Wards Intelligence Update

Ford Has Battery Supply Covered

Ford has secured 100% of the battery materials needed to produce 600,000 BEVs in 2023 and 70% of the materials...

Not a Surge but July U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Tracking Above Past Two Months

Wards Intelligence partner LMC Automotive is pegging the entire year at 14.3 million units, meaning the second-half SAAR will have...

AV OEM Report Card: How Autonomous Vehicle OEMs Stack Up in 2022

See how automakers stack up in AV development, technology, partnerships, vertical integration and commercialization efforts.  Learn why the top companies...

Hyundai’s Sub-$25,000 BEV; Tesla Hits 2M; DOE, Ford and Lightning Charging News

An affordable model is due from one of the most aggressive BEV automakers, while Tesla hits a new production milestone...

North America Production in Q2 Records First Growth in a Year

Even though North America factories supply roughly three-fourths of the vehicles sold in the region, rising production will not translate...

Lingering Chip Shortage, Shift in Supply Chain Expected

Automotive just-in-time sourcing strategy at odds with how semiconductor industry works, Roland Berger analyst says.