Industry News

Another day, another EV manufacturer switches away from CCS.

Things are getting worse, actually.

Hyundai and Kia are settling big.

Stellantis’s Windsor battery plant might be on hold.

It’s the end of an era, sadly.

Cars are better than ever, according to J.D. Power.

Formula 1 has a new, or rather, familiar player – Ford.

The era of Mercedes-Benz filling every niche may be soon coming to an end. 

Mercedes-Benz is putting in the work to make its future offerings EV ready.

Lyft wants its fleet to be 100% electric by 2030.

GM CEO Mary Barra really, really wants GM to be a leader in the EV space.

The Inflation Reduction Act’s North American manufacturing clause is really hurting EU EV makers.

On an earnings call, it sounds like GM’s EVs won’t qualify for the full EV tax credit out of the gate.

Hyundai’s North American EV manufacturing efforts have officially kicked off.

Sono Motors started its US tour this week. Are they hinting at coming over soon?

Hyundai is hurrying to make its EV efforts even stronger.

Uber wants to be super green in Canada, Europe, and the United States by 2030.

California’s following right in the footsteps of the European Union.

Could a suspended Nissan Z and Ariya production order book in Japan mean trouble for us in North America?

Mary Barra stands behind her words. She insists that GM electric vehicles will outsell Tesla by the end of the decade.

Polestar is now live, and trading on the stock market.

The Toyota BZ4X has only been on sale for a few weeks, but it is already the subject of a serious recall.

Akron, Ohio, is in a very real way the home of tire manufacturing in North America, going back to B. F. Goodrich in 1870. Make that the former home, as by the 21st Century, a city that had once been defined by rubber manufacturing was now more famous for abandoned factories and crumbling infrastructure. 

Volkswagen wants to list its high-dollar sports car brand Porsche, on the stock market. If all goes well, the initial public offering (IPO) should happen later this year.

U.S. lawmakers are aiming to jumpstart plans for a more secure power grid, in the form of Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G). Some lawmakers assert that more research and incentive is needed to fully utilize and understand the technology.

It looks like the Sony car is a go or at least something like it, will come soon. Honda has finalized a deal with Sony, to make EVs by 2025.

Electric vehicles have definitely been growing in popularity, but until now it’s been unclear how popular they’ll ever be in the near future. Consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BGC) said “a switch has been flipped,” and that by 2035 the majority of new vehicle sales will be fully electric.

Soon, your next rental from Hertz could be a Polestar 2. Polestar said that Hertz’s order of 65,000 cars is starting to make its way to rental lots.

Volkswagen increases its electrification push, in the form of a North American battery engineering lab. The lab opened this week, in Chattanooga, Tennesse, not far from where North American VW ID.4 Production will be.

Apple wants to dominate more than just your radio screen, it seems. At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple showed off concepts of a much, much more expansive CarPlay setup.

Charging infrastructure has been the bane of many EV owners, but a recent study put a number on how bad things really are. A study of San Francisco Bay area DC Fast Chargers revealed that around 23 percent aren’t functional.

J.D. Power’s electric vehicle consideration study for 2022 dropped this week. The study shows that Americans are more willing than ever to consider a new electric car, but skepticism still is very present. This means we’ve still got a long way to go before most Americans will consider an EV at least in the same breath as a traditional ICE car.

Tesla might be the top-selling EV automaker right now, but Volkswagen plans to take that title by 2025.

Do you tend to stay on cruise control when it comes to renewing your auto insurance? You could be leaving money on the table if you aren’t taking the time to shop around for the best rates and coverage tailored to your needs.

The teaser is out, and while Toyota won’t confirm it, you’re looking at the first photos of the upcoming GR Corolla hot hatch.

Data. It’s changing the world, from smartphones to airlines to connected appliances, every industry needs information to survive. Customers demand personalized experiences and businesses demand analytics to make the right decisions, from “anytime, anywhere” home delivery services to industrial manufacturing. Without a doubt though, very few applications can match the advantages you gain when you use your own data from a connected vehicle to help you save money on your car insurance.  

In this country, there’s a large market for large SUVs and manufacturers are more than happy to appease these customers. Shoppers in this category seek a machine which can carry three rows of passengers, tow several thousand pounds, and has more than enough power to merge safely on the highway. For 2023, Toyota has reupped its efforts in this game, introducing a new Sequoia.

If you’ve entered the rideshare side hustle game, or are considering it, you’re not alone.  More than one million Americans are already driving for at least one of the two big rideshare companies, Uber, and Lyft. You’ll need to think about your ride as well as gas prices and more vehicle maintenance, but are you properly insured for rideshare driving? You should be, and products like  Toyota Auto Insurance can help you make sure you are.

New report shows pickup truck sales outpaced passenger cars in the US in April—and the trend could continue.

The numbers are in, and they confirm what we already knew: everybody is buying crossovers (and trucks).

Wondering where to get your car serviced?

Toyota and Subaru have announced plans to jointly develop a new a battery electric vehicle platform for midsize and large passenger vehicles.

Former FCA CEO, the late Sergio Marchionne, predicted long ago that car companies would have to join forces as automotive research and development costs continue to rise.

Infiniti has decided to exit the Western European market. The Japanese luxury brand’s residency in the competitive region only lasted a decade, and middling consumer interest coupled with increasingly stringent emissions regulations were all cited as reasons for this departure.

Mitsubishi, a once-renowned Japanese automaker is but a shell of its former self, at least in North America. Why would Nissan ever ally itself with such a troubled rival?

Volvo’s latest announcement might not make it popular in Germany, but the company hopes that it will make its cars safer. The Swedish company will lower top speed limits on all its vehicles, starting with model year 2021.

Updated April 2019

Costco is more than just a membership warehouse. Sure, they sell pallets of blue jeans and ketchup by the gallon, but there are countless other products and services available.

Genovation Cars, the company that built the all-electric, 800-hp Genovation Extreme Electric, or GXE for short, is bringing the car to a U.S. auto show for the very first time. It will be on-stand later this week at the L.A. Auto Show.

Following up on their somewhat mystifying teaser posts, Volvo has made the even more mystifying decision not to show any cars at its stand at the LA Auto Show.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced the long-awaited self-driving chip for the company’s Autopilot system will arrive in spring 2019.

A third piece of legislation has been introduced in the United States Congress to make changes to the current federal tax credits for electric cars.

Britain has announced it will cut subsidies for electric cars and eliminate incentives for plug-in hybrids altogether. The Times reported the changes will take place November 9.

Tesla has reached a deal with Shanghai to secure a large plot of land for its first overseas ‘Gigafactory’.

Today, October 15, is the final day to order a Tesla electric car and receive the full $7,500 federal tax credit in the United States. Tesla has posted a schedule of how the tax credits will break down for customers on its website, Reuters reported Friday.

Tesla has made it clear it plans to produce its electric cars in China in the near future. According to people close to the dealings, the automaker is close to purchasing the land for a new factory.

While new legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to lift the cap and extend federal tax credits for plug-in hybrids and electric cars, a new bill aims to kill them altogether—and even tax electric cars more.

Audi of America head, Scott Keogh is being promoted to president and CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America. He replaces Hinrich Woebcken, who will stay with the company as an advisor.

Electrify America, the VW subsidiary responsible for investments in electric-car infrastructure after the dieselgate scandal, is ready to invest in California again.