Intel & 10 Auto Industry Leaders Publish First Standardized Self-Driving Safety Rules
“Safety First for Automated Driving” outlines 12 guiding safety principles for autonomous vehicles.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)
FCA Finds No Love (From Renault, PSA, Or Daimler)
After a long history of falling down, struggling, and getting up again, followed by a failed merger with Daimler AG, there was nobody willing to help rescue Chrysler after the 2008 crises. That is, until the nearly broke and also struggling Italian FIAT Group dressed in its best white knight suit and showed willingness to try it.
Fiat/Renault Marriage On The Rocks, Subaru Cozies Up To Toyota On Electric Cars
The marriage between Fiat Chrysler and Renault is off. An engagement between Subaru and Toyota is on. It’s a crazy time in the global auto business.
Rumor Mill Goes Into Overdrive — GM/Ford Merger On The Horizon? And What About Tesla?
Could Ford and General Motors merge? Anything could happen as the EV revolution picks up speed.
Nissan Execs May Have Shot Themselves In The Foot
While Nissan’s executives deny it, many in the automotive media and even Carlos Ghosn himself think his arrest was orchestrated by Nissan executives to prevent a merger with Renault. If this is true, then the executives have indeed shot themselves in the foot.
Renault & Fiat Chrysler Consider Merger
Fiat Chrylser and Renault are discussing a merger that would spread the cost of electric and autonomous vehicles over a larger manufacturing base. But will it make them any more competitive?
Big Automakers Grudgingly Buy Into EVs. Oil Majors Still Lag Behind
Small, nimble startups are leading the shift to electric cars, while big U.S. automakers and oil majors are struggling to keep up.
Convincing Mom To Get The Pacifica PHEV
I have 4 kids, so you might think I’d consider a minivan, but I’m just not a minivan person. I don’t have anything against them, but they’re just not for me. At all. My mom, on the other hand, loves them. She’s owned a number of different vans and minivans over the years. Her last two vans were Dodge Grand Caravans. She really likes them — enough, apparently, to go for three in a row.
Tesla & Fiat Dance An Interesting Tango
We occasionally joke about people who have claimed for the past 11 years that Tesla will die any day. The truth is, though, it’s nearly unbelievable that Tesla has indeed survived, and how quickly it has grown to become so big and influential.Fiat has been on the flip side of the electrification story, generally eager to avoid it, deny it, defer it, and complain about it.
15 Automakers + 8 Additional Car Brands See Sales Drops In USA
Now that we’ve got a truly mass market electric car in the US (the 13th best selling car in the country in the first quarter of 2019 and the best selling luxury car), I’ve found it interesting to take a closer look at changes in all automakers’ overall car and automobile sales. I meticulously track changes from month to month and quarter to quarter using automaker sales reports for this purpose.
