Month: April 2016

After dealing with an emissions related scandal last fall, Volkswagen is under investigation both in Europe and America. After independent testing in the United States,…

How did new policies (safety standards, emissions standards, etc) influence the development of new cars and technologies in the auto industry? What factors contributed to…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered Mitsubishi to issue more information regarding its adherence to environmental regulations in light of recent news that the Japanese…

How did federal regulations, specifically concerning air quality, shape the auto industry in the late 20th century? What are the limitations the current alternative fuel…

During the Great Depression, the style and image of cars experienced a change most significantly with the introduction of “streamlining”. How did the prevailing sentiment…

1) What was the state of the auto industry prior to WWII/during the Great Depression? What ramifications did the war have on both U.S. and…

Why did General Motors pass Ford as the highest grossing auto company in the early nineteenth century? What is currently the highest grossing auto company…

Henry Ford’s improvements and refinements to the assembly line process allowed increasingly simple assembly tasks and lower skilled labor to be used. Why did Ford…

What is the short-term and long-term importance of Henry Ford in the timeline of the auto industry? What made his contributions to car-building and car-selling…

Main Points The Auto industry boomed in the first decade of the century and had impressive gains every year following World War 1. Part of…