FILE- In this March 14, 2019, file photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at… [+] Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk was the top paid CEO in California for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar,…
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Hey Elon Musk Fans, Don't Take It Personally, He Is Just Playing The Political Game
Tesla is the first new American automaker making more than a tiny trickle of vehicles to see any modest degree of success (at least in terms of sales if not financial results) in nearly a century. Remarkably, the company has achieved this while…
Track-Day Oriented Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Returns For 2017
The Chevrolet Camaro 1LE performance package returns for 2017, poised to set new benchmarks for… [+] attainable track performance. The package builds off the success of the previous-generation 1LE, offering increased handling and track performance.…
EPA Estimates 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Driving Range At 238 Miles
It’s official: When the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV goes on sale in the next few months, it will be the first sub-$40,000 electric car with an EPA estimated range of more than 200 miles. Over the past year, GM engineers and executives have been strongly…
After Many False Starts, The 2019 Mazda CX-5 Signature Diesel Is Finally Available
One of the more frustrating bits of automotive vaporware of the past decade aside from the truly self-driving car is the Mazda diesel engine in the U.S. market. After many fits and starts, the Mazda CX-5 diesel is finally on sale in the US…
The Internal Combustion Engine Is Dead? Mazda Has Another Idea With Innovative SkyActiv-X
There is no shortage of people around the world today who seem pretty certain that the days of the internal combustion engine (ICE) as the primary form of propulsion for transportation are effectively over. Mazda North America senior vice president…
Ford And Pittsburgh Launch First City Of Tomorrow Challenge
Dozens of companies are rushing headlong into a future where they expect that the more than 270 million registered vehicles in the U.S. will be scrapped and replaced with shared automated vehicles that do everything from get us to work to deliver our…
Safety First As Waymo Wants To Be 'Enablers, Not Disruptors'
Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Waymo probably has the largest and most advanced fleet of automated vehicles in the world today. Thus it seems a bit ironic that getting a first ride in one of the company's Chrysler Pacifica hybrids required a four and a…
2021 Nissan Rogue – Is Better Enough?
The last two years have been particularly challenging for Nissan with declining sales and internal political struggles both within the Japanese automaker’s ranks and with its alliance partner Nissan. An aging product lineup certainly has helped…
Delphi And Mobileye Aim To Roll Out Turnkey Fully Autonomous System By 2019
Singapore has selected Delphi to provide a fleet of automated taxis in a pilot test, beginning later… [+] this year. Engineers, acting as “safety drivers”, will accompany select commuters in the first phase of the pilot test. By 2019, the company…