Wards Intelligence Update

December U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales End Bad Year With Some Optimism

Fleet demand is the main component keeping total light-vehicle sales from resuming pre-pandemic levels, but retail volume, though hurt by...

Tesla Inks New Panasonic Pact; Fisker and Magna Architecture; Supercapacitors

Tesla and longtime battery supplier Panasonic sign a new deal, while the automaker once again will top the global BEV...

ZF Makes Key Play in Shift to the Software-Defined Vehicle

ZF is among the first Tier 1 suppliers to offer stand-alone middleware, a key component in software-oriented architectures to enabling...

DuPont Focused on Turning Down the EV Battery Heat

DuPont’s Frank Billotto says the supplier’s thermal-management solutions include thermal interface materials, such as thermally conductive adhesives, that can be...

World Sales Down 1.3% in November

Despite growth in the Asia-Pacific region, losses in every other region brought the total back down after a couple months...