by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2020
As auto plants in China closed by COVID-19 struggle to re-open, car plants in the U.S. and Western Europe are beginning to shut in face of the spreading virus, which in less than three months claimed thousands of victims around the world. Volkswagen of America said...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2020
Facing increasing volume of complaints from workers ordered to stay on their jobs in manufacturing plants, the United Auto Workers, General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced they are forming a COVID-19/Coronavirus Task Force to study...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 13, 2020
General Motors cleared the way for all of its salaried and contract employees to work from home starting March 16, in a bid to shut down the spread of COVID -19, which has disrupted life across the United States. However, the company plans to keep operating the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 13, 2020
This could be a very big year for the electric vehicle market – at least if the coronavirus epidemic and Wall Street crash don’t short-circuit overall U.S. new car sales. There is an assortment of all-new battery-electric vehicles heading to showrooms before the end...
by Michael Strong | Mar 13, 2020
Sport-utility vehicles are more popular than ever and within that segment, performance utes are hot sellers. Audi’s jumped into the market in the U.S. with its first-ever performance large SUV, the new RS Q8. The German premium brand’s newest ute “combines the genes...
by Michael Strong | Mar 12, 2020
Volkswagen wants to rid the world of car accidents by 2050. The German automaker will introduce a new vehicle operating system later this year on the make’s new ID.3 EV to help make that happen. “We want to have no more accidents by 2050,” said Michael Jost, the VW...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 12, 2020
Robert Bollinger is an unlikely automotive pioneer. While he started out as an industrial design student, his career took some decidedly eccentric turns in marketing, advertising and then organic hair care products. But it was only when he decided to move to the...
by Michael Strong | Mar 12, 2020
Detroit-area electric vehicle startup Bollinger Motors’ growth continues with the debut of its new E-Chassis. The patent-pending E-Chassis is, according to the company, the world’s first-ever Class 3 electric platform. It’s designed to specifically for commercial...
by Michael Strong | Mar 11, 2020
As the number of Americans identified as having the coronavirus rises, automotive analysts are predicting that new vehicle sales will fall. In fact, Morgan Stanley is predicting that sales will fall 9% compared with last year’s results. Prior to the outbreak, the U.S....
by Michael Strong | Mar 11, 2020
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has the business development agencies in several states buzzing after he tweeted that he was looking to set up a factory in the central U.S. for the Cybertruck. “Scouting locations for Cybertruck Gigafactory. Will be central USA,” Musk tweeted. He...
by Michael Strong | Mar 10, 2020
The New York International Auto Show is the latest industry exposition to either be cancelled or postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, the show pushed back to August. The show was originally scheduled to open to media on April 8 at the Javits...
by Michael Strong | Mar 10, 2020
The Ford Bronco may hold the record for the vehicle with the longest lead-in time in the history of the auto industry. Ford’s been teasing this ute for years, and demand is being whipped up by the latest round of leaked photos. Pics of both the full-size Bronco in the...
