by Michael Strong | Jan 8, 2020
If pressed, Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk might tell you he thinks that his California-based EV maker is every bit the company that General Motors and Ford are, and after a bump in the company’s stock price in early afternoon trading, he’s technically correct. For the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 8, 2020
It’s been a tough couple years for Faraday Future, the battery-car start-up that initially seemed ready to position itself as a serious Tesla challenger, only to have its main source of funding drop out, its planned factory program collapse and a series of other...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 8, 2020
While Daimler AG was chalking up the oohs and aahs in Las Vegas for its flashy concept vehicle that was done up with an assist from one of Hollywood’s most famous directors, a group of hard-hearted gnomes back in Germany were preparing another surprise for the...
by Michael Strong | Jan 7, 2020
Sony took the automotive and technology worlds by surprise today at CES 2020, rolling out a fully functional prototype electric vehicle, it developed as part of its Vision-S mobility initiative. The Japanese electronics maker is known for developing a variety of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 7, 2020
Auto supplier Continental has teamed up with Sennheiser, a specialist in audio equipment, to develop a revolutionary speakerless audio system for piping entertainment into a vehicle’s interior. The unique system, which they put on display at the Consumer Electronics...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2020
More and more of today’s vehicles are being equipped with onboard telecommunications technology, but if one system is good, Land Rover is betting that two will be even better. The new Land Rover Defender is set to become the first vehicle to include a dual modem...
by Michael Strong | Jan 6, 2020
Fisker Inc.’s new entry, the Ocean, making its debut at CES 2020 is not only paving the way for two more new vehicles and creating an all-digital automaker, but also the company expects to build 1 million EVs between 2022 and 2027. “We have secured a global...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2020
Exactly two years after it unveiled a concept version of its all-electric M-Byte battery-electric vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show, Byton is back in Las Vegas to show off the production version of the SUV. Prototypes are already rolling out of the automaker’s...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 3, 2020
This story has been updated with additional results from more automakers. Sales of new vehicles in the United States topped 17 million units for the fifth consecutive year despite a strike at General Motors and sales declines by big manufacturers such as Fiat Chrysler...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 3, 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been slow to embrace electrification. Indeed, former CEO Sergio Marchionne was so skeptical of the technology he once asked potential customers not to buy the company’s first all-electric model, a version of the little Fiat 500. But in a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 3, 2020
Named for a strikingly futuristic 1934 sedan, the new Chrysler Airflow Vision Concept is meant to give us a glimpse of what’s coming from the Detroit automaker – though what it describes as a “sculptural design concept” focuses our attention on what’s inside as much...
by Michael Strong | Jan 2, 2020
Fiat Chrysler is joining forces with the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council and Plug and Play, the largest global innovation platform for startups and corporations, to create a new innovation hub in Detroit. Plug and Play Detroit powered by AmplifyD is...
