by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 20, 2020
Hours before Lyft was set to shut down its operations in California, a federal judge gave the ride-hailing service – along with rival Uber – a reprieve, temporarily blocking the state’s move to have drivers declared employees, rather than independent contractors. Both...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2020
Terms like “Tesla fighter” and “Tesla killer” have become cliché, and also just plain false, so many seemingly solid contenders either falling by the wayside or failing to dent the California EV maker’s dominance on the sales charts. But one startup could be getting...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 19, 2020
Electrify America is partnering with Love’s Travel Stops to expand its growing network of public ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by adding to seven locations in six states across the country. The charging stations, which direct-current,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 18, 2020
Bollinger Motors, the small Detroit electric vehicle startup, is getting a bit bigger as it “ramps up towards production” and moves to a new headquarters. Launched by Robert Bollinger, a serial entrepreneur who has had a decidedly eccentric career in marketing,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 17, 2020
The nation’s first autonomous vehicle corridor is being planned for the Detroit suburbs, running from the center of the Motor City to Ann Arbor, a university town that has become one of the region’s high-tech hubs. The projected will be developed by a partnership...
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 Joseph Szczesny | Aug 11, 2020
In a fight critical to their future business model, Uber and Lyft have lost a battle in their legal fight about whether their drivers are company employees or independent contractors. A state judge in California ruled in favor of a new state law, Assembly Bill 5,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 11, 2020
The debut of the production Lucid Air is still a month away but the EV startup has been ramping up its pre-launch PR campaign – and the latest news is enough to get us to sit up and pay attention. There has been a steady ramp up of range as manufacturers work to push...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 10, 2020
As part of its goal to rapidly accelerate sales of battery cars, Hyundai is launching a new sub-brand, Ioniq, which takes its name from one of its current battery offerings. Ioniq will debut early next year, the Korean carmaker said, with a compact sedan to be called...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 5, 2020
In a blistering statement, former UAW President Ron Gettelfinger denied accusations from lawyers for General Motors he had accepted money deposited in foreign banks in return for promoting the business objectives of former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. CEO Sergio...
by Michael Strong | Jul 30, 2020
Automaker after automaker has lined up and reported second quarter losses in the past several days, except Tesla — and now Ford Motor Co., sort of. Ford turned a Q2 profit, reporting $1.1 billion in net income on revenue of $19.4 billion. However, if you take out a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jul 29, 2020
General Motors was able to circle the wagons and beat back the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic during the second quarter, solidly outperforming the gloomy outlook forecast by Wall Street. With factories shuttered for two months and sales sagging to Great...
