New Mobility Service Being Launched by Volvo
Volvo is launching M, a new mobility brand focusing on alternatives to car ownership. M will offer dependable, on-demand access to cars and services through an intuitive app.
"Volvo Cars is becoming more than just a car company," CEO Håkan Samuelsson said in a statement. "We recognize that urban consumers are rethinking traditional car ownership. M is part of our answer." The new brand will debut in Sweden and the United States next year.
Read the article at The Drive.
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Transit and Transit Connect are the Silent Profit Pillars for Ford
Ford's full-size Transit is dominating the commercial van market across the world, and the smaller passenger-oriented Transit Connect are generating sales during an off-year when the automaker has few new offerings to compete with the new SUVs and crossovers offered by competitors.
Although Ford has declined to comment on what model might carry the brand's autonomous business come 2021, experts point to the vans' affordable and adaptable nature as logical bases to enter the market.
Read the article at The Detroit News.
NAFA Begins Defining Institute & Expo’s New Three-Day Orientation
In 2019, NAFA’s Institute & Expo will become a three-day event: Monday, April 15, through Wednesday, April 17.
All sessions and the Expo will take place at the brand new Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky., and everything you’ve come to expect from the conference will be there.
The enhanced NAFA I&E schedule features:
- A three-day event that retains the conference's key attributes
- A revitalized sessions agenda starting on Monday, rather than Tuesday
- Modernized learning opportunities in concurrent sessions
- Added features to the Expo that will increase value for attendees
For more information about NAFA's I&E, visit www.nafainstitute.org.
GM’s New Chinese Teeny-Tiny Pickup
General Motors is rolling out a new 'mini-pickup' for sale only in China, called the Rong Guang. It’s a Wuling built by joint venture with SAIC in Shanghai.
It will be available in either single-cab or crew-cab, and measures 124 inches, which is shorter than just the wheelbase of the Colorado/Canyon. Theoretically, the entire thing could fit inside the longer bed available on the Silverado HD.
Read the article at Carscoops.
