Electric scooter companies are known to brag about their potential to reshape cities by reducing car congestion and pollution. Today, the city of Portland, Oregon, released a trove of data that backs up some of those claims. The data, released by the city’s Bureau of Transportation, offers some of the most detailed analyses of the… Continue reading Portland riders say they’re skipping cars, thanks to electric scooters
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GM Statement on Meetings with Federal and Ontario Governments
GM Statement on Meetings with Federal and Ontario Governments 2019-01-15 OSHAWA, Ontario (January 15, 2019) — In meetings in Detroit, GM told the federal and Ontario governments that it intends to continue to be a major manufacturer in Canada with its Ingersoll and St Catharines plants and continue to expand next generation automotive engineering, software and testing… Continue reading GM Statement on Meetings with Federal and Ontario Governments
Would you buy an electric car from Cadillac? Take our Twitter poll
Cadillac electric crossover SUV based on GM BEV3 modular platform
General Motors' announcement last week that Cadillac will become its lead brand for electric cars is a radical change in strategy.
When America's largest automaker launched its first electrified car, the Chevrolet Volt, company leaders said their electric cars would have to be sold under the Chevrolet brand, reasoning that electric cars would have to be mainstream, and thus sold under GM's largest, most mainstream brand.
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Now, seemingly feeling the pressure from Tesla, the company has changed tack and plans to focus its electric cars efforts under its most expensive brand, Cadillac. At the Detroit auto show on Monday, Cadillac showed its first electric-car concept, a largish mid-size SUV that looks likely to seat five passengers, though details from the company were scant.
The new electric Caddy SUV will be GMs first electric car to use GM's new third-generation electric-car architecture, with a versatile “skateboard” chassis and a battery-pack design that can accommodate different capacities in the same format. As with Tesla, the high-end vehicle is designed to allow GM to spread the costs of converting to electric drivetrains over more expensive models that can absorb the cost, after federal tax credits for the auto giant's plug-in cars run out.
It isn't expected to go on sale until 2022, however, and by then more automakers will be bringing a wider selection of more affordable electric cars to market.
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That led us to wonder whether our readers would be likely to buy an electric car from Cadillac. A key question is whether the Cadillac name still carries enough cutting-edge cachet to attract high-tech early adopters, or whether those are even the buyers who might be looking for an electric luxury car by 2022.
Certainly, Cadillac will face no shortage of competition among luxury electric SUVs by then, with new models hitting the market from Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz this year.
So, our Twitter poll for this week asks readers simply: “Would you buy an electric car from Cadillac?”
Some may answer, “Absolutely.” Others may have grown weary of the brand's repeated stuttering revival efforts and answer, “Never.”
In between, we expect many readers might consider it only if they don't have Tesla as an option (“Not over a Tesla”), or if the price is cheap enough to compete with the host of more affordable options that will be on the market by then: (“Only if it's cheap.”)
As always, remember that our Twitter polls are unscientific, as our respondents are self-selected and too few in number to constitute a nationally representative sample.
Groupe PSA : A New Record Set in 2018 at 3.9M Units with Worldwide Sales up 6.8%
RUEIL-MALMAISON, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: This profitable growth, reaching circa 3.878.000 units, has been leveraged by Groupe PSA (Paris:UG) product offensive in motion with more than 70 regional launches in 2 years, customer driven Core Model Strategy deployment and commercial network commitment. Groupe PSA products have been on all short final lists of prestigious automotive contests… Continue reading Groupe PSA : A New Record Set in 2018 at 3.9M Units with Worldwide Sales up 6.8%
The record-breaking RAK 2 Run in Living Color
*/ ]]> Click here to download the RAK 2 photographer! It’s easy! Open the photo in the correct resolution screen for laptop, desktop computer, or smartphone. Right-click the photo and select ‘Set as desktop background’ from the shortcut menu. And then you’re done! A freshly colored photo of the RAK 2 with Fritz von Opel.… Continue reading The record-breaking RAK 2 Run in Living Color
Opel provides PSA record sales
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GM confirms it’s moving away from hybrids to focus on all-electric
As part of its renewed electrification effort announced last month, GM confirmed that it was killing the Chevy Volt, which many saw as counter-intuitive – but now the automaker says that it’s part of its plan to focus on all-electric vehicles. GM President Mark Reuss made the comment during the Detroit Auto Show (via Fox): “Answering… Continue reading GM confirms it’s moving away from hybrids to focus on all-electric
FCA will add capacity, has no big plans to restructure, CEO says – Detroit Free Press
CLOSE Mike Manley talked at the North American International Auto Show about adding production capacity and why FCA will not restructure like Ford and GM. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press Fiat Chrysler Automobiles does not plan the kind of restructuring expected to cut thousands of jobs at Ford and General Motors. Instead, the automaker intends to add… Continue reading FCA will add capacity, has no big plans to restructure, CEO says – Detroit Free Press
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Details on FCA's new plant coming soon
Details on FCA's new plant coming soonDetroit — Fiat Chrysler needs to add capacity to build new Jeeps, CEO Mike Manley said at the Detroit auto show Monday. The automaker is expected this month to announce details about where it will add that capacity.
The Detroit News reported in December that Fiat Chrysler had plans to convert the idled Mack Avenue Engine II plant in Detroit into an assembly plant as part of the automaker's plans to add two new three-row Jeep SUVs to its lineup.
Manley did not say Monday where the automaker would add capacity to build the vehicles. He said that two new three-row SUVs — expected to be a full-size a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a large SUV likely the Wagoneer — will “require additional (plant) capacity and expanded capacity.”
It's expected Mack II will build one of the SUVs, likely the Grand Cherokee.
“I’m going to be making an announcement probably in the next two weeks of exactly where those vehicles are going to go, the levels of investment and the jobs they will generate,” Manley said.
Sources told The Detroit News in December that a revived Mack II building a three-row Grand Cherokee would generate 400 jobs. The automaker would shuffle its workforce to fill the remaining jobs needed to run a new product line at that plant.
The Mack Avenue Engine II, which has been idled since 2012, is expected to be used to build the Grand Cherokee for model year 2021, multiple sources familiar with the plans told The News in December. The move could add as many as 400 new auto jobs in the city.
The renovated Mack II facility would be the first new auto assembly line to open in Detroit in 27 years, potentially cushioning the blow of General Motors Co.'s plans to stop production of four sedans at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant by June 1.
Fiat Chrysler needs to invest in a new assembly line to build the profitable SUVs that will raise cash to fund that future. Fiat Chrysler’s plant capacity utilization in November hit 92 percent in North America.
FCA's plans are the latest move by automakers before they begin to renegotiate their contracts with the United Auto Workers.
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