by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 1, 2021
The Toyota Yaris hybrid was named Car of the Year during a virtual presentation of the Geneva International Motor Show on Monday. But the victory was a narrow one, the 59 members of the CoTY jury also giving strong support to the new, all-electric Fiat 500 and two...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 1, 2021
More than five years after the start of the international “Dieselgate” scandal badly damaged Volkswagen’s reputation, the United Nations Global Compact agreed to reinstate the company as a participant in its environmental protection efforts. The compact dropped the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 1, 2021
There’s no question that Tesla overwhelmingly dominates the U.S. market for battery-electric vehicles. That said, Chevrolet has positioned itself as second in line with the Bolt EV launched four years ago. The little hatchback gets a modest facelift this year that...
by Jim Stickford | Feb 26, 2021
When it comes to gas prices at the pump, what goes down will eventually come up. Motorists are paying some of the highest gas prices seen in over a year, according to AAA and GasBuddy.com. With the forced shutdown of Gulf Coast and some Midwest refineries due to...
by Larry Printz | Feb 26, 2021
There are many forgotten automakers, companies that existed for a few years before fizzling out. Truthfully, there were thousands, yet only one, owned and run by Blacks: C.R. Patterson & Sons, which launched its first model, the Patterson-Greenfield, in 1914. It’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2021
(This is an update of an earlier story.) Tesla CEO Elon Musk advised workers that the company’s Fremont, California plant will be ramping back up to normal after shutting down early this week due to a shortage of critical microchips. Tesla became the latest in a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 26, 2021
A drop in fleet sales appears to have cut total new-vehicle sales by 3.7% in February when adjusted for selling days, analysts claim. Reporting the same numbers without adjusting for the number of selling days translates to a decrease of 11.1% from February 2020....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 25, 2021
EV startup Fisker Inc. plans to partner with Foxconn, the Chinese company best known for producing iPhones, to develop a new battery-electric vehicle targeting “a new segment.” The move follows Fisker’s decision to have Canadian auto supplier Magna International...
by Michael Strong | Feb 24, 2021
In the months since his election, President Joe Biden’s explained what he wants to see from the automotive industry in the years ahead. Today he’s signing executive orders to help make some of those things happen. The order addresses some of the supply chain issues...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 24, 2021
Feeling stressed out by the pandemic? You’re certainly not alone. New research by Ford Motor Co. finds 64% of Americans under more stress than a year ago. “We found that adapting to the pandemic isn’t easy,” said Ford’s in-house “futurist,” Sheryl Connelly,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 24, 2021
For many years, the auto industry lived by the mantra, “Safety doesn’t sell.” Today, however, picking a safe vehicle has become top priority for just about all buyers, whether they’re looking for a family van or a high-performance sports car. The good news is that...
by Michael Strong | Feb 23, 2021
Weeks after revealing plans it was going to go public using a blank-check company, nascent EV maker Lucid Motors released the details about the multi-billion dollar venture late yesterday rolling the dice with the public today. The California-based company’s...
