The popular Chevy Silverado helped GM sales grow in the second quarter Photo: Chevrolet General Motors enjoyed strong U.S. sales in the second quarter, reporting 696,086 deliveries for a 0.6% year-over-year increase. That number also marks the automaker’s best period of total sales since the final quarter of 2020. Reasons to Go Electric: Here’s why…
If you’re looking for a new job in the automotive industry, then you’re in luck… as long as you don’t mind waiting a decade or so for the position to open up. In an effort to share its vision for the future (and, perhaps, as a tribute to retiring Late Show host David Letterman), General…
Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) has reported total July sales of 8,025 vehicles, up 1.7% over July of last year. The brand was once again carried by the Mitsubishi Outlander, which posted its best July sales month ever with 2,530 units sold, up 29.6% over July 2016. Not to be outdone by the current overwhelming…
You have many factors to consider when choosing your next car: interior… When you decide to shop for your next car, you’ll have to… Shopping for a new car, SUV, or truck is an exciting hunt,… Being a new car owner is an exciting yet overwhelming milestone in… When it comes to buying a new…
Nissan’s Taxi of Tomorrow In a city known for its skyline and the ever-present yellow cab, have you ever wondered how New York City’s taxis came to be taxis? It takes a whole lot of legal work, paper work, leg work – a matrix of rules, regulations and politics in which Nissan’s Taxi of Tomorrow…
When it comes to buying a new car, many Canadian shoppers are… Aligning your next vehicle purchase with the stars may seem a bit… Safety is priority number one in the minds of many car buyers. Yet,…
In addition to skills, every mechanic needs the right tools for diagnosing and repairing vehicles. Most mechanics prefer having their own tools rather than borrowing. Those that work in automotive shops also prefer buying their own toolset since they don’t want to worry about misuse, loss, and neglect of tools. Additionally, some shops might not…
Building the Toyota Mirai was a big risk on the part of the Japanese automaker, given that the hydrogen refueling infrastructure was practically nonexistent when the sedan first became available in the United States, even though it was limited exclusively to California. There’s already been plenty of progress on that front since the car launched,…
Ford tests its vehicles by spattering them with fake bird poop … because science Photo: Ford When do we know for a fact that science has gone too far? Probably when it’s used to develop artificial bird droppings. Lab-developed synthetic bird poop isn’t just a reality; Ford is using it as a way to test…
2016 was yet another record year for Ford in China, and the… Ford today announced first-quarter sales numbers in China, revealing a 14% increase… Ford Motor Company reported a 9% year-over-year decrease in China last month,… Ford kicked off the new year with sales totaling 130,832 vehicles in… Ford set a new record for sales…
The 2020 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell is now officially available at select… Back when Toyota announced Project Portal, which involves the development of hydrogen… The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric car will now finally be… Two years ago, GM told the world that it was working on… Toyota has launched Project Portal 2.0, the…
Photo: Maurizio Pesce Thirteen global industry leaders have joined together to form a new “Hydrogen Council” that will invest more than €1.4 billion ($1.5b) per year in hydrogen energy solutions and technologies. The council is comprised of Air Liquide, Alstom, Anglo American, BMW GROUP, Daimler, ENGIE, Honda, Hyundai Motor, Kawasaki, Royal Dutch Shell, The Linde…
An alliance of automakers has struck a new deal with the California Air… General Motors proposed a national zero-emission car sales requirement that could offer… The Trump administration has proposed a rollback of fuel economy and pollution… With support from Toyota, Shell, and Kenworth, the Zero and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facilities project provides a large-scale “shore…
Tesla Model S P85D: Looks like the Model S, just way faster We may have waited through almost the whole of Thursday, but Elon Musk finally gave us the D, and it is much bigger than we thought it would be. Turns out that the long promised “D” denotes the dual motors that will allow…
Photo: The News Wheel Automakers love to tout the power ratings of their vehicles, but to the average car-buyer, those numbers are gibberish. How are you distinguish what’s actually above-average torque and horsepower and what’s not? Here’s a basic guide to help you identify what numbers are impressive and what are just mediocre. What a…
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