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Apple's iAd: The good and the bad
Two views of Cupertino's aggressive foray into the world of smartphone advertising It's been four months since Steve Jobs unveiled iAd, Apple's (AAPL) bold bid to create a market for mobile ads that...
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Better battery financing for Better Place won't help most EVs
Better Place is working with GE to finance purchases of batteries for its switching stations and electric car system. But since most EVs come with the batteries built in, the financing won't be a...
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Nissan's Leaf strategy: battery powered confusion?
Nissan really wants to be the leader in electric vehicles. Maybe that's why it's being coy about how many they plan to sell. Nissan executives have been notoriously optimistic about the electric...
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How Nissan zoomed to the front of the pack
The Japanese automaker was a perennial also-ran, behind Honda and Toyota. Until now. Nissan is making deft moves just as its rivals stall. By Doron Levin, contributor FORTUNE -- Japan's auto industry...
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Chevy Volt vs. Nissan Leaf: Who's winning?
Both of the green autos have been on the market for almost a year now, but only one will stay on the road. By Alex Taylor III, senior-editor-at-large FORTUNE -- Americans love a rivalry, whether it is...
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The global supply chain: So very fragile
Manufacturers have spent years building low-cost global supply chains. Natural disasters are showing them just how delicate those networks really are. By Bill Powell, editor-at-large FORTUNE -- The...
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Apple has its eyes on automakers
A new generation of consumers cares much more about megabytes of storage and clock speeds than horsepower or torque. By Doron Levin FORTUNE -- Can the iPhone help automakers sell cars? Or will cars...
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GM is least popular automaker among U.S. suppliers
FORTUNE — The bad news rolls on for General Motors GM . Already in trouble for delaying the recall of defective car parts, the company has earned another ignominious distinction: The “least preferred”...
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6 cars from the 2014 Geneva Auto Show – and why they’re key
Some may never hit the U.S. market, but these vehicles show where the industry is headed.
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Tesla’s electric car is the Chrysler minivan of the future
Tesla TSLA just gave away all its patents – and it’s a genius move. The electric carmaker has been in danger of becoming a pioneering company in a small niche of the automobile market. No matter how...
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Ghosn-Zetsche bromance key to Nissan-Mercedes automaking alliance
In the early 1990s, a German executive running Daimler’s U.S. truck operations happened to meet a French executive running Michelin’s U.S. tire operations in South Carolina. The two were simpatico....
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Toyota, Nissan report higher sales, defying expectations
Two of Japan’s biggest automakers, Toyota TM and Nissan NSANY , reported higher year-over-year U.S. sales Tuesday. The results defied the expectations of some automotive experts who thought their...
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Nissan and Honda battle for second place
Toyota TM , the worlds No. 1 automaker, also has enjoyed top-dog status among Japanese automakers since anyone can remember. The fight for second place in that group is getting fiercer of late, with...
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Infiniti’s loss of De Nysschen expected to benefit GM’s Cadillac
Johan de Nysschens recruitment from Audi to run Nissans Infiniti luxury automotive brand nearly two years ago was a major coup for Nissan and its chief executive officer, Carlos Ghosn. Later today,...
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Can Infiniti recreate the Audi miracle?
Johan de NysschenBy poaching the head of Audi in the U.S., Nissan Motor may finally have found the key executive to lead the turnaround of Infiniti, the Japanese automakers perennially lagging luxury...
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Toyota revs up its internal combustion engine
Toyota stole a march on the global automotive industry by popularizing gas-electric hybrid engines, using its Prius brand to highlight the technology. But now that the Prius and hybrids are permanent...
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“Achtung” meets “Mais oui” in Tennessee
This year may be remembered for Franco-German cooperation. While both countries’ leaders try to hold the Eurozone together, French car company Renault will be working with the German Mercedes-Benz to...
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How Nissan zoomed to the front of the pack
Japans auto industry has been battered by disasters natural and unnatural unlike this year. A tragic earthquake and a steroidal yen have wreaked havoc on the bottom lines of major firms Honda and...
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Ghosn: Renault-Nissan’s Ghosn: The pressure is going to be on the cities to...
Talking to CNNMoney’s Poppy Harlow, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renaul-Nissan, downplayed concerns that his big bet on electric vehicles will be harmed by a lack of charging spots. In this chicken-and-egg...
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By going big on luxury, will Cadillac outshine Mercedes?
Mercedes-Benz has a C Class, B Class and S Class; Audi an A4, A6 and A8; BMW a 3 Series, 5 Series and 7 Series the tall, grande and venti sizes of luxury sedans. General Motors Co.s Cadillac, with an...
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