by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 16, 2020
Elon Musk lost a key round in legal battle with a group of investors angered by one the Tesla CEO’s stray tweets. A federal judge in San Francisco said a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. and Musk can go forward to trial. The lawsuit claims that Musk – and by extension Tesla...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2020
General Motors has filed a patent application for a system that continuously updates a vehicle’s on-board maps and navigation guidance. GM said its patent application covers, “A system for updating a distributed navigation map for a motor vehicle includes one or more...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 15, 2020
The bidding war for the new Tesla Gigafactory that will build the EV maker’s battery-electric pickup trucks appears to have intensified. Joplin, Missouri, which sits close to the state’s borders with Oklahoma and Kansas, is reportedly prepared to offer Tesla a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 14, 2020
General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Co. now plan to shutter plants in Brazil into June in response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus across South America. Toyota said it was suspending auto production at its Brazil plants until at least June 22. GM also expects to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 13, 2020
McLaren, the British maker of super cars, is considering the use of synthetic fuel as a replacement for high-octane gasoline. McLaren COO Jens Ludmann said his company is convinced that synthetic fuel could put a major dent in emissions in an interview with British...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 10, 2020
Karma Automotive with help from Nvidia has unveiled a SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicle. The vehicle, a van with the architecture of battery electric vehicle, is one of five platforms designed to offer new electric mobility solutions through an EREV (extended range...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 10, 2020
Needing to preserve cash in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit’s automakers are turning to the federal government to help pay the supplemental unemployment benefits owed blue-collar workers under contracts with United Auto Workers. European and Asian...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 9, 2020
The Lexus 500 LC is continuing to evolve as it sheds weight and adds new features for the 2021 model year. The 2021 LC 500 coupe, unveiled just a few months after the ragtop version, drops nearly 22 pounds of unsprung weight, which engineers accomplished by using...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 9, 2020
Kia has walked off with two big awards for key elements of the company’s product line. The honors were among five awards, with Porsche and Mazda also receiving accolades. The Kia Telluride was named the 2020 World Car of the Year, while the Kia Soul EV was named the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 8, 2020
It could take three years or more to return to the 17-million-unit level of new vehicle sales that prevailed prior the recession precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic, which has locked down the U.S. economy for an indefinite period. The National Automobile Dealers...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 7, 2020
Ruben Burks, a union pioneer and the first African American to serve as the United Auto Workers’ Secretary-Treasurer, the organization’s second-highest office, has died. A lifelong resident of Flint Michigan, the soft-spoken Burks was 86. He passed due to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 7, 2020
McLaren is opening up the order book for the McLaren 765 LT “Longtail,” its limited-volume supercar, which was unveiled for the first time at the beginning of March. The company revealed that just 765 of the supercars will be produced for sales worldwide with high...
