Retail
Who gets to choose?
Sept. 25For EVs to be successful, the public is going to have to want to buy them in much larger quantities than today. Governments can't make that happen by fiat.
Speedy delivery
Sept. 24Auto dealerships could be the next steppingstone in Amazon's path to dominance.
Continental revival pays dividends for Lincoln
Sept. 24A dealership general manager says his used-car lot is full of BMW 7-series sedans that buyers have traded in for the Continental.
Cadillac's Project Pinnacle loosens up
Sept. 25Cadillac has modified standards to allow a smoother transition into the long-term retailer network strategy, which has been a point of contention between some dealers and Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen.
Consumers Union wants mpg ratings for heavy-duty pickups
Sept. 22Consumers Union is pressing the government to publish and require fuel-economy estimates for heavy-duty pickups, after its tests found diesel-powered trucks underperformed gasoline ones.
The next marketing challenge: Targeting
Sept. 25Targeting which consumers to pitch, via which media and with which message is the step in marketing, speakers at the Automotive News Marketing 360 conference said.
New execs, different worlds
Sept. 25Both Henio Arcangeli Jr. and Kyung Soo "Kenny" Lee are new U.S. chiefs of two Asian brands and the third person in less than a year to fill his respective role. And neither one ever has run the U.S. arm of an automaker before.
Daimler, BYD plan new EVs for China
Sept. 22Daimler and BYD plan to expand their cooperation in China to bring new electric models to market under the Denza brand. Currently Denza sells just one model.
Mitsubishi to beef up U.S. marketing, hires new agency
Sept. 21Mitsubishi, now under Nissan's control, is beefing up its marketing plans in the United States and has hired Butler Shine Stern & Partners to handle creative, social and digital duties.
Brownouts prompted Akerson to insource IT
Sept. 25Former CEO Dan Akerson says GM's operations were in such disarray when he arrived in 2010 that he recommended delaying its public stock offering.
Why disasters today pack more wallop
Sept. 25Rising coastal populations and technology-laden vehicles, which prompt insurers to be quicker to declare a damaged vehicle a total loss, are driving salvage auction growth.
