Managing Automotive Blog

ArentFox Schiff advised Knight Automotive Group in its acquisition of the Lasher Auto Group’s Elk Grove automobile dealerships, including Acura, Audi, Subaru and Volkswagen franchises as well as Northern California’s top selling Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealership.

ArentFox Schiff represented Group 1 Automotive, Inc. in its acquisition of Mercedes-Benz of Anaheim.

FTC Files Complaint Against Passport Automotive Group

Driverless car company Waymo already operates autonomous taxi fleets in Phoenix and San Francisco. On deck: Los Angeles.

Volkswagen spun off the German carmaker on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, where its stock began trading higher despite a broader decline in European markets.

A reporter and a photographer went for a ride in an experimental autonomous vehicle operated by the General Motors subsidiary, Cruise. There were bumps in the road.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has said he doesn’t see a reduction in car dealerships but possibly expansion.

General Motors and the Environmental Defense Fund say they want to speed up the transition toward an electric vehicle future.

The latest projection from BloombergNEF puts the U.S. on track to hit a key target set by Biden last year, for half of all cars sold in the U.S. to be battery-electric, plug-in hybrid or fuel cell-powered by the end of the decade.

Gotion could spend up to $3.6 billion while adding 500 jobs initially and possibly 2,000 within 10 years.

Nvidia’s Thor is said to come with just as much power as Thor, the superhero.

In today’s podcast episode, Aaron Jacoby welcomes back Kim Linebarger and Lewis Fisher from Moss Adams to talk about how auto dealers can prevent and detect fraud in their businesses.

In response to customer insight about car buying habits, Ford has just unveiled new plans that will change what people expect from car ownership.

Five Questions, Five Answers

Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen aim to shorten supply chains for their U.S. operations and avoid difficulties linked to tariffs and tax regulations.

The automaker said the move was needed to be competitive and reallocate resources.

A number of electric vehicles should become more affordable, but watch out for a few circumstances.

The suit against the new DeLorean alleges that the high-ranked executives started Reimagined Automotive while ‘some or all’ of the defendants were still employed at Karma.

Clean car drivers who love to keep their car garaged or covered need not apply.

The ongoing worldwide semiconductor shortage will cause more than 100,000 vehicles to be cut from North American production schedules this week, Automotive News reported Sunday. Over 180,000 vehicles are expected to be dropped globally.

Five new state omnibus privacy laws have been passed and will go into effect in 2023. 
Organizations should review their privacy practices and prepare for compliance with these new privacy laws.

General Motors’ joint venture with LG Energy Solution is on track to receive a multibillion-dollar loan from the U.S. government to build battery cell plants for electric vehicles, including one going up in Lansing.

BaiduBIDU, the Chinese search giant, has revealed a new custom designed robotaxi it states will go into service in their Apollo Go autonomous ride-hail service starting in 2023.

Buying a car has evolved from the days of brick and mortar dealerships to e-commerce, where consumers can select their preferred dealer, reserve, order, finance, and purchase a new or used vehicle in a seamless transaction. Is the metaverse the next evolution for buying a car?

In a recently issued 8 to 1 Decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, the United States Supreme Court held that individual claims based on the “only in California” Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) may be compelled to arbitration.