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Volvo enters autonomous driving market via company acquisition

Teslarati

While many automakers now view autonomous driving products as the auto industry’s future, recent history has shown that it can be a highly volatile market. Now Volvo hopes to try its hand, buying out autonomous driving software and hardware supplier Zenseact. What do you think of the article?

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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

Cars That Think

The auto industry is a relatively small chip end-user, but it’s growing fast. However, those conditions meant a big fraction of the workforce recreated the office at home, purchasing computers, monitors, and other equipment. This article appears in the August 2021 print issue as “How and When the Chip Shortage Will End.”

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

EV Adoption

I’m estimating 28,000 as an executive with a leading auto analyst firm confirmed to me privately that their registration estimates for 2021 put the RAV4 Prime and Wrangler 4xe as a toss up. Auto Industry Analyst. I can’t tell you our exact number but if they beat RAV it was very narrow. Flip a coin.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

Wallbox

Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. This approach of virtually redesigning the tax structure within the auto industry also stands out amongst other countries, which mainly rely on direct subsidies to incentivize EV purchases over internal combustion engine cars.

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GM Says Updated U.S. Emissions Rules Will Cost Auto Industry Billions in Fines

The Truth About Cars

During the meeting, GM estimated the auto industry as a whole could see penalties ranging from $1,300 to $4,300 per vehicle by 2031. Of course, automakers (particularly Stellantis when it was still Fiat Chrysler) also shelled out millions to purchase carbon credits in an effort to avoid government-backed fines.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Quote from the article: “Investors, too, are excited. Here is the full text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. percent of $1.9

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News. By Dana Hull.

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