John Lippert

John Lippert is a freelance writer for the baiduhai covering data centers, electricity grids, freight, air pollution and environmental justice. He spent 22 years as a senior writer and bureau chief at Bloomberg. He was the Detroit Free Press labor writer. Before that, he spent eight years on the assembly line at five General Motors factories in Michigan and Ohio.

Bernhard Kuhnt, CEO of BMW of North America, introduces the new BMW X2 SUV during a media preview at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, January 15, 2018.
The 228-horsepower xDrive28i, which goes on sale in the U.S. in March, is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. It's mated to an eight-speed transmission. The 192-horsepower sDrive28i goes on sale later this spring.

America’s Big Three automakers losing ground on crossovers to foreign makes

June 1, 2019 at 2:10 a.m.

During broadcasts of Wimbledon tennis matches in July, a promotional game was playing out between General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. Unfortunately for Detroit, the two look outmatched by...

<p>Toyota is staking out its position in a battle to make cars safer by getting them to "talk" with one another, laying out plants to start putting short-range communications chips in U.S. vehicles in the next three years.</p>

Toyota wants cars to start ‘talking’ to each other

December 14, 2018 at 11:39 a.m.

Toyota laid out plans to start putting short-range communications chips in U.S. vehicles in the next three years, staking out its position in a battle to make cars safer by...

Subaru poised to surpass Hyundai with Ascent SUV

June 1, 2019 at 2:06 a.m.

Subaru picked an apt time to roll out a new model whose name is synonymous with moving up. The carmaker started the auto show season by showing off the new...

Akio Toyoda, president and member of the board of directors at Toyota, introduces the new 2018 Camry at the North American International Auto Show on Jan. 9, 2017, in Detroit.

Toyota to invest $10 billion over 5 years in U.S.

June 6, 2018 at 9:21 a.m.

Toyota, whose investments in Mexico have drawn criticism from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, said it plans to invest $10 billion in the U.S. over the next five years, maintaining the...

NEXT-GENERATION MUSTANG IN LIMBO

August 10, 2021 at 5:10 a.m.

Ford Motor Co. will decide in October whether the next-generation Mustang will be built in suburban Dearborn. But uncertainty over the car`s potential sales volume, rather than labor flexibility, is...

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