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BMW on Tesla's EV reign: ‘That's over'
Tesla has been nipping at BMW's heels as the U.S. luxury market leader. But BMW management now has a plan to sell EVs at the rate of one for every two sales by 2030.
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Nominations open for Automotive News Rising Stars
Do you know an up-and-coming young executive in the U.S. auto industry whose achievements deserve recognition?Automotive News has launched its ninth annual search for Rising Stars at automakers, suppliers, mobility companies and service…
CarMax goals: 10 new stores, more customer-sourced cars
About 55 percent of customers used CarMax's omnichannel option during that quarter, up from 51 percent a year earlier. Omnichannel refers to technology and processes aimed at providing a seamless buying experience for consumers whether…
New York auto show: Getting back to normal
"It had this strange feeling for a second because it's been three years since we were last here," Schienberg told Automotive News. "And then it just became enormously exciting. We are back."New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, speaking at the…
Ford flips design approach inside out
DETROIT — Anthony Lo, Ford Motor Co.'s new chief design officer, says increasingly connected vehicles are turning traditional design processes "upside down." Or, more accurately, inside out. Lo, hired last year from Renault, said his…
AlixPartners credits EV sales growth, efficiency for record E-range of 1.2 billion miles in 2021
The e-range metric is useful for measuring how many miles driven in internal-combustion engine vehicles have been replaced by those driven in EVs, said Mark Wakefield, global co-leader of the automotive practice at AlixPartners.…
Once a leader in EV batteries, AESC mounts a comeback
Just 60 miles up the highway from the Bowling Green industrial park where Envision AESC will recruit and train 2,000 workers to launch production in 2025, Ford Motor Co. and its Korean battery partner SK Innovation have begun clearing…
The latest numbers on the automotive microchip shortage
North American and Chinese assembly plants accounted for the bulk of the industry’s latest production cuts caused by the ongoing shortage of microchips, according to a new estimate by AutoForecast Solutions.
Each represented about a…
Automotive News test drives the Nissan Ariya
On a rainy, dark day, the digital mirror provides a brighter, clearer, all-seeing view. Quiet: The Ariya accelerates with silent ease, an other-worldly sensation heightened only by the activation of Nissan's e-Pedal function, which…
Lesson from the past hints at the future of interest rates for new, used-vehicle customers
It has been more than 45 years since the two of us sat in free-market economist Vervon Orval Watts' economics class at Northwood University. He noted an interest rate is the incentive or reward charged by a lender of credit or money.…