Category: Automotive

Tesla’s Secret Weapon: Intense Focus On Batteries

INSIDE TESLA’S SECRET, INTENSE FOCUS ON BATTERIES By now, regular readers of this column are well aware that we (along with most other writers who focus on electric vehicles) consider the threat of the “Tesla killer” to be no threat at all. Yes, Big Auto is producing excellent EVs, some of which are in Tesla’s league,… Continue reading Tesla’s Secret Weapon: Intense Focus On Batteries

GM’s Cruise partners with DoorDash to test autonomous food delivery

Cruise Automation, the self-driving unit of General Motors, is teaming up with DoorDash to test a food delivery service in San Francisco using autonomous vehicles. The pilot will commence in “early 2019,” the companies said, but it will only be available in the section of the city where Cruise has been testing its vehicles. The… Continue reading GM’s Cruise partners with DoorDash to test autonomous food delivery

Truckmaker Volvo to take $778 million emissions hit

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swedish truck maker Volvo is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (Reuters) – Sweden’s Volvo is setting aside 7 billion Swedish crowns ($778 million) to cover costs related to its admission in October that its truck and bus engines could be exceeding limits… Continue reading Truckmaker Volvo to take $778 million emissions hit

Major automakers bullish on U.S. market despite rising interest rates

DETROIT (Reuters) – Major automakers on Thursday shrugged off declines in U.S. new vehicle sales in December and said they were bullish about 2019 even as economists warned that rising interest rates will discourage consumers from buying cars in the year ahead. FILE PHOTO: New vehicles sit in a parking lot at the General Motors… Continue reading Major automakers bullish on U.S. market despite rising interest rates

UPDATE 6-Major automakers bullish on U.S. market despite rising interest rates

DETROIT (Reuters) – Major automakers on Thursday shrugged off declines in U.S. new vehicle sales in December and said they were bullish about 2019 even as economists warned that rising interest rates will discourage consumers from buying cars in the year ahead. FILE PHOTO: New vehicles sit in a parking lot at the General Motors… Continue reading UPDATE 6-Major automakers bullish on U.S. market despite rising interest rates

UPDATE 2-UAW sues GM over use of temporary workers at Indiana plant

DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union sued General Motors Co (GM.N) in federal court on Thursday, claiming the automaker’s use of temporary workers at a plant in Indiana violates its labor deal and escalating a fight over GM’s plans to possibly close U.S. factories. FILE PHOTO: Assembled trucks are ready for delivery at… Continue reading UPDATE 2-UAW sues GM over use of temporary workers at Indiana plant