Scout Motors, a unit of Volkswagen Group, shows an SUV and pickup truck it is building in South Carolina, hoping to make a significant impact in the market for electric SUVs.
WardsAuto Podcast explores the lack of demand for plug-in hybrid vehicles despite the belief that consumers will embrace them faster than battery-electrics, and what’s new and developing with hydrogen fuel-cell trucking and stationary storage with Forvia Chief Hydrogen Engineer Tarek Abdel-Baset.
The fourth quarter is forecast to total 4.13 million units, 6.0% above year-ago’s 3.89 million, which was tamped down because of labor-related strikes at three automakers that pared inventory.