on Jeep Concepts, a Lambo NFT, Porsche & E-fuels, Honda's $40-billion EV Plan
4/14/2022Nowadays few OEMs show concept vehicles. Jeep doesn’t merely show them, it takes them to Moab. NFTs are becoming something of a craze. One lucky Lamborghini buyer will get one. (Huh?) Porsche is going electric—but not giving up on its boxsters. A Mazda CX-30 review, and even more. (This is a shorter week for many people. Read fast.)
on the GR Corolla, Clouds, Oil, Autonomy & the VW Taos
4/7/2022Things you probably didn’t catch about the GR Corolla, how clouds are getting big investments, what the VW Taos is like, where U.S. oil imports come from, how Aurora is developing its AV systems for commercial trucks and passenger vehicles, and a focus on the middle class. . .in China.
on Painting Porsches, Running Trains on Hydrogen & a New ICE from Stellantis
3/31/2022Painting 911s, running trains with hydrogen, charging with a quantum approach, and developing a new engine at Stellantis
on Audi's Future, A-pillar Issues, Methanol & More
3/24/2022Audi is doing well and plans more EVs; why crossing the street can be dangerous; Geely is promoting methanol; vehicles are expensive and some of them take lots of gas at the pump; and how LiDAR can be fooled, which is not a good thing
on Mercedes Batteries, Cost & Quality and Lots of Electrics
3/17/2022on a new Mercedes battery plant, why cost-to-own is an important metric, what Volvo and Starbucks are doing, the importance of architecture (as in buildings, not vehicles), and some interesting new vehicles
AMC Announces Call for Papers
3/15/20222022 Program at IMTS Focuses on 3D Printing for Scale Production
on Plenty of Things about Volkswagen & Other Topics, Too
3/10/2022On VW’s Project Trinity, transformation of product development and the interior of the ID.Buzz; new buses of interest; carbon fiber for wheels and accessories (non-automotive); and Aston Martin’s EV battery
on Business Transformations, Environmental Developments & Propulsion Issues
3/3/2022Volvo Group looks ahead, a sustainable seat, navi tech concern, upfitting for electrification, EVs and employment, Ford reorganizes, gas prices and vehicle sales
on Rimac, Simulating Forming & Lots About Electrification
2/24/2022Mate Rimac is revolutionizing auto, Sandia is aiding metal formers, EV pickups may boost the U.S. market, cute German pickups, the Toyota RAV4’s massive shopping appeal, a forthcoming EV SUV entrant, and the innovativeness of auto
on Polestar's Platform, Software-Defined Vehicles & EV charging in the Winter
2/17/2022On developing the Polestar 5 platform. . .the JLR-NVIDIA collaboration. . .Lotus’s new operation. . .EV charging in the winter. . . alternative powertrain stats. . .an EV door handle. . . BlackBerry on cybersecurity. . .the cost of dependability