The cars and trucks that we drive today are better performing, more efficient and higher quality in almost every measurable way compared to the machines of 20, 30 or 40 years ago. For this, we can thank electronic control systems and the software…

From time to time, certain vehicles come along that attain an iconic status to such a degree that not only does the model stay in production for decades, but even the fundamentals of the basic design are retained even as the mechanicals evolve. The…

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Since the day that Lee Iacocca and Hal Sperlich rolled out the first Dodge Caravan more than three decades ago, the minivan form factor has remained the ultimate family hauler. With sliding doors,…

For years, advocates of natural gas have been promoting the use of this largely domestically produced fuel as an alternative to gasoline and diesel that would save money and reduce American dependence on oil imports. Unfortunately, even as gas and…

In my primary job as a principal analyst with Navigant Research, I cover the mobility industry and produce a number of reports that examine the market potential for various technologies including automated driving. One of our most popular reports is…

For most people, if they think about budgets at all, it’s usually limited to balancing a weekly paycheck against outstanding bills and hoping that the former exceeds the latter by a few dollars. But for the men and women that design and develop the…

The market for actual hands-off driver assist systems is going to be growing significantly in the next few years with Nissan and Nio the latest automakers to join the fray. Both automakers have recently announced updated versions of their most…

Electrify America (EA) wants to be the Supercharger network for every electric vehicle driver that doesn’t have a Tesla. Since the first charging stations started opening opening in mid-2018, the Volkswagen of America subsidiary has been cutting…

Early on Thursday, Volkswagen held a press conference at its Wolfsburg, Germany, headquarters where Hans Dieter Pötsch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management, provided an update on the ongoing…

Cars, like the people that create them have distinct characters. Some of that comes down to the individuals responsible for the design and development and the corporate culture they work in. Other aspects of automotive ethnicity come the places where…