As China’s government has cut financial support for battery-powered transit and school buses, communities across the world have increased orders – keeping annual orders growing, despite the big pullback from the world’s largest electric bus producer.
More than a year after Ford announced plans to cut the Focus, Fiesta, and Fusion cars in favor of trucks and SUVs, initial results look positive.
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Dedicated to covering the latest manufacturing technology and components related to the motor vehicle industry.Global electric vehicle (EV) growth since 2017
The margin was slim, 17.54 million vehicles beat 2015’s record by about 56,000 units.
Federal regulators unveiled policies to guide automakers as they develop self-driving cars and trucks using SAE International’s six-point scale to define levels of autonomous vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) expects automakers to classify all vehicles using SAE levels 0 through 5 in the coming years to identify how safety should be evaluated.
Fatal accidents per-mile-driven have been falling for decades thanks to advanced safety systems to vehicles. However, people are driving more, so the total number of fatalities is on the rise, according to the National Safety Council. Federal regulators have held hearings to address the rising number of fatalities, and automakers are adding more safety features.
The show-me state produces electric commercial trucks, too.
Low gas prices lead to boom in truck, crossover sales as cars decline. At 17.5 million sold, 2015 beats 2000 record of 17.4 million.