by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 9, 2020
Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Microsoft to create what it is called a “mixed reality automotive maintenance system” to change the way repair shop mechanics work, especially when they might run into a problem requiring assistance from the factory. The Mercedes-Benz...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 9, 2020
The new Volkswagen ID.3 battery-electric vehicle has been slammed hard by Germany’s most influential automotive magazine, Auto Motor und Sport laying in on a variety of issues including faulty fit-and-finish and electronics problems – though reviewers did praise the...
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 | Aug 31, 2020
In a year in which everything seems to be going wrong it probably comes as no surprise that consumers are increasingly frustrated with the auto industry, a new study finding customer satisfaction has fallen to its lowest level since 1999. Only a handful of brands...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 20, 2020
Amazon is emerging as a key supplier to the auto industry of cloud-based computing services, which will play a larger role in the car business in the years to come. It already has developed close ties to the world’s two largest automakers, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 13, 2020
It’s hard for me to imagine that it was nearly half a lifetime ago, 1989 to be exact, that I first took a Mazda Miata for a test drive. Everywhere I went people gathered to check it out. Another driver in an old Spitfire following as I exited I-75, pulled alongside...
by Michael Strong | Aug 13, 2020
Ford is recalling more than 500K vehicles in three separate actions, although most of that total is accounted for in one single effort involving Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX models with brake issues. The first recall involves more than 500,000 select 2015-18 Ford Edge...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 12, 2020
Lucid Motors, a California-based EV maker, plans to unveil its first production model during a web event next month, the Lucid Air set to go on sale during the coming model year. The startup is just one of a long list of new brands hoping to crack the U.S. market...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 28, 2020
Hammered by the global pandemic, Nissan Motor Co. expects to post a record $4.5 billion loss for the fiscal year ending next March, with a full recovery likely two years away. That would mark the second consecutive annual loss for the Japanese automaker, Nissan going...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 27, 2020
Their names may be “Fluffy,” and “Spot,” but don’t expect to see workers spending time petting the “dogs” Ford plans to unleash at its Van Dyke Transmission Plant in suburban Detroit next month. That’s because they’re actually robots developed by Boston Dynamics, a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 17, 2020
With a planned IPO expected to raise $1 billion or more, Fisker Inc. is laying out plans to get the first of as many as seven all-electric vehicles in production and the first, CEO Henrik Fisker told TheDetroitBureau.com in an exclusive interview, will be migrating to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 15, 2020
Nissan is singing a new tune. With the arrival of the 2021 Ariya, Japan’s second-largest carmaker hopes to rebuild its once-lofty position as an innovator in the emerging market for battery-electric vehicles. The automaker was, in fact, the first to mass market a BEV,...
