Do people want self-driving cars? Do companies? Why are auto manufacturers canceling orders?

AAA’s director of automotive engineering and industry relations dropped a bomb in the Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars with a study and an opinion that most auto manufacturers didn’t want to hear. He stated, “There’s just no business case for full autonomy

August 5, 2022

4500 new Walmart EV delivery vehicles ordered. Are we out of the microchip shortage yet??? (NO)

The news is showing a glimpse of hope in the supply chain of semiconductors and microchips. Some headlines even read “Chip shortage? Some industries now have too many”. I find the story a little misleading as one of the world’s largest consumers of high-end

July 15, 2022

EU might make lithium-ion batteries classified as Hazardous. EPA neutered and more Recent Auto News.

The EPA is in the news with the recent Supreme Court decision saying the they do not have the broad regulatory power that they have been wielding. Clarence Thomas is heading the push back on what he is deeming federal government overreach. This decision

July 8, 2022

Insurance now responsible for STDs contracted in cars, Huge EV recall and more, Recent Auto News.

I thought I had heard it all when it came to crazy automotive stories, but then an article was sent to me by a coworker. This is the only time I almost felt sorry for an insurance company. Geico was ordered to pay $5.2M

June 17, 2022

There is a rise in fatal crashes since the pandemic. Ford CEO “shake up coming” Recent Auto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was started in 1970 by Richard Nixon’s Administration. They were tasked with tracking statistics, researching new safety technology, and making recommendations for policy around vehicle safety. In 1969 the US had 5.04 fatalities per 100 million miles driven

June 10, 2022

Auto CEO warns of looming battery material shortage, GM Fleet/Government Order bank info.

Stellantis CEO, Carlos Tavares, is starting to bring to light the things everyone outside of the auto industry and Washington DC has been stating for a while now. He states that there is a raw material shortage for battery production looming over the auto

May 20, 2022

New GMC Denali Ultimate trim level. Major layoffs at Carvana, and more.

GM will be adding a new ultra-high-end trim level to their GMC Yukon and Sierra lineup called the Denali Ultimate trim. This trim level will include GM’s new super cruise technology. This driver-assist cruise control system is capable of basically hands-free driving on the

May 13, 2022

Ford windshield wiper recall. $4B battery plant coming to Canada, and more, recent automotive news.

The microchip shortage drags on. Honda, Toyota, and VW are just the lasted to announce more cutting in production. VW’s CFO recently stated that he thinks the microchip shortage will grind on until 2024. It seems like the only constant lately in manufacturers’ timeframes

April 22, 2022

Tesla launches their Giga Factory in Austin TX, Toyota production projections down. Recent Auto News

Yesterday Elon Musk, clad in a cowboy hat and sunglasses, delivered the first batch of Model Y’s out of his new Gigafactory in Austin Texas. This makes Tesla’s 6th giant auto manufacturing plant that spans 3 continents. The Austin factory is now the world

April 8, 2022

Ford CEO 93% Raise, Russia threatens to seize auto assets of companies that left, Recent Auto News

Did you see the recent tornado that played with a Chevy truck like a toy, spinning it on its side only to have it drive away after? This is maybe one of the best Chevy truck commercials I have ever seen. Thank goodness it

March 25, 2022

Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Toyota cut production by 20%, Stellantis out of Russia. Recent Auto News

Gas prices are higher than ever before and continuing to rise. A perfect crap storm of bad domestic energy policy and an egotistical sociopath invading a sovereign country, caused pricing to hit these extreme highs we are seeing with no end in sight. It

March 11, 2022

How The Invasion Has Affected The Auto Industry, Masks Not Required in Detroit, and more Recent Auto News

First for an update on how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is affecting the auto industry. VW, BMW, Toyota, Nissan, and many more companies have idle their plants and suspended vehicles going into and out of Russia. Many huge companies in multiple different industries

March 4, 2022

Putin invades Ukraine, Carvana purchases ADESA for $2 Billion, Government hypocrisy in USPS vehicles, Recent Auto News

First, it would be hard to talk about any news without mentioning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In case you have been living under a rock this week, late on February 23rd, Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to cross the Ukrainian border and seize strategic

February 25, 2022

Automotive Cargo on fire and adrift. Ford battery plant plan release for Kentucky – Recent Auto News

I saw a story today that kind of felt like a metaphor for the entire auto industry for the last few years. There is a cargo ship, on fire and adrift in the middle of the ocean, full of almost 4,000 vehicles coming to

February 18, 2022

Canadian Freedom Convoy worsens auto parts shortage. Tesla recall and more – Recent Automotive News

The Canadian Freedom Convoy and international bridge blockade by Canadian truckers on the US-Canada border is really starting to wreak havoc on US automakers’ supply chains again. Just as it started to seem like there may be some light at the end of the

February 11, 2022

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