Auto Show drives in a new direction, there’s less glam, more new technology at this year’s event. The North American International Auto Show opens to the public today at Cobo Center with less glitz and glamour than in the past, but plenty of attractions for fans.
Chinese company BYD Auto, which created a stir on Tuesday by announcing that it plans to start selling an electric car in California by the end of this year. That would make BYD the first company to sell Chinese-made vehicles in the United States. BYD executives said the first vehicle they wanted to sell in the United States was a battery-powered, five-passenger crossover vehicle called the e6.
Research and develop transportation strategies and new types of vehicles specifically to meet the needs of the world’s growing megacities. BMW is approaching the electrification of the automobile through what it calls Project i. And although its cars — including the battery-powered Mini E and the Concept ActiveE, which is an electric version of the BMW 1 Series Coupe the company introduced in Detroit this week.
Could change of motive power in cars alter the way cars are sold, run and used? We may, as this decade unfolds, find out. The internal combustion engine is far from dead. In fact, the competition of alternative propulsion systems and the spur of higher fuel costs has created a quiet revolution in engine design and economy.
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Touch navigational screens, Internet, communications systems: Automakers are ramping up an array of connectivity gizmos to lure consumers into buying next-generation vehicles.
The Ford Focus is finally going global. Ford says the all-new Focus is the company’s first truly global car and it will be sold in 122 countries. The Focus hatch has a strong and aggressive face, with grille lines streaming back over the bonnet to heavily-sculpted flanks.
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, whose company gained market share in the U.S. last year while his domestic rivals went bankrupt, is the toast of the North American International Auto Show this week. Mulally’s star turn comes after a year of moves that set Ford apart from its domestic rivals — avoiding a bankruptcy and federal bailout.
Carmakers’ auto show mission: Rekindle the romance, rejuvenated automakers will show off their leaner models at Detroit Auto Show. About 40 introductions are being made at the 91st edition of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
GM is struggling to provide dealers with enough autos such as the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain small sport-utility vehicles, both of which debuted last year. General Motors Co., caught short because of demand for a handful of “hot” models, is studying how to increase production after closing plants and slowing output ahead of its 2009 bankruptcy restructuring.