The Truth About Cars

JULY 14, 2023

We’ve been hearing for years that auto shows are a thing of the past and that the internet has killed the personal touches we all loved about the industry. But while it might be true that auto shows aren’t the extravaganzas they once were, it can also be true that there’s still life in the industry and a reason to attend.&

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

One spokesperson told Automotive News that the expense would only be a fraction of the auto industry’s estimates. The good news for AM radio is that the auto industry appears poised to lose its fight. Others point to the gross overestimates of expenses related to keeping AM radio.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Dealers are often the first group to sound concerns when something changes in the auto industry, whether they’re justified in their complaints or not.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 5, 2024

The car, which was projected to start in the mid-$20,000 range, would have helped Tesla compete against the increasingly fierce Chinese auto industry. The automaker doesn’t have a communications or PR department to respond to inquiries, but Musk posted on X, saying, “ Reuters is lying (again).”

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 10, 2016

A post on a small auto-industry blog that accused startup carmaker Tesla Motors of concealing potentially hazardous suspension breakages has blown up into a major media story.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2021

Citing sources familiar with the matter, EV blog Electrek noted that Tesla had informed its employees that the company’s production capacity for Q2 2021 was already sold out — and that’s with the quarter not even halfway done. This bodes well for the EV maker’s production and delivery numbers this year. .

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The announcement understandably made huge waves in the auto industry and everywhere else, honestly, but that excitement hasn’t survived the several-year wait for many people. We’re just a few weeks away from the four-year anniversary of the Tesla Cybertruck reveal event.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

That said, 2026 is a long time from now, and the auto industry sometimes moves rapidly, so there are no guarantees things will go smoothly. Competitor Fisker may need to lean on Nissan for financial support, though Rivian has fleet sales and other investors to help its cause. Image: Rivian via X] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 22, 2023

Car rental companies have long pledged to make the transition alongside their auto industry partners, and Hertz recently announced that it would be adding the Cadillac Lyriq and Chevy Silverado EV.& Automakers are going electric, which means that all the companies that rely on them will have to adapt.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2024

There’s no shortage of $50,000-plus EVs from all corners of the auto industry, but the sub-$30,000 (or even sub-$40,000) market is pathetically tiny. While it’s true that Americans don’t buy that many hatchbacks, it’s even truer that cars like the Nissan Leaf are precisely what we need.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 12, 2023

We’ve been hearing about the rise of electric vehicles for years, but while they are growing rapidly in number, there’s still a disconnect between an auto industry hell-bent on electrification and the desires of the people they rely on to buy new cars.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 24, 2023

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety occasionally update their safety testing protocols to keep up with changes in technology and the auto industry. The NHTSA said the updates would measure pedestrian protection and detection and has asked for public comment on the matter.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The whole thing is worth a watch , especially since it is produced from the vantage point of someone whose focus is on security, not the auto industry. It’s the latter with which the LockPickingLawyer had a field day panning in a video posted to his channel, a space that has more than 4 million subscribers.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

BYD, China’s largest electric automaker, isn’t as gung-ho about autonomous vehicles as many other auto industry giants. A company spokesperson recently said that BYD believes self-driving tech that is “fully separated from humans is very, very far away, and basically impossible.”&

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Striking Ford employees are heading back to the assembly line today after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached a tentative labor deal with the company late on Wednesday. This agreement sets us on a new path to make things right at Ford, at the Big Three, and across the auto industry.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 10, 2010

Auto industry analysts get paid to issue reports, and most of them are vastly better at data analysis and number crunching than we'll ever be. What's got us thinking this way is a blog post from. That doesn't mean, however, that sometimes their data isn't misleading.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 29, 2009

A Business Week blog reports on the survey by the Munich based consultants Bain & Co. Consumers would be buying now if there were products,” says Gregor Matthies, a Munich-based partner at Bain who specializes in the auto industry. The only problem? There are no cars for sale.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Toyota, in Open Road Blog , the official Blog of Toyota responding to NY Times Columnist Thomas Friedman's Et Tu, Toyota? This quotation tells us all we need to know about what the auto industry would like the future to look like.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 28, 2023

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. According to Reuters , GM executive David Strickland met with White House Office of Management and Budget officials on July 17th to discuss the matter.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 13, 2023

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the auto industry's main lobbying arm, welcomed Wednesday's development, saying it was an "important innovation policy development." The advent of AV STEP could be a big help to General Motors, in particular.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Asia India China Europe Americas en Español em Português Login/Register to set your edition Set my edition Todays Paper Video Columns Blogs Graphics Journal Community Register for FREE Register for FREE Thank you for registering. GM has slashed product-development programs, advertising and spending on auto-show events.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2007

A nd thanks to the Energy Blog , here is another announcement from a consortium consisting of Misubishi and GS Yuasa. M eanwhile in the United States, General Motors has launched what it calls the auto industry's first design studio focused exclusively on electric plug-in vehicles.

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Current EV

MARCH 3, 2020

March 3 rd , 2020: with the Geneva Auto Show cancelled due to the coronavirus, automakers have been forced to present their new cars via digital debuts online. Both won prestigious awards and added impetus to the public’s perception that e-mobility is where the auto industry is headed. appeared first on Current EV Blog.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team. Later, he went on to work at auto supplier Delphi Corp.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Our flagship EV is the Tesla Model 3, a luxurious 4-door sedan that features up to 260-mile driving range on a full charge and is the best-selling electric car in the world,” Hertz wrote in a blog post. Overall, the ambitious and prolific order for 100,000 Model 3 sedans marks a notable step for the car rental giant.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From Reuters : BYD outpaced former market leader Tesla in EV sales globally in the fourth quarter of 2023, and auto industry officials say its push into Mexico foreshadows a competitive threat the Shenzhen-based automaker and others from China may pose to companies already operating in the U.S. auto sector.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s — Scott 18.

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Volvo Cars is taking a bold lead with electrification in the auto industry. More than half are so hooked on their EVs that they say they’ll never go back to a gas vehicle (55%). Volvo & Electrification ELECTRIFICATION COMMITMENT.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Those wishing to participate will be able to tie into the multi-site webchat from Green Car Congress tomorrow, as well as directly on GM’s FastLane Blog , the EV World site, or the GM-Volt site. Bookmark this post and return to it tomorrow if you wish to participate, the viewer is at the bottom. Tony Posawatz. Earlier post.). Source: EPRI.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But these, again, come from government-auto-industry-related partnerships and insurance agencies. But the results were more-or-less the same — with automatic emergency braking allegedly helping drivers avoid rear-end collisions roughly 50 percent of the time.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This includes the automotive sector, even though manufacturing jobs not directly tied to the auto industry have technically kept a higher pace. The plan allowed the region to recoup manufacturing jobs a little faster than the national average.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 17, 2022

Lockdown hit the auto industry hard and vehicles sales plummeted. in May 2020, a catastrophic hit for any industry. North American sales were 735,000 units in 2021, up from 375,000 in 2020; that’s twice as many sales, a 4.4% market share, up from 2.3% What’s Fueling the EV Revolution?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Until then, we also recommend you look at the FAQ at the Climate Progress Blog and the FAQ by Hybrids-Plus , an after-market converter of hybrid cars, for answers to many questions! Heres our roundup of auto-maker comments in the media recently. What Are Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs)? Please see our Plug-In Hybrids page Wheres the payback?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Everything is on the table."

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