by Michael Strong | Sep 23, 2019
Honda is the latest automaker to say its doing away with diesel-powered cars in Europe. The Japanese automaker will phase out all diesel cars by 2021 in favor of models with electric propulsion systems. The company plans to electrify all of its European cars by 2025....
by Michael Strong | Sep 20, 2019
It didn’t take long for California to make good on its promise to the Trump administration if it revoked its ability to set its own automotive emissions standards. “Mr. President, we’ll see you in court,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement....
by Michael Strong | Sep 20, 2019
Fiat Chrysler’s popular Jeep Wrangler is being investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after more than 3,500 owners complained to the company and the agency about steering issues. The problem affects potentially 270,000 of the 2018 and 2019...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 20, 2019
During a news conference in Washington on Thursday, U.S. Department of Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao derided EVs as “cars that American consumers do not want to buy or drive.” True, all forms of electrified vehicles – from conventional hybrids up to pure...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 19, 2019
Amazon will purchase 100,000 battery-electric delivery vans from Rivian, a suburban Detroit start-up, as part of its new “Climate Pledge.” Jeff Bezos, the online retailer’s CEO, announced the move during a Washington news conference on Thursday, outlining a broad...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 19, 2019
California will lose its ability to set tougher fuel economy standards than those set by Washington, two senior members of the Trump administration announced Thursday morning, proclaiming that move, along with a planned rollback of federal mileage rules, will result...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 18, 2019
President Donald Trump issued a clear signal that his administration will move forward with plans to both rollback federal fuel economy standards and strip California of the right to set its own emissions standards, something that was first approved by Congress nearly...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 18, 2019
The EPA is expected to announce Wednesday afternoon that the Trump administration will eliminate California’s long-held ability to set its own tailpipe emissions standards, a move the state had been planning to use to promote production and sales of battery-electric...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 17, 2019
Gliding through downtown Detroit, the Jaguar I-Pace is so quiet that it can take pedestrians by surprise, especially those with a visual impairment. And with pedestrian deaths already on the rise in recent years, that’s the sort of situation that worries officials...
by Michael Strong | Sep 12, 2019
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel took to the floor of the Frankfurt Motor Show today to acknowledge what many in attendance already knew: German automakers have a tough task ahead of them when it comes to climate change. Merkel, who was touring the show, stopped to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 12, 2019
The busy port that is a key destination for car being imported into the United States just accepted its first ship after a freighter designed specifically to transport cars and trucks capsized in the main channel leading to the Port of Brunswick, south of Savannah,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 11, 2019
When Tesla crossed a sales threshold and saw its federal tax incentives cut in half early this year, demand for products like the Model 3 sedan took a sharp tumble. EV proponents have long argued that government incentives are critical to build market momentum for...
