COVID-19 is the latest obstacle for autonomous cars and ride-sharing to move forward. Ford Motor Company has postponed the commercial deployment of its autonomous vehicles by a year, and Waymo temporarily suspended on-road testing and ride-hailing in Arizona. Uber and …
General Motors and Ford are the latest victims of the U.S. auto industry’s bumpy reopening. GM has now delayed the start of its second production shifts at two pickup plants, due in part to parts shortages coming from Mexico. The …
Chris Schulthies, President of Wye Management and expert sales and management trainer, talks about the changes dealerships can expect to see post-pandemic in sales, online showrooms, F&I offices, and pre-owned sales. Many of the changes are taking place in real-time, …
General Motors has agreed to “negotiate in good faith” over compensation offers to dealers in Australia for the shutdown of its Holden brand. The move comes after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission intervened. The ACCC said it was “preparing …
The 2020 New York International Auto Show has been officially cancelled after the event was postponed to August. The event location, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, is being used as a field hospital for COVID-19 patients and remains as …
Auto industry players are calling for the U.K. to allow auto dealerships to reopen “as a matter of urgency”, and says the Treasury is losing millions of pounds every day they remain closed. “Classed as non-essential retailers, the earliest date …
Rental-car giant Hertz declared bankruptcy this month and cancelled 90% of its new fleet orders due to COVID-19. “General Motors has been the single biggest supplier for the Hertz fleet of 567,000 vehicles in the United States, with GM models …
Ford shutdown an assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan because one person tested positive for COVID-19, and closed another plant in Chicago due to parts shortage and more positive cases. The move comes amid plans to restart North American production. “The …
Automakers are building configurations of vehicles that could negatively impact OEMs and dealers. Doug Betts, President, Automotive Division at J.D. Power calls certain configurations — the less desirable ones — “unicorns”. “If you’re building configurations of a vehicle that are …
As the U.S. economy slides, pickup trucks have proven to be of interest to consumers but some auto dealerships are worried they will run out of inventory due to an impending shortage. “Our biggest issue will be if we don’t …
European vehicles that are imported into the U.K. may be subject to a 10 per cent import tariff next year unless a free trade agreement is reached with the European Union. The U.K. is planning to default to World Trade …
RV rentals have increased significantly in the U.S. as the novel coronavirus impacts how consumers plan their vacations. One example comes from peer-to-peer RV rental company RVshare, which said its bookings had increased 650 per cent. “RVshare said its study …
