Automakers have been installing radar sensors in vehicles for more than two decades to enable adaptive cruise control and blindspot detection systems. In the best decade radar has become increasingly ubiquitous even in mainstream cars. As regulators…

Shared electric scooters are popping up across American sidewalks faster than dandelions after a spring rain and Ford has been feeling left out. Smart Mobility LLC, the business unit of the Dearborn-based automaker that is responsible for developing…

Ford is already the dominant player in providing police vehicles in the U.S. and their latest announcement is likely to boost the 60% market share they had in 2016. The latest addition to the brand’s police lineup is the F-150 Police Responder, which…

It’s been nearly a decade since Audi first showed a concept car dubbed e-Tron. That first example at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show was an R8-like sports car that after several years of development, never actually made it to production. In the…

When the discussion turns to the computing platforms expected to power the coming wave of automated vehicles (AVs), there are basically two companies that seem to get all of the attention, Nvidia and Intel with its Mobileye subsidiary. Most of the…

For more than a century, the basic metal key with a toothed edge was an essential element of accessing and operating a car (legally at least). But that slim piece of toothed metal is rapidly moving toward irrelevance thanks to wireless communication…

As we have seen in the past week, testing automated vehicles on public roads is a risky endeavor that can easily turn into tragedy if the system doesn’t work right. It’s also incredibly costly and time consuming. Vehicles can spend hours, days or…

Back in March when General Motors held its EV day, it revealed a number of interesting design details about its new Ultium. Among these was the decision to integrate the battery management system (BMS) into each module of the pack. GM has now…

Over the 17 years since its passage, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has become one of the most abused laws on the books in the United States. This is due in large part to a provision that specifically prohibits circumvention of encryption or…

After more than a dozen years on sale, the Nissan Titan has continually struggled to gain a foothold in America’s huge and highly profitable full-size truck segment. Despite that, Nissan isn’t giving up on its big truck and as the second-generation…