by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 1, 2020
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by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 31, 2020
In a year in which everything seems to be going wrong it probably comes as no surprise that consumers are increasingly frustrated with the auto industry, a new study finding customer satisfaction has fallen to its lowest level since 1999. Only a handful of brands...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 31, 2020
The Dutch automaker Spyker appears to have plenty of lives, though it has so far burned through quite a few of them. Now, it is ready to rise from the dead one more time. The company, which attempted – and subsequently failed to pull off – the revival of Saab after...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 28, 2020
I was only seven when the show, “Route 66,” first went on the air with its second-generation Corvette serving as the real star. But it was more likely my fascination with the iconic sports car began with the debut of the ’63 split window model that remains one of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 28, 2020
Amazon plans to add another 1,800 battery-electric delivery vans to its growing fleet, this time turning to Mercedes-Benz to supply the zero-emissions vehicles for use in Europe. Most of the vans will go into service this year, primarily for Amazon operations in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 28, 2020
The FBI arrested a 27-year-old Russian for allegedly offering a Tesla employee $1 million to help him launch a malware attack on the automaker. The thwarted plan appears to have been a ransomware attack aimed at hacking into, and then taking control of, Tesla’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 27, 2020
Donald Trump likes to say that trade wars are “easy to win,” but you’d have a hard time convincing anyone in the American auto industry, especially when it comes to the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Three years in, there’s been no resolution but...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 27, 2020
Volkswagen will begin taking refundable deposits for its first long-range EV targeting the U.S. market next month, with the first ID.4 SUVs scheduled to be delivered before year-end, the automaker has confirmed. The German automaker has designed a new web portal that...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 26, 2020
General Motors has big plans for its battery-car fleet, with “20 or more” all-electric models due in showrooms by 2023. The list will include new products like the GMC Hummer and Cadillac Lyriq, as well as an update of GM’s first long-range battery-electric vehicle,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 26, 2020
We’re still more than a week away from the official debut of the new Lucid Air battery sedan, but the startup automaker continues to tease us with more and more intriguing details. Today it revealed the BEV will be offered with a 113 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 26, 2020
While its U.S. factories have been up and running since June, General Motors may not bring a sizable share of its 40,000 U.S. salaried workers back from home until late this year or even 2021, according to an internal memo, as the automaker continues to adapt to the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 25, 2020
Porsche was one of the first automakers to launch a subscription service, its Passport program offering the ability to swap in and out of more than two dozen different models, albeit at fees of as much as $3,000 a month. The German automaker is offering customers a...
