by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 10, 2019
There were plenty of skeptics when Chinese start-up Byton pulled the wraps off its M-Byte concept vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show last January. But eight months later, with what the company has dubbed a production version of the battery-electric vehicle makes...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 10, 2019
It’s been nearly four years since the last Land Rover Defender rolled off the assembly line at the automaker’s plant in Solihull, England, and a full 22 years since the last of the go-absolutely-anywhere SUVs made it into the U.S. But the long drought is coming...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 10, 2019
Daimler AG, the parent of the Smart and Mercedes-Benz brands, plans to spend nearly $25 billion on batteries and the plants to build them during the next decade, and that doesn’t even factor in the billions more it will invest in developing an array of all-electric...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 9, 2019
It’s by no means a secret. Unlike many of the new models set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week, Volkswagen has already shown a concept version of its first long-range battery-electric vehicle and even begun taking advanced orders for the new ID.3. Now,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 9, 2019
At first glance, it might seem like another Mercedes-Benz midsize sport-utility vehicle, a version of the familiar GLE, but a closer look offers a number of clues that it’s something much more. The various sensors, including arrays on the roof, reveal the SUV to be...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 8, 2019
Long skeptical of battery power, few automakers have reversed course so abruptly as Daimler AG, its luxury arm in particular. Among the assortment of new, electrified vehicles it will bring to the Frankfurt Motor Show this week will be the third-generation version of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 6, 2019
Just days after publicly unveiling the Taycan, its first-ever battery sports car, Porsche said Friday it will increase its stake in Rimac Automobili to 15.5%. Rimac is a Croatian-based company best known for battery-electric supercars like the C_Two. But it has been...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 5, 2019
The new 2020 model-year is about to get underway. So is the new auto show season which kicks off next week with the IAA, better known as the Frankfurt Motor Show. The event, which alternates with Paris every other year, has traditionally been the biggest car show in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 5, 2019
Volkswagen plans to take some big steps at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, the automaker not only introducing the production version of its first long-range battery-electric vehicle but also badging the BEV with the first major makeover of its familiar logo in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2019
Mercedes hopes to electrify the Frankfurt Motor Show next week when it pulls the wrap off a battery-electric concept vehicle that offers a hint of what it has coming to showrooms early in the new decade. The German automaker isn’t saying much about what’s in store, a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 27, 2019
We’ve been seeing spy shots and catching tidbits about the new Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Coupe for some time now, so the first big surprise when we finally received the official news release came with the word that it will arrive later than expected in the U.S. market. Set...
