In the past year, Ford has launched two completely new or redesigned SUVs to its American lineup, the diminutive EcoSport and the flagship of the fleet, Expedition. Over the next 24 months, everything between these bookends will also get replaced and…

Since the turn of the current century, Cadillac has struggled mightily to transform its brand image from a purveyor of old-school American land barges to a creator of engaging drivers cars. In that time, particularly the last half decade, GM’s…

After a pedestrian was struck and killed in Tempe, Ariz., on Sunday night by one of Uber’s automated driving prototypes, the city police initially seemed to think it was an unavoidable accident. However, a completely different picture emerges from…

In complex manufacturing ecosystems like aerospace and automotive, there is a hierarchical structure through the supply chain that runs from companies that produce the raw materials all the way to the companies that sell products with brands that we…

It’s been a quarter century since I drove a BMW for the first time. After years of reading Car and Driver’s praise of the 3 and 5 Series, my entre into the brand came via the big coupe which in those days was the 850i. The 8 series had supplanted the…

Sales of cars are likely to continue their decline in favor of SUVs for the foreseeable future but that doesn't mean automakers are completely giving up on them. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Toyota introduced the 2018…

New rubber, a new transmission, upgraded engines and most importantly some new software are claimed to contribute to what may be the quickest mainstream Ford Mustang ever. Back in January, we got a look at the some minor design updates to the Mustang…

When Fiat Chrysler Automobiles opened the 2016 North American International Auto Show last month by unveiling the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, technical details on the plug-in hybrid variant were somewhat scant. As expected at the time of the reveal, LG…

It’s hard to argue with calling Nvidia the market leader in providing integrated compute platforms for automated driving development. Since the launch of the original Drive PX system in 2015, Nvidia has continued cranking up the performance and…

At the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Fiat Chrysler’s Ram Division unveiled an all-new generation full-size light-duty pickup truck with a bit of a surprise. Along with the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, the 2019 Ram 1500 is adopting a…