by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 2, 2020
Nissan will keep its manufacturing and assembly plants in Tennessee and Mississippi shuttered until the end of April, although the company but did not specify a specific date. Volkswagen of America also announced it was pushing back the date it plans to resume...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 2, 2020
Days after announcing plans to start building desperately needed ventilators at a plant near its Dearborn, Michigan headquarters, TheDetroitBureau.com has confirmed Ford Motor Co. will convert a second factory to add production of powered respirators, as well. While...
by Michael Strong | Apr 1, 2020
By 2025, the world will be awash in electric vehicles, if the production plans laid out by more than a dozen automakers remain unchanged. The pronouncements by automakers leaves one to wonder: How will they do it? Just what kind of vehicles will we get in the U.S.?...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2020
The City of Light will be a little darker in October as the Paris Motor Show has become the latest in a growing list of automotive events to cancel – or, in some cases, postpone – due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The decision follows the Sunday announcement...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
Ford Motor Co. will begin production of ventilators needed to treat desperately ill COVID-19 patients by April 20, the automaker announced Monday, while it is already working with GE Healthcare to rapidly expand that company’s production of the medical devices. The...
by Michael Strong | Mar 30, 2020
Automakers have been pursuing and promoting their electrification efforts for so long – and loud – other alternative fuel sources have seemingly gone by the wayside. However, BMW’s reminding us it’s still working on its hydrogen fuel cell program. The Bavarian...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
At a time when social distancing is expected to drag on for some time and much of the global industry is currently shut down, it’s easy to question just how far back things are likely to slip when everything gets back to a level of reasonable normality. That said, we...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
With the spring auto show season scrubbed due to the coronavirus pandemic, automakers are looking for creative ways to introduce their latest products, and for Genesis, the solution was a global webcast to pull the wraps of the next-generation G80. To no surprise, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2020
A long-simmering battle could come to a boil next week when the Trump Administration is expected to formally announce a rollback of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards. President Donald Trump has long advocated reducing the guidelines established...
by Michael Strong | Mar 26, 2020
Automakers have been touting their efforts to develop a viable electric vehicle, and among the Detroit-based makers, General Motors seems to be ahead of the curve with its already-on-the-road Chevy Bolt. GM, Ford and to a lesser extent, Fiat Chrysler, have all put...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 25, 2020
One of the first automakers to launch a long-range battery-electric vehicle, the I-Pace, Jaguar Land Rover has plenty of additional BEVs coming – a new report suggesting a second Jaguar SUV, as well as one from the Land Rover side, are now in the works. JLR officials...
