by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 2, 2020
General Motors and Honda are expanding existing ties, teaming up to develop new battery-electric vehicles the Japanese automaker plans to add to its line-up for the 2024 model-year. Honda will bring two new all-electric models to market, it announced late Thursday,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2020
The White House on Tuesday formalized plans to roll back fuel economy standards set during the Obama administration, a move expected to substantially lower the mileage the typical new vehicle will deliver by 2025. What the administration is calling the “Safer...
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 Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 18, 2020
Like dozens of other automakers, Kia was left high and dry by the cancellation of the Geneva International Motor Show earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic. That left it scrambling to figure out how to launch one of its most important new products this...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2020
(This story has been updated to reflect the fact Ford will do the Transit’s development entirely in-house.) Ford Motor Co. has confirmed that it will add an all-electric version of its big delivery van, the Transit, starting in the 2022 model-year. It will join...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
Despite having to scrub its news conference at the now-cancelled Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen is making a lot of news this week. We already got an advance look at the next-generation GTI that was to debut in Geneva. Now, falling back on a livestream...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
Hide the badge and you’d be unlikely to guess that the jet black concept car comes from Hyundai. Appropriately dubbed Prophecy, the show car is meant to provide insight into the direction the Korean carmaker will be heading in the coming years. But it’s not just the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 14, 2020
Hyundai Motor Co. is making big plans for electrifying its line-up, the automaker recently announcing plans to invest $87 billion during the next five years while bringing 44 battery and fuel-cell vehicles to market — and the concept vehicle it plans to debut at the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 4, 2020
Great Britain may have left the European Union, but it is continuing to follow a very European-oriented policy on motor vehicle emissions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce that Great Britain will ban the sale new cars using gasoline or diesel engines...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 31, 2020
The new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada will bring as many as 80,000 new manufacturing jobs to the United States because new rules of origin will require more companies to build cars and parts in the United States, President Donald Trump said during an...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 29, 2020
Lincoln is preparing to introduce its first all-electric model and is turning to Detroit-based start-up Rivian for help. The announcement confirms a report published by TheDetroitBureau.com last month. Neither Lincoln nor Rivian are offering specific details on the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 24, 2020
The White House is reversing itself on federal fuel economy standards, a draft resolution now calling for mileage to rise 1.5% annually through 2029 after originally scheduled to freeze at 2020 levels. The revisions come in the face of strong opposition from...
