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Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy

TOYOTA'S HYBRIDS COULD BE BANNED FROM THE AMERICAN MARKET In a shocking development Toyota faces a lawsuit filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission that seeks to ban the import of all hybrids to the American market. Toyota is being sued by Paice LLC for patent infringement on its hybrid system. Before you think this is just a frivolous lawsuit that has no standing whatsoever, consider the fact that Paice has already successfully sued Toyota on five counts of patent infringement, and won on three of them. In April of this year, ... Read more →

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy - 2010 Chevy Camaro Edition! John McElroy

2010 CHEVY CAMARO: DRIVING IMPRESSIONS I'm sure there are a lot of Autobloggers out there who know the specifications of the new Camaro far better than I do. But numbers on paper don't mean much ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy John McElroy

Why I Still Support Those Boneheads at the Big Three What a week it was. Or maybe I should say, I can't believe how weak it was. The CEOs of the Big Three and the president of the UAW showed up in ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy John McElroy

GM IS ON ITS LAST LEGS There is only one number that really matters in today's financial report from General Motors: how much cash it has in the kitty. And the answer is, not enough. GM is now ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy John McElroy

WHAT IF GM COLLAPSES? Anyone watching the auto industry these days is acutely aware that General Motors is hurtling towards disaster. It's burning through cash reserves at a rate that will put it in ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

THE DOWN SIDE TO LITHIUM BATTERIES Uh-oh. In the pell-mell race to develop lithium-ion batteries for plug-ins, EV's and hybrids, has any automaker taken a hard look at where all that lithium is going to come from? Guess what? Not only are global lithium supplies pretty tight, prices are about to ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

HOW MANY BRANDS ARE TOO MANY? With gas prices soaring and SUV sales sinking, General Motors just put its HUMMER brand under "strategic review." That's generally the term used when a company is getting ready to dump a brand. And that begs the question, how many brands does a car company really need? ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

THE BIG THREE COLLAPSE Ooof! May sales were like a punch in the stomach, especially to the Detroit Three. It's been nearly three decades since we've seen their sales collapse so dramatically. Last month the annualized sales rate of the American market, including all automakers, fell to only 14.2 ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

FIRST-HAND LOOK AT FORD'S ECO-BOOST TECHNOLOGY I just spent a day at Ford's proving grounds driving a number of vehicles that use Eco-boost technology, which is the centerpiece of the company's strategy to improve fuel economy. I wish I could tell you more about my driving impressions of these ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

WHY USE BATTERIES IF FLYWHEELS WILL DO? Formula One could be on to something big. Next year all teams will be allowed to capture the energy that their cars produce under braking, and then re-use that energy at opportune moments, like passing on a straight. It's really a hybrid system, but they don't ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy: Driving the Dodge Challenger SRT-8 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click for more Dodge Challenger SRT-8 pics from John McElroy's drive A couple of weeks back I wrote a bit about the new Dodge Challenger SRT-8. But to honor the embargo that the Public Relations people put on driving impressions, I had to hold the best stuff until now. And man, was it worth the ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 1 year ago on Autoblog

R.I.P. DODGE VIPER A few blogs back I wrote about how Chrysler is going to combine its three brands and start eliminating overlapping models. The idea is to have Dodge concentrate on trucks and work-utilities, with Chrysler exclusively selling cars, and Jeep offering only SUV-based Jeeps. It's a ...

Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy 2 years ago on Autoblog

John McElroy is host of the TV program "Autoline Detroit". Every week he'll bring his unique insights as an auto industry insider to Autoblog readers. THE MONEYED TYCOONS OF THE UAW By John McElroy I gotta believe Karl Marx is spinning in his grave. Can you imagine the captains of capitalism handing ...






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