Electric vehicles are becoming less and less rare. However, in the scramble to get models on the market, several brands that are lagging behind have chosen to partner with more experienced manufacturers for their first EVs. One of the most notable examples of this partnership is Honda’s decision to partner with GM and use the […]
The EV market has certainly been on the upswing in the decade and a half since the Tesla Roadster and Nissan LEAF first hit the market, with a record 1.1 million EVs sold in 2023 alone. That represents a staggering 46% increase over the previous year, but the transition to the all-electric segment hasn’t always […]
Chevy drivers have access to some of the coolest cars on the planet. Though 2024 has barely had a chance to start, your Chevy dealer is already planning for 2025. Right now, it might be hard to sort through some facts, fiction, and speculation posted on the internet about Chevy’s 2024 and 2025 lineup, but […]
Years ago, I remember being enamored by the idea that I didn’t have to buy my college textbooks from the campus bookstore, but could find them on the internet and have them shipped to my door. It was a foreign concept, and the name of the website even more so: Amazon. It turns out that […]
The Geo Prizm—and the Geo brand as a whole—has become little more than a minor footnote in automotive history. First debuting in 1989, General Motors’ compact sub-brand was conceived as a way of allowing the automaker to compete with the new wave of small, efficient compact and subcompact models emerging from Japan and South Korea. […]
To many people, GMC trucks appear to be nothing more than rebadged Chevy trucks. The Sierra is GMC’s Silverado, the Canyon their Colorado, the Yukon their Tahoe. That may be the case today (though many GMC owners insist that their trucks are quite different than their cousins at Chevrolet), but it wasn’t always this way. […]
Sometimes, bi- name car creators like to get creative when designing their vehicles. This can lead to a variety of different results. Sometimes that creativity pays off in a big way, and the finished product goes on to become an iconic vehicle. Other times, this isn’t exactly the case, resulting in vehicles that look like […]
Over 100 car companies have called Detroit home over the last century or so, which begs the question, why this particular area? For starters, Detroit is nestled in an advantageous location, with an abundance of wood from nearby forests, which helped build early car frames, as well as a plentiful supply of iron ore. Not […]
In early 2021, GM made a pledge that would drastically shift the direction of the corporation: to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. To reach this lofty target, all of their vehicles powered by gasoline or diesel fuel will be supplanted by zero-emissions vehicles by 2035. This plan has started to materialize in the form of […]
It seems like it was only a year ago that the auto industry started to acknowledge the damage the global microchip shortage was going to do to it; oh wait—it was a year ago! That’s how long this has been going on. While some rather optimistic initial industry estimates discussed this being an issue mostly […]
GM is hopping on the electric train (or truck, in this case) and wants everybody to go with them. In fact, they’ve put out a series of lively and catchy commercials as a part of their #EVerybodyIn campaign, showcasing how their plans to go electric include vehicles for everyone from ranchers to families to delivery […]
The auto industry is betting big on EVs right now. It seems you can’t swing a charging cable without hitting another EV startup or take a drive without hearing another traditional manufacturer announce that it is phasing out internal combustion engines. However, while Tesla has certainly proven that EVs are more than viable for luxury […]
General Motors has publicized its plans to revolutionize its entire company. In less than 15 years, they will transition every vehicle in every one of their sub-brands away from gasoline and diesel and instead become the largest American manufacturer of electric vehicles. This promise wasn’t just publicity fluff, either. General Motors is actually investing a […]
As a company, GM has committed itself to meeting some fairly impressive goals involving its lineup of Electric Vehicles (EVs). They plan on having 30 EVs available globally by the end of 2025 across their different brands, and they’ve said they want to only offer electric models by 2035. One major part of this strategy […]
Did you miss us? We missed you. That’s right, AutoInfluence is back after a two week break and there’s plenty of current auto news to cover – from everyday industry headlines to the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Q2 Truck Sale shootout to the impactful death of two industry giants, there’s plenty […]
Annnnd we’re back. AutoInfluence with all of your current auto news headlines for the week of June 28th. And FINALLY. What a week it was! We have rumors of one iconic muscle cars’s retirement, FCA change-ups, Tesla firefighting, results of this year’s American Made Index, Porsche electrification and the rumor of one model’s death […]
Annnnd we’re back. AutoInfluence here with all of your automotive news going into Fathers Day Weekend. But before we get to the individual headlines, a quick follow-up on last week’s threat of tariffs being placed on Mexican manufacturing – a story which all but moved forward mere minutes after we had posted the previous episode […]
Annnnnnd we’re back…AutoInfluence easing the month of May right out the door with this week’s current automotive news headlines. But first, let’s address the elephant in the room, the rumored merger of Ford and General Motors. Unless you’re living under a rock, those of you who follow our weekly headlines in real-time are […]
Annnnd we’re…high? AutoInfluence back with all your automotive news for the week of May 24th even though work is being done in our studios, using some strong-scented chemicals. So bear with us, even if it means listening to Dan giggle indiscriminately while he works around us. Either way, we’re getting a head start on […]
If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, the odds are higher than ever than you’re taking a hard look at a pick-up truck. Once thought of as tools for work and towing, trucks have gone fully mainstream. Helped by overall market shift from sedans to SUVs, trucks now occupy a solid space […]
