The Drive Behind the Industry
The Stellantis National Dealer Council says Carlos Tavares pushed cost-cutting too hard. Mere months before Carlos Tavares resigned, the U.S. Stellantis National Dealer Council (NDC) sent a strongly worded letter…
SUVs may have taken over, but a few cars are still going strong. Europeans, yours truly included, once looked down on Americans because we preferred smaller cars to gas-guzzling SUVs.…
Alpine will likely sell its A110 sports car alongside a high-volume SUV. One thing that remains constant in the automotive industry is change, and there has been a lot of…
Automakers will be encouraged to build affordable electric cars in Europe. The European Union may be loosening fleet emissions targets to allow combustion engines beyond 2035, but it still firmly…
Gorden Wagener designed the SLR McLaren, the W222 S-Class, and the Vision Iconic concept. A new era will dawn at Mercedes-Benz on January 31, 2026. Gorden Wagener, the automaker’s chief…
It’s increasingly likely that sales of new cars with combustion engines won’t be outlawed anytime soon. If there’s one word that immediately springs to mind in the context of the…
Sales of new ICE cars will continue, but only under certain conditions. Most automakers are urging the European Union to drop the combustion engine ban planned for 2035. Car companies…
The once-dominant diesel engine is fading away as more buyers move to plug-ins. The historic importance of diesel engines in Europe cannot be overstated. At their peak in the 2010s,…
The owner of 14 car brands urges a reformed law to keep ICE past 2035. Earlier this year, the European Union reaffirmed its stance on phasing out the sale of…
Chief product officer, Sterling Anderson, will oversee the automaker’s software services moving forward. Last month, General Motors announced that it would launch a new zonal architecture meant to transform how…