Dave Guilford

Price is next hurdle for Tesla growth
Tesla has had one hell of a run lately. It reported its first quarterly profit. It's brainstorming self-guided cars with Google. The stock is sizzling. Let's just take a ...

Next hurdle for hot Tesla is pushing EVs mainstream
Tesla has had one hell of a week. It reported its first quarterly profit. It's brainstorming self-guided cars with Google. The stock is sizzling. ...

Audi's tight U.S. supply, fast turn rate lift dealer profitability
Audi of America President Scott Keogh is presiding over a brand with momentum, with U.S. sales up 16 percent through April and a batch of new vehicles launched or on tap. ...

Audi's tight supply, fast turn rate lift dealer profitability
Audi of America President Scott Keogh is presiding over a brand with momentum, with U.S. sales up 16 percent through April and a batch of new vehicles launched or on tap. ...

EcoMotors signs $200 million engine deal
EcoMotors International, the suburban Detroit company developing an opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder engine, signed a $200 million deal to build the engines in China. ...

EcoMotors signs $200 million deal to produce engines in China
EcoMotors International, the suburban Detroit company developing an opposed piston-opposed cylinder engine, has signed a $200 million deal to build the engines in China. ...

Ghosn, Mulally revive touchy Japanese currency issue
A long-distance debate last week between two CEOs -- Ford's Alan Mulally and Renault-Nissan's Carlos Ghosn -- reignited a hot-button debate in the industry over the value ...

Mulally, Ghosn revive touchy Japanese currency issue
A long-distance debate last week between two CEOs -- Ford's Alan Mulally and Nissan-Renault's Carlos Ghosn -- reignited a hot-button debate in the industry over the value ...

Dodge: Bigger engine will boost Dart sales
Dodge brand chief Reid Bigland says the 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine coming this spring in the new Dodge Dart GT model will boost sales of the compact car -- and may be ...

Diaz: Keep it simple
Fred Diaz, CEO of Chrysler Group's Ram truck brand, says the 2013 Ram 1500 pickup's Uconnect infotainment system has been well received by buyers because it's not designe ...

Nissan sales chief Munoz aims for 10% U.S. share
Jose Munoz, who led Nissan's market leading team in Mexico, comes to the United States with a big sales bogey. His boss, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, wants the automaker to i ...

Diaz: Ram weighs mid-sized pickup
Chrysler Group is seriously considering a mid-sized pickup for the Ram brand. But an entry-level Chrysler 100 sedan is not a priority. ...

Why the next wave of Italians is important
The next wave of Italians has arrived, as the wall at the Fiat stand here proclaims: The 500, 500c, 500e and 500L. You might argue there's only one Italian in U.S. ...

In N.Y., cars consumers actually want to buy
The automotive sales climate is quite different on the different sides of the Atlantic Ocean -- and the auto shows in Europe and the United States show it. ...

Plugging along
Are sales of electric-drive vehicles disappointing? No doubt. Has the buzz faded? Undeniably. So are electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids dead? Not really. ...

While U.S. shrugs, China sees gold in green tech
I'm on the outside looking in, of course, but it's not real hard to figure out what's probably happening at Fisker Automotive. ...

Henrik Fisker quits Fisker Automotive in dispute with management
Henrik Fisker, the former BMW designer who co-founded Fisker Automotive, has resigned from the plug-in hybrid car maker, citing discord with company executives. ...

Henrik Fisker resigns as executive chairman of Fisker Automotive
Henrik Fisker, the former BMW and Aston Martin designer who founded Fisker Automotive, has resigned as the U.S. plug-in hybrid maker's executive chairman. ...

Ford weighs how to make the Mustang appeal in Europe
Ford's product development team is facing its toughest challenge yet in developing a global design language: creating a Mustang that works outside North America. ...

Next Mustang must gallop on global stage
Ford's product development team is facing its toughest challenge yet in developing a global design language: creating a Mustang that works outside North America. ...

European auto execs see rebound next year at the earliest
The struggling European auto industry will bounce back next year. Or maybe in 2016. Or maybe later. ...

Europe: Just how bad is it?
The struggling European auto industry will bounce back next year. Or maybe in 2016. Or maybe later. ...

Launch woes make Ford get tough on prototypes
After recent launch problems, Ford Motor Co. is tightening the build quality of prototype vehicles, says Barb Samardzich, vice president for product development at Ford o ...

Ford dubious of U.S. diesels
Barb Samardzich, Ford of Europe vice president for product development, says Ford's diesel engines probably won't appear in U.S. cars. ...

Nissan is still counting on EV breakthrough
High prices and limited range have held back electric vehicle sales, but Nissan remains a true EV believer. "We don't deviate one jot from our determination to be a leade ...