-electric pickup trucks appears to have intensified. Joplin, Missouri, which sits close to the state’s borders with Oklahoma and Kansas, is reportedly prepared to offer Tesla a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 14, 2020
General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Co. now plan to shutter plants in Brazil into June in response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus across South America. Toyota said it was suspending auto production at its Brazil plants until at least June 22. GM also expects to...
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
The global coronavirus pandemic is going to move Ford Motor Co. $600 million into the red for the first quarter on a pre-tax basis, officials revealed Monday. The company reported a $2.4 billion profit for the same period last year. As with all automakers, during the...
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 Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 13, 2020
Ford Motor Co. and 3M are ramping up their ad hoc partnership in a race to fill the shortage of critical medical gear needed to address the coronavirus pandemic, including respirators, masks and face shields. Ford will add production of medical gowns, officials said...
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...
