News: Toyota Moves into the Big Truck Business
Toyota has developed strong links with two partners—Hino, a medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacture that is a part of the Toyota automotive orbit; and BYD, the leading Chinese battery-car maker.
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News: Hyundai & Start-up Canoo Team for EV Platform
The most recent hook-up is Hyundai Motor Group and Canoo, a Los Angeles-based company that recently showed a proof-of-concept of its autonomous shuttle van-like vehicle.
Update: Forget Ford vs. Ferrari; It’s Ford vs. Tesla
Two major, much-anticipated models arrive this year—the Tesla Model Y and the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
News: 2019 Plug-in Car Sales Drop Blamed on PHEVs
Plug-in vehicles sales (pure battery electrics and plug-in hybrids) hit a speed bump after a meteoric rise in 2018, dropping from 361,300 to 325,800.
News: Ford Announces Electric Transit Van
Ford announced this week that it will be bringing an all-electric version of its popular Ford Transit van to market for the 2022 model year.
News: GM Lays Out EV Strategy
General Motors is all in on electric vehicles. GM President Mark Reuss told a group of employees, dealers investors, analysts, media and policymakers today that the company is “on the cusp of delivering a profitable EV business that can satisfy millions of customers.”
Analysis: Tesla Cybertruck – Is it more streamlined than it looks?
The breaking glass during the unveiling of the Tesla Cybertruck wasn’t the only shock: the exterior design completely breaks with the hyper-streamlined styling of the other Tesla models.
News: Cruise Origin Self-Driving Shuttle Introduced
Clean Fleet Report was invited to General Motor’s Cruise autonomous-car division’s recent unveiling of the Origin, a self-driving shuttle vehicle. Designed to be a Level 5 driverless autonomous vehicle, it will be the basis of GM Cruise’s ridesharing business.
Analysis: The Electric Truck Wars Have Begun
Musk’s decision to unveil the Tesla Cybertruck was a masterstroke. It did its job of keeping the world’s eyeballs glued on the activities of the Palo Alto-based automaker.
News: Lincoln and GMC Make Electric News
The auto world was jolted this week when both Lincoln Division of Ford and GMC Division of General Motors made significant announcements regarding future electric products.