The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt electric car, Honda Ridgeline pickup and Chrysler Pacifica minivan, respectively, were named North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the year at the North American International Auto Show Monday in Detroit.
Here’s a prediction for 2017: More forecasters will say electric car demand is about to take off, but actual sales will remain in low gear.
The concept-to-production pipeline has take some of the fizz out of the annual auto shows, but the dream cars of yesteryear have been replaced with the electric cars of today.
The electric car revolution is missing a barf bag. Too bad. You’re about to need one.
It seems that in addition to the new Tesla Model S P100D, Wozniak is also getting a new 2017 Chevy Bolt EV. So, Tesla didn’t win the “battle” over Wozniak, but it seems rather to have ended up in a tie with GM/Chevy.
Auto makers are dishing out incentives to spark demand for passenger cars, including sedans, which aren’t popular when gasoline prices are low.
Ford will build seven of 13 new global electrified vehicles coming in the next five years, including F-150 Hybrid pick-up truck, Mustang Hybrid sports car and Transit Custom plug-in hybrid van.
Drivers are likely to spend $52 billion more on gas this year than last
Ford is investing $700 million to expand its Flat Rock assembly plant and hire 700 new hourly workers to build self-driving and electric vehicles along with the Mustang and Lincoln Continental already produced at the Downriver site.
Diving deeper into this year’s striking election results, there’s one trend that nearly all the analysts agree on, at least in hindsight. Candidates ignore rural America at their peril.
