Ford recently announced that as part of the mid-cycle update for its Fusion sedan, the plug-in hybrid variant would be getting a notable improvement in fuel efficiency. In fact, the EPA fuel economy estimates for the Fusion Energi have gone up by 10…

Earlier this decade, Ford had to make some tough decisions about the future of the Lincoln brand. Over at least the past ten years, the entire brand has consistently been outsold by most of the Ford nameplates including Mustang. The powers that be in…

The typical sales pattern for most vehicles is to peak somewhere around year two or three of their lifecycle before plateauing and declining in the final years before a redesign. But these aren’t typical times. American car buyers seem to be in a…

Back in mid-2013 I was standing on Oakwood Blvd in Dearborn, Mich, when a prototype Mustang emerged from the gate of Ford’s Dearborn Development Center. As the driver accelerated away, this particular car emitted a wail quite unlike anything that…

Automated driving is pretty much at peak hype right now. Startups are popping up all over Silicon Valley with founders that want to be the next Elon Musk and funding from venture capitalists hoping for their next big exit. Along with all of these new…

For more than a decade, automotive engineers and researchers have been struggling to come to grips with a way to build an engine that runs on gasoline while harnessing the efficiency and torque benefits of diesel engines. While numerous automakers…

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based May Mobility is preparing to relaunch its automated mobility service in Grand Rapids, Mich. at the end of August. When the low-speed electric shuttles start again, they will be carrying passengers for the first time since…

Computers have been a key component of almost every vehicle built since the 1970s when it became clear that vacuum hoses and centrifugal distributor advance mechanisms weren’t going to be sufficient to meet emission and fuel efficiency standards.…

Toyota is making some changes in its connected vehicle strategy, both giving and taking away. It’s not often that automakers offer customers the opportunity to retrofit updated technology after they buy a vehicle unless required by a recall. Toyota…

By the end of this decade, it’s going to be nearly impossible to buy a new vehicle that isn’t connected to the outside world in some way. Adding any kind of connectivity to a device inherently raises the risk of bad actors finding a way to cause…