by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2021
Orders may be exceeding expectations but Ford is taking too long to deliver the new Mustang Mach-E to some customers – and is compensating about 4,500 for the delay. The Detroit automaker says the delays are due to a desire to ensure quality with additional checks...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2021
Jeep will become the first automaker to use Amazon’s Fire TV system in a mobile application when it launches its Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer models later this year. Fire TV is a service aggregating a wide range of content, including movies, TV shows and games. It also...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2021
The U.S. saw highway deaths rise to their highest level since 2007 despite a significant reduction in the miles Americans drove last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Preliminary data indicates as many as 42,060 Americans died in motor vehicle crashes last year –...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2021
It’s been nearly a decade since Håkan Samuelsson joined Volvo at a point where the automaker was struggling to regain its footing. The Swedish automaker had only recently been sold off by Ford to the ambitious Chinese startup Zhejiang Geely Holding Co. Under...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2021
Talk drag racing and you’ll likely to think of flame-spitting funny cars and supercharged muscle cars flying down the quarter-mile. But, if the NHRA has its way, the sport will soon see an “expansion of electric vehicle racing.” Battery technology is expected to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 2, 2021
Volvo is plugging into the battery-car market in a big way, and it takes its next step in the process of eliminating all forms of gas and diesel power with the launch of its second EV, the C40 Recharge. The coupe-crossover styling of the C40 is “lower and sleeker”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 2, 2021
Volvo introduced its second all-electric model, the C40 Recharge, on Tuesday, the next step in a plan to go 100% electric by 2030. The Swedish-based manufacturer has been migrating to battery power in recent years and, by 2025, plans to offer only battery-electric...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 1, 2021
ChargePoint today became the world’s first publicly traded EV charging company, CEO Pasquale Romano marking the occasion by ringing the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange. The 13-year-old ChargePoint was the latest to take advantage of a so-called reverse...
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 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 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 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...
