Wards Intelligence Update

February Light Vehicle Sales Dropped by 14.3% in Mexico

In February, a 25.2% decline in Mexico car sales and only a slight uptick in light-truck sales (+1.4%) led to...

World Sales Improved 3.4% in January

The Asia-Pacific region saw huge growth compared to year-ago’s early slowdown, while the rest of the world decreased year-over-year.

Tech Firm Aims to Take Heat Out of EV Interiors With Smart Glass

A New York-based company says its film can cool a battery-electric vehicle interior in order to preserve BEV range.

Partnership and Collaboration in Era of Software-Defined Vehicles

As automakers move faster than expected toward software-defined vehicles, top-tier suppliers are reshaping their organizations and product-development strategies to meet...

Moving Target: Measuring Propulsion Price Parity

The price of fuel-cell stacks is nearing parity with internal-combustion engines, but other necessary elements of the propulsion system are...

'Microchip' Impact on U.S. Light-Vehicle Inventory Could Clobber March Sales

If dealers can turnover half their inventory in March, as they did throughout the second half of 2020 when vehicle...

Canada LV Sales Down in February

General Motors countered the industry trend, posting its fourth consecutive monthly year-over-year sales increase.