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Jim Motavalli

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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jim Motavalli

    Bosch Says the Truck of the Future Isn’t Electric—It’s Hybrid (opens the original)

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    Until recently, ask any automaker or supplier about the “Truck of the Future,” and they’d describe a battery EV. These days, they’re not so sure. At Mobility Experience Days at the 325-acre Flat Rock Proving Grounds in Michigan on September 22, Paul Thomas, president and CEO of Bosch in North America and president of Bosch Mobility, Americas, used the analogy of a multi-lane highway. That explains the company showcasing a hybrid truck, among other technologies, rather than a battery-electric. “T

  2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Jim Motavalli

    Why It Suddenly Costs So Much More to Own a Car (opens the original)

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    Did you buy motor oil at Costco recently? You may have noticed that, right after Labor Day, the price of 10 quarts of full synthetic motor oil went from $30 to more than $57. Talk about sticker shock. The bottom line may actually be higher now: At Walmart, five quarts of Valvoline 5W-30 full synthetic was $35.97 on September 18. And that’s just the start when it comes to a rising cost of car ownership, largely caused by inflation and the Iran war. At a Cleveland shop, Terry’s North Coast Auto Re

  3. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Jim Motavalli

    We Were Promised Flying Cars. They’re Finally Almost Here. Really. (opens the original)

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    Venture capitalist Peter Thiel famously said, “We were promised flying cars, but all we got is 140 characters,” referring to the length of a tweet. It’s true that big industrial companies like General Electric started seeing themselves as “digital” innovators tied in to the “Internet of Things,” and stopped delivering hardware with heart-stopping technical breakthroughs. And Ford started seeing its business as delivering transportation via online demand, rather than offering cutting-edge vehicle

  4. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Jim Motavalli

    The Most Googled Car in Every State (opens the original)

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    The Ford F-150 is still the best-selling vehicle in the US, and has been for many years, but it doesn’t win the “Most Googled” award, state-by-state. Believe it or not, the Honda Civic leads over any other model, ranking first in 15 of the 50, among them Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Connecticut, Wisconsin, and Virginia. The research, based on Google Keyword Planner data and 175 auto-related keywords across 50 states, was done by Car Mats Customs. The data was collected in Au

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Jim Motavalli

    These Are China’s Best-Selling $10,000 Cars (opens the original)

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    The chances of our ever seeing a full range of Chinese cars on American roads keeps getting more and more remote, like the disappearing wall-to-wall taillights on a 1966 T-Bird. On September 3, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, representing automakers, called on Congress to “enact a permanent ban on the sale, import and manufacture of Chinese connected vehicles, hardware and software before the conclusion of the 119th Congress.” It’s important, though, to know what we’re missing. Chinese c

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