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World Sales Down 2.7% in November

Though several markets saw big gains over year-ago’s low totals, overall sales were slow around the globe.  

Porsche Taycan Least Efficient 2020 BEV

Development focused on performance over range. The model has a larger than average battery capacity, but lower than average driving...

Honda: Old Guard Wouldn’t Have Had Same Success as Tesla

The Japanese automaker worries about how to sell BEVs profitably, as well as about the vehicle type’s range, infrastructure and...

The 2010s: The Mobility Decade

Tech-driven transportation options began transforming the auto industry over the past 10 years – and it’s just the beginning.

Fourth Industrial Revolution Dawning, Battery Pioneer Says

The Li-ion batteries Akira Yoshino helped develop and improve have helped change the world as we know it, for without...

VW Raises Projected EV Output

The main driver of production will be the vehicles built under the ID. family badge which launched with the ID.3’s...

Toyota Hybrid Mix to Rise Again in 2020, “Space Race” for Hybrid and Electric Leadership

The RAV4 Hybrid’s 2019 U.S. sales tally represents a 92.3% volume increase from 2018’s 48,124.

Porsche, Israeli Startup TriEye Deepen Ties

Three-year-old TriEye is developing a shortwave, infrared sensing technology to improve visibility in adverse weather and low-light situations, including fog...

December’s Results Mark a Tepid Ending to U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales in 2019

The fourth-quarter 2019 SAAR of 16.7 million units was the lowest for any quarter in five years, and actual volume...

Bosch Filling ‘Sensor Gap’ with New Long-Range Lidar

The laser-based distance measurement technology is indispensable for driving functions at SAE Levels 3 to 5. Bosch says it will...