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iSeeCars.com Reports: Inflation Hammering the Car Market, Driving Up Prices (But Not Income) Reducing American's Vehicle Affordability

iSeeCars.com Reports: Inflation Hammering the Car Market, Driving Up Prices (But Not Income) Reducing American's Vehicle Affordability

Auto Central October 27, 2022; AIADA Online reported that new research shows that popular cars like the Toyota RAV4 and Ford Mustang have become too expensive for regular Americans. A shortage of new vehicles and other pandemic-related factors have driven car prices through the roof in recent years, reports The Insider ... Continue reading

J.D. Power & LMC Automotive October 2022 Forecast: Automotive Supply Increases Help October Sales Pace Improvement; Highest October on Record for Spending on New Vehicles

J.D. Power & LMC Automotive October 2022 Forecast: Automotive Supply Increases Help October Sales Pace Improvement; Highest October on Record for Spending on New Vehicles

TROY, Mich.--J.D. Power: The Retail Sales Forecast New-vehicle retail sales for October 2022 are expected to increase when compared with October 2021, according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. Retail sales of new vehicles this month are expected to reach 1,008,200 units, a 12.1% increase compare ... Continue reading

2023 Honda Accord Preview

2023 Honda Accord Preview

TORRANCE, Calif. October 25, 2022; The all-new 11th-generation Honda Accord will bring excitement back to the midsize sedan segment with sleek new styling, a more responsive and fun-to-drive hybrid powertrain, and Honda's first integration of Google built-in for seamless on-the-go connectivity. ... Continue reading

H2U Technologies Revolutionizes the Discovery of Non-Iridium Catalysts for Hydrogen Production

H2U Technologies Revolutionizes the Discovery of Non-Iridium Catalysts for Hydrogen Production

In order to rapidly scale the green hydrogen economy, H2U Technologies, Inc., a hydrogen electrolyzer company, announces its Catalyst Discovery Engine™ (CDE™). The patented CDE advances the identification of catalyst alternatives to costly and scarce iridium and other rare platinum group metals (PGM) used in electr ... Continue reading

2023 Kia Niro EV Pricing

2023 Kia Niro EV Pricing

Today, Kia announced pricing for the all-new 2023 Niro EV, the second-generation crossover designed from the ground up to meet and exceed the expectations of electric vehicle consumers. Offered in Niro EV Wind and Niro EV Wave trim levels, the 2023 Niro EV features an MSRP of $39,450. ... Continue reading

China will continue to dominate the electric vehicle market by 2030 despite new US EV tax credit, says GlobalData

China will continue to dominate the electric vehicle market by 2030 despite new US EV tax credit, says GlobalData

China will continue to dominate the electric vehicle market by 2030 despite Biden’s new US EV tax credit, says GlobalData · China will account for 60% of the world’s electric vehicle (EV) fleet by 2030 · China’s dominance over the battery supply chain will continue to hinder investment into U ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 9-15, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 9-15, 2022

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

2022 Kia EV6 - Review by Larry Nutson

2022 Kia EV6 - Review by Larry Nutson

Over eight years ago at the February 2014 Chicago Auto Show, Kia revealed the 2015 Soul EV. The Soul EV was Kia’s first all-electric, zero-emission car sold in the U.S. It went on sale in the third quarter of 2014, initially being sold in California. ... Continue reading

Ascend Elements Begins Construction of Apex 1 in Southwestern Kentucky

Ascend Elements Begins Construction of Apex 1 in Southwestern Kentucky

Ascend Elements began construction of its largest electric vehicle battery recycling and engineered materials manufacturing facility with a ceremonial groundbreaking today. ... Continue reading

MotorTrend Names Hyundai IONIQ 5 Its 2023 SUV of the Year

MotorTrend Names Hyundai IONIQ 5 Its 2023 SUV of the Year

IONIQ 5 outpaced a competitive field of 45 all-new or significantly redesigned SUVs The all-electric SUV excelled in key criteria: safety, efficiency, value, advancement in design, engineering excellence and performance of intended function MotorTrend judges praised the "smartly packaged crossover" for its "great range ... Continue reading

This Week in Transportation News: 10 Stories You Need to See Straight From The Horses Mouth

This Week in Transportation News: 10 Stories You Need to See Straight From The Horses Mouth

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy auto and transport industry press releases from PR Newswire NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2022 -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. ... Continue reading

BMW Follows The Others Building Electric Car Plant In America

BMW Follows The Others Building Electric Car Plant In America

BMW’s Next Generation Electric Vehicles. $1 Billion New Investment in Plant Spartanburg to Prepare for the Production of Battery Electric Vehicles in the U.S. At Least Six Fully-Electric BMW Models to be Built in the U.S. by 2030. ... Continue reading

Future Of Electrified Vehicles Report

Future Of Electrified Vehicles Report

IDTechEx Reports on Five Key Technology Trends for Tomorrow's Electric CarThe automotive sector is the largest transport sector, with some 80-90 million cars sold each year globally. Indeed, a global fleet of approximately 1.1 billion cars in use makes the greatest contributions to road emissions, leading the sector to ... Continue reading

HOT C.A.R. Topics October 19, 2022

HOT C.A.R. Topics October 19, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) remained a prominent item in the news this week as we began to see early indicators of an acceleration in electric vehicle investments here in the U.S. We saw other headlines in the EV space concerning raw materials for EV batteries as many automakers continue to explore ways to secure ... Continue reading

Piedmont Lithium Selected for $141.7 Million Grant by United States Department of Energy for Tennessee Lithium Project

Piedmont Lithium Selected for $141.7 Million Grant by United States Department of Energy for Tennessee Lithium Project

BELMONT, N.C.--Piedmont Lithium (“Piedmont”, “Company”) , a leading global developer of lithium resources critical to the U.S. electric vehicle (“EV”) supply chain, today announced that it has been selected for a $141.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) – one of the first set of ... Continue reading

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