Leo Michael Cartoons - Q3 2022
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So how will it go when police have to pull over an autonomous vehicle? Self-driving tech companies are trying to work out the kinks.

This year's North American International Detroit Auto Show, like its peers around the world, is now a regional event.

The skateboard chassis — the architecture that underpins most of today's battery-electric vehicles — just might be the most important piece of automotive hardware created this century.

Apple unveiled in June a new version of CarPlay that takes control of every screen in a car and accesses additional vehicle and driver data. This has set up a showdown with automakers.

Ford is cutting 2,000 salaried positions and 1,000 agency jobs. Affected employees in the U.S., Canada and India were informed last week.

A softer-than-expected first half in the used-vehicle business has hit both traditional dealership groups and the industry's upstart online used-only retailers.

New research from GfK AutoMobility shows that loyalty toward brands and dealerships is continuing to decline as consumers pay at or above the manufacturer's suggested retail price.

Toyota, Honda and Nissan want to be players in the growing EV market, but halfway through 2022, all three automakers are still overhauling the offerings in their existing lineups.

Record-high gasoline prices, the lowest unemployment rate in decades, a lingering pandemic and long-term demographic trends have left geographically isolated plants scrambling to find enough workers to fill their assembly lines.

In Pied Piper's latest survey of 25 premium brands, all four electric-exclusive brands included — Tesla, Lucid, Polestar and Rivian — were ranked in the bottom quarter of satisfaction rankings.

Walmart's deal backing electric-vehicle startup Canoo has some strings, including a provision preventing sales to rival Amazon.

Nissan plans to exit the full-size pickup market after years of failing to make a major dent in the giant Detroit-dominated segment.

J.D. Power says supply chain issues, record-high vehicle prices and remote work environments made vehicle problems surge to a record high in this year's Initial Quality Study.













A collection of Leo Michael cartoons from the third quarter of 2022.