by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 8, 2018
Japan is gearing up to put 800,000 vehicles powered with fuel cells on the road by 2030. Japanese experts from business and academia outlined Japan’s fuel-cell push at the “Coping with Change: Global Warming and Decarbonization,” an international...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 7, 2018
BMW unwrapped the latest piece of automotive eye candy from its Munich studios, the BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe, at the Geneva Motor Show. “The BMW 8 Series will take over as the new flagship model of the BMW line-up and, as such, combines unsurpassed sportiness and...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 7, 2018
Cadillac needs all the help it can get from a lot of different places, and it’s getting it. General Motors’ luxury brand announced it is bringing on Deborah Wahl, an executive with experience inside and outside the automotive industry, to serve as Global Chief...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 6, 2018
The battery-electric models from smart will serve as the initial vehicles of the Mercedes-Benz Cars EQ family. As it is smart is currently the only car manufacturer worldwide to offer its model range in both combustion-engine and all-electric variants. In the U.S....
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 6, 2018
The war of words over trade if not the trade war itself continues unabated this week with warnings from President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress about the potential for adverse economic fallout from the sudden imposition of tariffs and taxes by the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 5, 2018
President Donald Trump dusted off a threat from early in his administration over the weekend by tweeting he would impose a 25% tax or tariff on new vehicles imported into the United States. The tweet about taxing European cars was apparently in response to remarks...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 2, 2018
Across the United States, auto dealers are usually among President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters. But Trump’s comment that he was prepared to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, which are widely used in cars and trucks, which sent the stock market...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 2, 2018
The ultimate impact of climate change to the global economy has increased during the last decade, but technological advances in sectors such as the auto industry offer some hope for the future. Lord Nicolas Stern told a conference on “Coping with Change: Global...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 1, 2018
New vehicle sales stalled in February as General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and Nissan all reported sales declines, but Toyota and Volkswagen managed to post increases taking some of the sting out of figures. Volkswagen said its sales...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 28, 2018
General Motors Co. announced the United Auto Workers Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, aka the VEBA Trust, intends sell 40 million shares, or about 29% of the trust, of GM common stock in an underwritten secondary offering. The VEBA will receive all of the proceeds from...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 28, 2018
Utility vehicles such as the XC90 and XC60 have led Volvo’s revival around the world. Now Volvo is adding a new smallish – if you can call a vehicle that weighs two tons small – utility vehicle to its engaging product portfolio. The XC40 is what the carmakers...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 27, 2018
Jeep has long had some of the most devoted fans in the auto business and their loyalty and attachment to the brand have earned the brand a designation that places it in unique company. It has been recognized as a 2017 “Cult Brand” Honoree at the annual...
