Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:40:21 +0000
US Auto Sales: Tesla Up 97% In Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019, Overall US Auto Sales Down 22% (942,390 Units)
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:40:21 +0000
US Auto Sales: Tesla Up 97% In Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019, Overall US Auto Sales Down 22% (942,390 Units)
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:10:25 +0000
A recent interview at Top Gear came up with an unexpected nugget of EV news: Lexus is considering building an EV at some point in the future with a manual transmission. The catch? It won’t be a real manual transmission if it happens. Instead, it’ll be a simulated shift lever and a simulated clutch pedal. […]
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:46:40 +0000
In this article, I cover the presentation Lexus executives gave to me and other journalists last week and their answers to a question challenging them on the weaknesses I saw in their plan. Last week, I was invited to spend 3 days in Plano, Texas, learning about the latest new vehicles coming out of Lexus […]
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:30:03 +0000
I’m covering the variety of new midsize luxury crossovers announced on May 31st. Details on the most exciting all-electric RZ and RX plug-in hybrid aren’t available, but the enhanced RX 350, RX 350h, and RX 500h F Sport Performance are discussed and compared to the 2022 lineup and other options. I’ll be traveling to Toyota/Lexus […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 23:58:59 +0000
Why is Tesla’s yoke steering wheel being touted as a safety risk but Lexus’ yoke steering wheel “kinda wonderful?” This is a question that many are wondering about after Gavin Shoebridge pointed out two articles from CNET about the two yokes. Although they were written by two different authors, one has to wonder why the […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:37:04 +0000
Following up on US auto sales reports for the 4th quarter of 2021 as well as the full year 2021 compared to 2020 and 2019, here is our report on US auto sales in the 1st quarter of 2021 compared to the 1st quarter of 2019 and the 1st quarter of 2020. To start with, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 05:00:57 +0000
It’s been a busy beginning of the year already, and we’ll have more to report on that shortly, but let’s first take a stroll back a few months to look at what happened in the US auto industry in the 4th quarter of 2021. To get started, looking at the overall auto market, it was […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:10:00 +0000
US auto sales in 2019 were down 1.4% to 1.6% compared to 2018. That was before COVID-19 hit the United States and destroyed the US auto industry (among other things) for several months. So, when looking at 2021 US auto sales, I find it more interesting to compare to 2019 than 2020. Nonetheless, in this […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 05:00:57 +0000
It’s been a busy beginning of the year already, and we’ll have more to report on that shortly, but let’s first take a stroll back a few months to look at what happened in the US auto industry in the 4th quarter of 2021. To get started, looking at the overall auto market, it was […]