Jordyn Grzelewski

“The ability of the UAW to successfully organize the Ford joint-venture battery plant in Kentucky is a major milestone,” one labor expert tells Tech Brew.

GM is the latest automaker to shift its focus from fully autonomous vehicles to advanced driver assistance systems.

Robotaxi deployments, investments in advanced driver assistance systems, and regulations are a few key AV sector themes to watch in 2025.

The AV sector is pleased by President-elect Trump’s plans to establish a federal regulatory framework that could make it easier to get self-driving cars on the road.

Rivian grew its charging network, NACS adoption rises, and more EV charging news from December.

“Instead of having to change your battery every 10 years, you may just be able to keep your battery for 15 years,” one of the report’s lead co-authors tells Tech Brew.

Analysts at Cox Automotive predict that 2025 will be the year that electrified vehicles “move into the mainstream.”

Deloitte’s annual Global Automotive Consumer Study homed in on key “consumer trends and issues shaping the global automotive sector.”

“If I had even a quarter for every time they used the term ‘software-defined vehicle’ over the course of the week…I would have walked away a much wealthier person,” a PwC US analyst tells Tech Brew.

Location tech company TomTom just released its latest Traffic Index, which maps out travel time and congestion trends across 500 cities.