Hyundai is generally not the first name that comes to mind when most people think of advanced technology or vehicle electrification. The South Korean brand aims to change that perception in 2016 with the addition of a brand-new model to its lineup,…
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Why Ride-Hailing Services Probably Won't Survive As Stand-Alone Businesses
Uber, Lyft, Didi and a wide range of other ride-hailing services around the world have transformed the on-demand personal transportation business over just the past half-decade. Taxi services in big cities around the world are being disrupted with…
2020 Toyota Highlander, Improved Entry In A Tougher Segment
What exactly is midsize anyway? As various new vehicle models seem to grow ever larger with each new generation, they continue to carry their original size categories with them, even if no longer appropriate. Today’s case in point is the Toyota…
New Ford Vehicles To Get SYNC 4 Infotainment And OTA Updates From 2020
By the end of 2019, all new Ford vehicles rolling off assembly lines will include built-in cellular data modems. Starting in 2020, new generations of Ford vehicles will be putting those persistent connections to much more use with the launch of a new…
My Favorite Drives of 2018
Since I started contributing to Forbes a few years back, I've gotten into an end of year habit of creating a gallery of some the favorite cars I've driven in the past year. As usual, this is a completely subjective and arbitrary list with no…
Ford Offers Glimpse Of Its Plans For A Commercial Fleet Of Dedicated Self-Driving Hybrids
Hot on the heels of General Motors announcing last week that it would begin commercial deployment of automated mobility services in 2019, Ford has jumped into the fray with some updates on its own automated driving program. Following on from the…
Navigating In Lincoln's New Flagship: The 2018 Navigator Black Label
In traditional naval terms, the flagship of a fleet is the ship that carries the commanding admiral. More often than not, it is one of the larger craft like a battleship or aircraft carrier. The term flagship is also used to denote the best product…
To Big Sur And Back In The Jaguar F-Pace S
As the western coast of the United States rises up from the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, a 655-mile stretch of the boundary between land and water is marked by a strip of pavement known as California Route 1. Known in various locations as the…
2018 MINI Clubman John Cooper Works All4: Not So Mini Anymore
A sad reality of growing older is that most of us (yours truly included) tend to become less svelte than we were in our physical prime. The same seems to happen to most of the car brands we drive. On the plus side, hopefully the passing years bring…
University Of Michigan Deploys Augmented Reality System To Aid Testing Of Automated Vehicles
All things considered, there have been remarkably few accidents so far as a result of real-world testing of automated vehicles. However, those vehicles have all had safety drivers and engineers on board to monitor the situations and take over when…