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Honda to create division to speed up EV developmentHonda to create division to speed up EV development

September 6, 2024| 9:15 am

In changes effective April 1, the new division would consolidate Honda’s electrification strategy and development of automobiles, motorcycles and power products such as generators, it said. The automaker also said it would combine six regional operations to three, composed of North America, China and associated regions including Japan, the rest of Asia and Europe. Integrating the three was to “rapidly develop the implementation of resource shifts in accordance with the future lineup strategy in line with the electrification acceleration,” a spokesperson said in a briefing. The automaker anticipates its vehicle lineup in North America and China will be mid-to large… [...]

5 Tips for Safe Driving as the Days Get Shorter5 Tips for Safe Driving as the Days Get Shorter

August 2, 2024| 9:14 am

Gloves? Check. jacket? Check. Beanie? Check. You wouldn’t go out into the cold without being prepared, right? It’s no different from driving as the days get shorter and wetter. To stay safe on the road, you need to be prepared for changing conditions. For example, kids go back to school in the fall, so there are more pedestrians and traffic now than there were during the summer. However, that’s just one factor to account for; fall and winter also bring fog, rain, glare, low light, and the occasional snow. Here [...]

Tata to open Jaguar, Land Rover battery plant in UKTata to open Jaguar, Land Rover battery plant in UK

July 20, 2023| 3:50 pm

LONDON — Tata Group will build an electric vehicle battery plant in the UK, the company and the British government said, in a boost for the car industry in need of domestic battery production to help secure its long-term future. The factory will supply Jaguar Land Rover’s future battery-electric models including the Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar brands, with the potential to also supply other car manufacturers, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. Production is due to start in 2026. The factory will have a capacity of 40 gigawatt hours, enough to supply roughly half a million… [...]

Car quality is getting worse, JD Power findsCar quality is getting worse, JD Power finds

June 27, 2023| 3:11 am

New-vehicle quality improved at 12 of 33 brands ranked in the study: Dodge, Ram, Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Maserati, Jaguar, Subaru, Jeep, Mitsubishi, Audi, Chrysler and Volvo. “It’s not one thing that’s detrimental in the industry,” said Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at JD Power. “There’s just a lot of little things going wrong, and it’s adding up to big problems for customers.” The number of problems tracked per 100 vehicles rose 6.5 percent from 2022 to 2023, following an 11 percent rise from 2021 to 2022, Hanley said. Before then, the largest increase in problems in a given… [...]

Millions Of Kia Cars Could Have Dangerous AirbagsMillions Of Kia Cars Could Have Dangerous Airbags

June 26, 2023| 3:02 pm

View of the dashboard of a 2007 Kia Optima as it’s being driven. good morning! It’s Thursday, June 1, 2023 and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Kia And ARC Automotive On Wednesday, a newly released federal document placed the number of Kia vehicles equipped with airbags supplied by Knoxville-based ARC Automotive at almost 4 million, according to The Wall StreetJournal. This is believed to be merely a fraction of the total number of affected… [...]

Stella Automotive AI hires Rich Sands as CEOStella Automotive AI hires Rich Sands as CEO

June 21, 2023| 1:21 am

Stella Automotive AI, a Tampa, Fla., auto retail technology startup funded in part by dealership groups Maroone USA and Pohanka Automotive Group, has hired auto industry consultant Rich Sands as its new CEO. His hiring, effective May 26 and announced Monday, comes after the company in early May announced it had closed a seed round of financing. Beyond Geoffrey Pohanka, the 2023 chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association and chairman of his namesake group, and Mike Maroone, CEO of Maroone USA, funding round participants included Czubay Family Enterprises and Presidio Group, a Denver and Atlanta investment banking and advisory… [...]

Need to Fix Damage to Your Rear Windshield?Need to Fix Damage to Your Rear Windshield?

June 18, 2023| 7:20 pm

Damage to your auto glass can put you and others in your vehicle at risk. Working with a company that offers professional auto glass services is usually the best way to resolve these problems quickly and effectively. If your rear windshield has sustained damage in an accident or by flying road debris, here are some of the most important things you should know about auto glass repairs for your vehicle in Tampa, FL. What Are the Two Types of Auto Glass? Auto glass generally falls into two basic categories. Tempered glass is used for rear windshields and window glass [...]

GM CEO Mary Barra: Software, services, autonomy mean growthGM CEO Mary Barra: Software, services, autonomy mean growth

June 5, 2023| 10:10 pm

General Motors sees the biggest revenue opportunities from software and services that go beyond what vehicles offer today, rather than charging for features such as heated seats that customers already expect, CEO Mary Barra said Friday. Such software and services represent a major growth opportunity for GM, particularly as they extend beyond a vehicle’s first owner, Barra said at a Bernstein investor conference Friday. She said the automaker has learned from its OnStar safety and connectivity service what consumers are willing to pay for and what they expect to be in the vehicle. GM has seen a willingness for “something… [...]

How it stacks up against GM and FordHow it stacks up against GM and Ford

June 4, 2023| 2:47 pm

There are very few women at the wheels of Tesla. Detailed data about the demographics of Tesla’s workforce released for the first time this week shows men vastly outnumber women at the upper levels of billionaire Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturer. Men held 8 out of 10 executive jobs and nearly 7 out of 10 management jobs at Tesla in 2021, the most recent data available. Those figures were comparable to other major car manufacturers, according to a USA TODAY analysis. At Ford, 74% of executives were men and at General Motors, 79%. Women of color were the least represented… [...]

Auto industry, partners, researchers join the EV charging consortiumAuto industry, partners, researchers join the EV charging consortium

May 27, 2023| 8:11 pm

The National Charging Experience Consortium has more industry involvement than other government-led consortia, Smart said. The industry has struggled with charging consistency and reliability for a number of reasons, including a lack of data sharing as automakers and charging companies are reluctant to share data with competitors. The national labs will keep members’ data confidential and provide an independent review of data from all participants, Smart said. Industry participation is critical to scaling and validating EV charging infrastructure, Smart said. “Our goal is to produce solutions that the industry buys into and can immediately implement to overcome barriers to charge… [...]

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