We raised questions last spring about the future of Buick, and the topic remains relevant based on alarming year-to-date sales numbers for General Motors’ surviving “middle” brand: They’ve plummeted 47.2% compared with the first 10 months of 2021. For context, Chevrolet’s sales fell just 3.9% for the same period, while Cadillac was off just 0.3% (the most expensive, highest-profit models get the available computer chips first), and Buick’s most common retail store-mate, GMC, was down two per cent. Read original article here.
Honda works hard to streamline future EV strategy
Japanese automaker Honda has a confusing EV strategy: a forked path with three prongs. It has a partnership with General Motors for two EVs that will be based on GM’s Ultium battery platform and architecture and will be built at …
iPhone manufacturer Foxconn may soon be building Teslas?
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group, better known as Foxconn or simply the iPhone maker, would like to become for Tesla what it is for Apple now: a contract manufacturer. Young Liu, the CEO and chairman of Foxconn, revealed that the …
What does a breakthrough in fusion energy mean for the auto industry?
A major fusion energy announcement came out of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California today. Scientists at the facility were able to initiate a fusion experiment that produced more energy than was required for its ignition, aiming 192 laser beams …
Ontario lagging significantly behind BC in EV policies
With details about the federal government’s zero-emission vehicle mandate expected in January, a highly detailed report card was released that ranked the policies and overall readiness of each province and territories for electric vehicles. And the results, released in September, …
Autonomous vehicles a long way away, despite Tesla’s promises
Currently, EVs are on their way to 100 per cent consumer adoption. AVs are not. “Indeed, 2022 was the year of EVs,” says Michelle Krebs, executive analyst for Cox Automotive. “While the rest of the US market is down, we …
Sony + Honda = AFFEELA
Cast your mind back to 2020, when Sony surprised us with an electric car concept, the Vision-S. After an SUV variant appeared and a couple of quiet years passed, Sony announced a partnership with Honda, called Sony-Honda Mobility, which would …