Month: May 2014

I recently commented on Anton’s post about Tesla’s profitability, citing a conversation we had with one of the journalists from Automotive News.  He had mentioned…

In recent years Audi has become more of a presence in the US Who is responsible for this? Rupert Stadler, CEO of Audi since 2007…

Tesla Motors, Inc failed to earn a profit in the first quarter of 2014 as we covered earlier by my colleague. Automakers, with their high…

In an auto news piece on successful car dealerships, Jesse Snyder explores what Matick Chevrolet has done to set themselves apart from their competition.  At…

The car industry is dominated by internal combustion engines run on fossil fuels in large part because modern battery technology cannot match the energy density…

After all the talk on our trip to Detroit about needing more STEM students, I want to knowknow what the Detroit Three are doing to…

Demand is expected to increase significantly in the European market for SUVs, which grew substantially in 2012 and experienced a decrease in sales in 2013.…

Chief Economist of the Federal Reserve of Chicago at the Detroit branch, Paul Traub, mentioned during our discussion about Detroit’s bankruptcy the prospect of the…

On our visit to UMTRI last week, many in our class were introduced for the first time to the reality of the autonomous car becoming…

Mercedes is quickly catching up to BMW and Audi. This April, they saw a 14% increase in demand compared to the 12% seen by Audi…