Category: Automotive

US car majors hit the brakes on driverless cars

Automakers and technology firms face a difficult road ahead in clearing regulatory hurdles to deploy autonomous vehicles (AVs) without human controls on public roads, reported new agency Reuters. These statements were made by industry officials and lawmakers. Ford Motor and Volkswagen announced earlier this week that they would close self-driving startup Argo AI, citing a… Continue reading US car majors hit the brakes on driverless cars

American Airlines thinks it knows what customers want (Delta and United don’t agree)

How much entertainment do you need? Getty Images Everyone wants to fly these days. more Technically Incorrect That’s the impression you get if you listen to airlines’ third quarter declarations. Business travel is roaring back, they say, and one of the biggest drivers of business is the blended trip.  You know, three days of meetings… Continue reading American Airlines thinks it knows what customers want (Delta and United don’t agree)

Stilride: the brand reinventing electric motorbike production

Back in 2021 Polestar announced its ‘Polestar 0 Project’, designed to create the first truly ‘climate neutral’ car by 2030. Tailpipe emissions aside, all cars have a colossal carbon footprint based on the energy used to create them from people travelling to the earliest board meetings, right through production, the use stage in the hands of… Continue reading Stilride: the brand reinventing electric motorbike production

Motley Fool Special Interview: Ford’s New CEO Jim Hackett and Chairman Bill Ford – The Motley Fool

Ford Motor Company (F 2.00%) has a new CEO — and we had a chance to talk to him on Monday. Jim Hackett, the former Steelcase CEO who had been running Ford’s future-tech subsidiary, is taking the top job effective immediately, Ford announced on Monday. Hackett replaces Mark Fields, who stepped down amid concerns about Ford’s… Continue reading Motley Fool Special Interview: Ford’s New CEO Jim Hackett and Chairman Bill Ford – The Motley Fool

Lightning Speed – DBusiness

Courtesy of Ted Gushue Expectations were low when Ford Motor Co.’s product development team set out to work up a new battery-electric SUV nearly seven years ago. Intentionally so. The Dearborn-based automaker had little success with its earlier model, the Focus EV, and sales of all-electric vehicles, in general, seemed to be going nowhere. Ford… Continue reading Lightning Speed – DBusiness

AutoNation’s CEO warns of used-car price drop – Detroit News

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CEO Mike Manley on AutoNation’s stunning Q4 earnings results – http://cbtnews.com/

Yesterday, AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) released the results of its most profitable quarter in its history. Revenues came out to $6.6 billion, an increase of 14% year-over-year. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $5.76, a staggering increase of 137% from Q4 2021. Although new vehicle revenue declined, used vehicle revenue soared with an… Continue reading CEO Mike Manley on AutoNation’s stunning Q4 earnings results – http://cbtnews.com/

New doc lays bare life of Beverley Manley Duncan – Jamaica Gleaner

WESTERN BUREAU: For four months, Jamaica has been waiting for it, and this Sunday, Beverley Manley Duncan will tell her story in Beverley Manley Uncensored. The entire country has been waiting to hear from the former wife of late Prime Minister Michael Manley and the widow of former member of parliament and government minister Dr… Continue reading New doc lays bare life of Beverley Manley Duncan – Jamaica Gleaner