All Revved Up: Automotive News and Perspective for the Week of May 12, 2021

Todd Bianco's auto news headlines this week: Arrival is making an Arrival Car for Uber in London, Ford prices the E-Transit van, FCA no longer needs Tesla’s emissions credits after its merger with PSA, Argo IA has a new Lidar, the semiconductor microchip shortage is ongoing and certain high-tech features are being eliminated from some cars, California is leading the U.S. with EV sales, new car prices skyrocketing, the Chevy Silverado EV is coming and GM says it’s great for fleets, Volvo wants to go public, Subaru named its new EV crossover the Solterra, the 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV got an EPA-rated range of 247 miles. Most and least expensive cars and trucks to maintain and repair after 10 years and each brand rated by 5 and 10 year costs – Consumer Reports survey. Five cars from the 1990s that you should buy now before prices skyrocket.