Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Tesla Motors We made our gigafactory predictions the other day and, it turns out, we were pretty much on target. Today, Tesla Motors released the first official details on its upcoming massive battery pla...

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Tesla Motors A car that costs 80 percent as much to produce as another can't be half the price. That's the simplistic version why Stanphyl Capital Management says Tesla Motors will not be able to sell its...

Filed under: Hybrid, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Honda Insight hasn't amounted to even a tenth of Prius sales, and well over half of those sold were JDM. It's been a rough ride for the Honda Insight, and now its journey appears to be at an en...

Filed under: Budget, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Honda After two years of construction, Honda's new factory in Celaya, Mexico, has officially begun production of the all-new 2015 Fit in North America. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Hond...

Filed under: Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Toyota, Europe/EU More fuel economy means more factory workers and more production for Toyota's most popular model in Europe. That simple equation explains why the Japanese automaker is boosting annual produc...