PVMI member Susan Helper explain that relaxed emissions standards may lead to “less innovation and less competitiveness” for U.S. automakers.…Read More
Trump’s Battle on Car Emission Standards Could Hurt the Auto Industry
PVMI In the News
From Mustang to Minivan: How Lee Iacocca Changed the Auto Industry
After the death of Lee Iacocca, PVMI Director John Paul MacDuffie discussed the auto executive’s career, his work on the Ford Mustang, and more.…Read More
Why Automakers Are Driving for Uniform Fuel Efficiency Standards
PVMI Director John Paul MacDuffie talks about why 17 automakers urged President Donald Trump to support one progressive national standard for fuel economy.…Read More
PVMI Makes Global Connections to Examine Mobility Transformation Trends
Studying the changing ways people and goods are transported today requires researchers to apply innovative methodologies.…Read More
China’s Electric Vehicle Market: A Storm of Competition Is Coming
John Paul MacDuffie talks to Knowledge@Wharton about the future of China’s electric vehicle market without government subsidies.…Read More
Why Toyota Is Betting on Hybrid Technology
What Toyota’s free licensing of patents could mean for the future of hybrid cars, electric cars, and driving.…Read More
Why the U.K. Auto Industry Is Stalling Over Brexit Risks
Uncertainty caused by Brexit has launched the U.K. auto industry into crisis. Global automakers are pulling back on their investments in the country, and widespread shutdowns and relocations are in the works.…Read More
Case Study: The Ferrari Way
Despite being “one of the best-known and secretive companies in the world,” PVMI member and Harvard Business School Professor Stefan Thomke recently received a rare invitation to study Ferrari’s inner workings.…Read More
Elon Musk’s SEC Drama: Has He Gone Too Far?
Last week, the SEC stated that it was “stunned” that Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not seek pre-approval for his tweets about the firm, as a judge had ordered him to do. His tweets in the summer of 2018 about taking the company private led to $40 million in fines,…Read More
Exhausted by Scandal: ‘Dieselgate’ Continues to Haunt Volkswagen
Repercussions from the 2015 “Dieselgate” scandal continue to dog Volkswagen, which now faces charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for making deceptive claims about its vehicles’ emissions levels. Although the company claims that the cheating occurred at lower levels of the organization, the SEC charged that executives knew as early as 2007.…Read More