Read my story at The Verge. International automotive companies like Hyundai spend billions of dollars building plants and training workers in the US, and the ICE raid is likely to have a long-term cooling effect on those investments. by Abigail Bassett A banner depicting an Immigration […]
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An Interview with GM CEO, Mary Barra
Read my exclusive interview with GM CEO, Mary Barra, at The Verge. GM was the first major US automaker to make the promise to go all-electric by 2035, just four years ago. Those promises have since turned into rough estimates under the second Donald Trump presidency, […]
Cadillac Celestiq First Drive: A $350,000 Bespoke Vehicle that’s Designed to Revitalize Cadillac
Read my story at The Verge The first hands-on experience I had with the $360,000, ultraluxury Cadillac Celestiq was as a backseat passenger. It was mid-April, and I was on the way to a dinner in West Hollywood. While GM insists most Celestiq buyers are […]
Here’s What The #TeslaTakeDown Protests Looked Like Around the World
My story for The Verge on the anti-Tesla protests that happened around the world on March 29.
Mercedes Bets is EV Future on a New Entry Level Sedan
Read my story at The Verge. Mercedes-Benz’s electric vehicles aren’t exactly selling like hotcakes. The EQS, EQE, and EQB have largely flopped, forcing the company to make significant changes to its electrification plans. While the automaker has scaled back its ambitions, it’s not abandoning them […]
BMW’s Battery Future is Being Built in Bavaria
Read my story at The Verge hile other automakers rethink their plans as the global appetite for EVs slows down, BMW is vowing to stay the course. The German automaker says it still plans to offer an EV in every vehicle segment across all of […]
BMW’s next generation EVs depend on a little black box
The technology behind the new BMW Evs is pretty advanced. Here’s what you need to know.
Zoox Robotaxi First Ride: Safe but Lagging
I got a first ride in the new Zoox robotaxi and interviewed the founder, Jesse Levinson.
How WatchDuty became vital to everyone in LA
I interviewed the CTO of WatchDuty for The Verge.
Why Honda is talking about merging with Nissan
I had an opportunity to talk with top executives at Honda about why the merger with Nissan makes sense.
BMW turns the entire windsheild into a display
I got a sneak peek of the new iDrive system that BMW rolled out at CES.
Hyundai’s Ioniq 5N: Fake Shifts, Real Fun
I fell in love with the new Hyundai Ioniq 5N. You should too.