John McElroy

I could not believe how excited I was to buy a brand-new car, but what I had to go through just about killed my enthusiasm.

We are witnessing the auto industry enter a new phase, where shareholder money only will be invested in ways that provide double-digit returns.

Where are all the BEV buyers going to come from? California and its cohorts are mandating sales in their markets grow from roughly 60,000 BEVs to more than 1 million a year.  

All these problems are laid out in detail in a book titled, “Leadersh!t.” Yes, it’s a crude title but it sure does get the point across.  

Investors buy stock based on their expectations of future earnings. GM is showing them a clear path to how it’s going to make money with connected, autonomous, shared and electric vehicles. Ford can’t...

As the auto industry evolves into a world of ride-sharing and mobility, customer loyalties will flow to those who bring more personal service and memorable experiences into every aspect of their lives.

GM says it can achieve profit margins of 20% to 30% in the autonomous ride-sharing business, versus today’s corporate average of 8%.  

It takes so much energy to make batteries the Union of Concerned Scientists says BEVs with a 250-mile (402-km) range start out life with a carbon footprint 68% higher than a piston-engine car.