As the Cost of Diesel Fuel Soars, The Cost of Goods and Services Will Follow

As the Cost of Diesel Fuel Soars, The Cost of Goods and Services Will Follow

by Kurt Stolz

While gas prices in the United States and abroad have been setting new records, it is the price of diesel fuel that is rippling through the global supply chain.
The average cost of a gallon of diesel fuel is currently $5.19 in the United States, up almost 45% from 33.61 in …

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Volkswagen to Invest $200 Billion in EV Program

by Kurt Stolz
Volkswagen to Invest $200 Billion in EV Program

Volkswagen announced plans to invest €180 billion ($193 billion) over the coming five years to accelerate its transition from internal-combustion-engine powered vehicles to battery-powered vehicles.
The move is intended to protect its market share as it migrates to battery-electric power.
Volkswagen Group, the world’s second largest automaker, delivered 572,100 electric vehicles last …

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Review and Test Drive: 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLC 4Matic SUV

by Jonathan Spira
Review and Test Drive:  2022 Mercedes-Benz GLC 4Matic SUV

More Luxurious Than Entertaining and No Detail Has Been Overlooked
While the Mercedes-Benz GLC has been in around in name only since 2015, it actually dates back to 2008, when the GLK-Klasse SUV was introduced.
The GLC nameplate is part of the automaker’s current SUV nomenclature, under which GL stands for Geländewagen, …

Imagine Your Automobile Without Windshield Wipers, Turn Signals, a Rear-View Mirror, Navi, and a Heater… It’s the Ford Explorer ‘Men’s Only Edition’

by Paul Riegler
Imagine Your Automobile Without Windshield Wipers, Turn Signals, a Rear-View Mirror, Navi, and a Heater… It’s the Ford Explorer ‘Men’s Only Edition’

If the headline piqued your interest, it isn’t surprising given that all automobiles made in the past 50 years (with perhaps the exception of the Trabant and the Yugo) have a working heater, not to mention turn signals, windshield wipers, and a rear-view mirror, and many made since the mid-1990s …

Fuel Prices Continue to Fall at the Pump

by Paul Riegler

After rising for several weeks, fuel prices are once again on the decline.
Gasoline prices fell for the third straight week in lockstep according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which tracks such data. 
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States was $3.36 In early January …

After Car Plunges Down Embankment in Germany, Driver and Passengers Saved by Apple Automatic Crash Notification

by Anna Breuer
After Car Plunges Down Embankment in Germany, Driver and Passengers Saved by Apple Automatic Crash Notification

The automatic crash notification feature of the Apple Watch allowed a driver and two passengers to be quickly rescued early Monday morning following a serious accident on the Bundesstraße 20, or B20, in the state of Bavaria in Germany.
Three young men were in a vehicle on the B20 on Monday …

Gas Prices Trend Upward After Months’-Long Decline

by Paul Riegler
Gas Prices Trend Upward After Months’-Long Decline

After several months of falling prices, drivers are once again paying more at the pump.  Gasoline prices rose for the fourth straight week in lockstep with the price of West Texas Intermediate crude, which is up $3 per barrel over the past seven days.
The average price for a gallon of …

Sony Debuts ‘Afeela’ Electric Vehicle in Partnership With Honda

by Jonathan Spira
Sony Debuts ‘Afeela’ Electric Vehicle in Partnership With Honda

Sony, which opened its event at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show by revealing that its hit racing game Gran Turismo was coming to its new PlayStation VR2 platform, announced an actual car.
Sony said it was partnering with Japanese automaker Honda and entering the electric-vehicle market with a brand new car …

General Motors Regains Crown from Toyota as U.S. Auto Sales Leader

by Paul Riegler
General Motors Regains Crown from Toyota as U.S. Auto Sales Leader

General Motors is once again the leader in U.S. auto sales, reclaiming the top spot from Toyota in 2022.
The General, as the company is sometime referred to, reported a 2.5% increase in 2022 sales to 2,274,088 vehicles, ahead by some 166,000 cars over Toyota’s 2,108,458 units.
Despite industry-wide supply chain disruptions, …

Gas Prices in U.S. Plunge as Worldwide Demand Drops Precipitously

by Paul Riegler
Gas Prices in U.S. Plunge as Worldwide Demand Drops Precipitously

The price of a regular gallon of gas in the United States fell to $3.53 last week, its lowest level since reaching a high in June when it was $4.92.  The price of premium was $4.52, also a low since a high of $5.69 in June.
The Automobile Association of America …

New York City Taxi Prices, Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Tolls to Increase

by Kurt Stolz
New York City Taxi Prices, Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Tolls to Increase

The cost of traveling by car in the New York metropolitan area is going up.
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced price increases in the cost of taxi fares and tolls, respectively.
The TLC announced that the average taxi …

Apple Releases iOS 16.1.1 Update to Fix CarPlay and Wi-Fi Bugs

by Kurt Stolz
Apple Releases iOS 16.1.1 Update to Fix CarPlay and Wi-Fi Bugs

Apple released an updated version of its mobile operating system, iOS 16.1.1 as well as iPadOS 16.1.1, to address multiple bugs that iOS 16.1 apparently introduced.
The update came two weeks after the launch of iOS 16.1, an update that added support for the iCloud Shared Photo Library, Matter, Live Activities
One …

Gas Prices in U.S. Trend Upward After Declining for Almost 20 Weeks

by Paul Riegler
Gas Prices in U.S. Trend Upward After Declining for Almost 20 Weeks

After months of price declines, drivers are once again paying more at the pump.
The cost of a gallon of fuel is up largely due to refinery outages – both planned and unplanned – along with global trends and this week’s OPEC production cutbacks.
The average price for a gallon of regular …

BMW Manufactures its Sixth Millionth Car in the U.S.

by Paul Riegler
BMW Manufactures its Sixth Millionth Car in the U.S.

South Carolina isn’t necessarily the first thing people associate with BMW, but the Bavarian automaker’s plant in the Palmetto State is in fact its largest
The Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant, which opened in 1994 on a 1,150-acre (470 ha) site, is BMW’s major production site for all X3, X4, X5, X6, …