by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 1, 2020
Volkswagen lifted a page from the Jeep handbook, scoring a hit with the Basecamp concept it introduced at last year’s New York International Auto Show, showing off all the ways its popular Atlas sport-utility vehicle can be customized for outdoor types. Almost exactly...
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 31, 2020
The City of Light will be a little darker in October as the Paris Motor Show has become the latest in a growing list of automotive events to cancel – or, in some cases, postpone – due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The decision follows the Sunday announcement...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 31, 2020
Ford Motor Co. has again indefinitely delayed the start-up of its North American manufacturing network due to the worsening coronavirus pandemic. The one exception will be for production of the ventilators needed to assist some of the most seriously ill victims of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
Ford Motor Co. will begin production of ventilators needed to treat desperately ill COVID-19 patients by April 20, the automaker announced Monday, while it is already working with GE Healthcare to rapidly expand that company’s production of the medical devices. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
With tens of millions of Americans sheltering in place, a growing glut of fuel has translated into a rapid plunge in gas prices, pumps across the country now dipping below an average $2 a gallon, according to tracking service GasBuddy.com. How much further the figures...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
At a time when social distancing is expected to drag on for some time and much of the global industry is currently shut down, it’s easy to question just how far back things are likely to slip when everything gets back to a level of reasonable normality. That said, we...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 30, 2020
With the spring auto show season scrubbed due to the coronavirus pandemic, automakers are looking for creative ways to introduce their latest products, and for Genesis, the solution was a global webcast to pull the wraps of the next-generation G80. To no surprise, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 28, 2020
This story has been updated with additional information. The 2020 North American International Auto Show, which was supposed to take place in June for the first time has, instead, been canceled due to the worsening coronavirus crisis. Detroit has been one of the...
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 27, 2020
The Sunset Auto Family in Sumner, Washington, has long been that state’s biggest Chevrolet dealer, with a staff of 270 on the sales floor, service shop and back end operations. But owner Bill Mitchell this week had to lay off 200 of those employees as his sales...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2020
The auto industry has been a frequent target for President Donald Trump and the nation’s two largest automakers came in for a lashing on Friday as he appeared to try to shift blame for the administration’s slow response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a tweet, the...
