John McElroy

I was skeptical. I’d seen videos on YouTube where young hackers pry the dashboard off a Prius, hardwire a laptop to the OBD II sensor and then gleefully take control of the car. They honk the horn. They make the...

Throughout the history of the automotive industry, car companies have worried about the impact of higher fuel prices. Today it’s the opposite. Now they’re deeply worried about the falling price of gasoline...

Who has the smartest strategy when it comes to the pickup segment in the U.S. market? Is it Ford with its aluminum F-150, or GM with its new midsize trucks? They are taking different approaches to meeting fuel economy...

Did you hear the one about the guy who owned a hardware store, but didn’t believe in advertising because it cost too much...

Would car buyers be better off if the dealer franchise system was dismantled? The public seems to think so...

Sales of electric cars are low in numbers but growing by big percentages. Even so, automakers are losing money on every one they sell because they cost too much to make...

Could Big Oil play a pivotal role in slashing automotive carbon-dioxide emissions? Two giants of the oil industry, Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil, are studying ways to strip the CO2 from the exhaust gases pumping out of...

General Motors’ ignition-switch defect is a first-class fiasco. It now is painfully obvious GM should have ordered a redesign and recall years ago...