The Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest overhaul of US automotive policy in a generation. If all goes according to plan, it will transform what Americans drive on the streets - and create economic boomlets for the states that manufacture tho...

Conventional wisdom holds that it's a scary time to be in the automotive aftermarket business. The message that's implied is that you need to transform your business now or you'll have missed the runaway the EV bonanza forever.

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This year will be as good as it gets for the gasoline engine. After a century of dominance, gasoline-powered vehicles are set to see peak sales in 2022 and then go into permanent decline as automakers switch their focus and investment to electric...

Picture yourself five years from now driving through a U.S. city.

What will be different? Despite widespread optimism that we'll all be driving Teslas and other electric vehicles, the reality is that most of the passenger vehicles a...

Anyone living in San Francisco or Seattle, where Teslas are a common sight, could be forgiven for believing that the electric-vehicle era is just around the corner.

Head out to the rest of the country, though, and the reality is more...

If you're an auto supplier, the consensus today is that you need to go electric or go the way of the dinosaurs.

After all, every day seems to bring more confirmation that the electric vehicle era is just around the corner. Big automak...

Big government spending often gets a bad rap, but there are times when it can have a truly transformative impact.

Take the massive public works program in the 1950s that built the U.S. interstate highway system. Conceived during the C...

When technology transforms an industry, it can begin quite slowly -and then it happens all at once.

Take the first iPhone. When it first launched in 2007, it was often discussed with derision as many failed to grasp its revolutiona...

The last time Joe Biden was sworn into the White House in early 2013, Tesla Inc. was an upstart electric vehicle maker few believed could seriously threaten the dominance of the traditional auto giants.

As Biden prepares to swear in a...