Wards Intelligence Update

Market Overview: Automakers, Suppliers Face Internal-Combustion Conundrum

Is the ICE age over? Not so fast. Despite the sudden urgency to develop and sell battery-electric vehicles, internal-combustion-engine-powered light...

Autonomous Vehicles Arrive in Limited Numbers – What Took So Long?

AVs from GM, Cruise, Audi, Honda, Toyota and Baidu are beginning to trickle out of factories, as the self-driving dream...

Cyber-security in Automotive

Lately, cybersecurity has dramatically grown in importance in the automotive industry, although in Wards´ opinion it has not been properly...

Biden Plan Reworked, But It’s Not All Bad News for EVs

President Biden’s massive $2 trillion infrastructure plan gets whittled down, with predictably less funding for vehicle electrification. But it’s not...

Withering Supply Dragging Down U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Second Straight Month in June

The trend throughout the year has been for the market to surprise on the high side vs. the levels implied...

Toyota: ICE Viable for 30 Years; Tesla’s Superchargers to Open Up?

Toyota says ICEs still have a role well into the future and Tesla’s Superchargers may become brand agnostic in Germany.