by Randall McAdory | Jun 25, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Geely, General Motors, GM Cruise Automation, TaaS, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo, Waymo
In January, GM announced its Cruise Origin as a vehicle that’s designed to be shared, autonomous and electric. Origin is the General Motors vehicle to be used primarily in transportation-as-a-service business solutions. Not to be left behind, today, Waymo and...
by Randall McAdory | Mar 1, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, General Motors, Hummer, Polestar, Rivian, Tesla, Volvo
On Friday state senators in Colorado passed a bill allowing electric vehicle makers like Rivian to sell directly to consumers. For auto dealers, the most controversial part of the bill was removed. This provision would have allowed automakers with franchised...
by Randall McAdory | Mar 1, 2020 | Geely, Polestar, Tesla, Volvo
It seems as though Polestar CEO, Thomas Ingenlath, has gotten frustrated with the pace of transformation to electric vehicles. In an Automotive News article this week (subscription required), Ingenlath does not believe in the risk of automotive companies moving too...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 3, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Li Shufu, Volvo
In a recent Automotive News article (subscription required) Volvo’s CEO, Hakan Samuelsson, discusses Volvo opportunities driven by the disruption occurring in the global automotive industry. He describes Volvo’s product efforts with electric vehicles as...
