by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 12, 2021
South Korean battery makers LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation finally settled a two-year old dispute about intellectual property that had the potential to undermine efforts by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG to put electric vehicles on the road. The agreement came...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 9, 2021
The LS has served as the flagship of Lexus fleet since Toyota Motor Corp. first launched the luxury brand back in 1989 to challenge German luxury brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz. The next generation model, the LS 500h, will come with advanced driver assistance...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 8, 2021
The Explorer has been one of the anchors of the Ford Motor Co. product portfolio for three decades. Now the automaker is making a bid to stretch the nameplate’s broad appeal a bit further by adding three new versions of the ute. First is a performance-oriented model,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 8, 2021
Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car brand that is planning to take on the likes of Porsche and Tesla, plans to create the first completely climate neutral car by the end of the decade without using any kind of offsets common in the industrial world. It’s...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 7, 2021
Jeep has always been an authentically American brand with its design, engineering and even manufacturing firmly rooted in the American Midwest. However, with the steadily rising popularity and the auto industry rapidly changing, Jeep has stepped into the future with a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 6, 2021
Long known as America’s top luxury brand, Cadillac’s helped redefine luxury, especially in today’s modern age with crossovers and sport-utilities dominating the landscape. The Escalade introduced a massive shift in what people thought of when the words “luxury...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 5, 2021
Automakers have made use of recycled material for years and recycling has become one of the cornerstones the sustainability strategies being adopted across the industry to reduce its impact on the environment. Ford Motor Co., with the help from HP, brings recycling to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 2, 2021
Tesla Inc. says it set a record by delivering 184,800 cars worldwide in the first quarter of 2021, up from 180,570 in the fourth quarter. The strong results were on par with the vast majority of automakers, some of which saw triple-digit increases in their U.S. sales...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 2, 2021
The shortage of semiconductors is forcing Detroit’s automakers to trim production, including production of pickup trucks that are increasingly short supply, in the mid-April. Ford Motor Co. has already gone through a series of forced shutdowns due to the ongoing...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 1, 2021
Double-digit and even triple-digit increases marked the sales reports for March and the first quarter of 2021 as the auto industry’s recovery from the pandemic lows of a year ago continued to gain momentum. Analysts were expecting strong results, but some of the makes...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 1, 2021
A poorly received April Fools’ Day joke by Volkswagen about changing the company’s name blew up in VW’s face this week and wound up serving as a reminder of the “Dieselgate” scandal the German automaker would like everyone to forget. Another German automaker, Daimler...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 1, 2021
Despite the pandemic and an economic downturn, the United Auto Workers reported its membership numbers remained steady and its finances remained stable in 2020. These positive results came despite the costs linked to the scandal, which has engulfed the union. In fact,...
