In February 2017, Ford made big news with an announcement that it would invest up to $1 billion in a startup company that had only existed for a few months and had a half dozen employees. Since then Pittsburgh-based Argo.AI has become Ford’s hub for…

Even before one of the world’s first test tracks dedicated to autonomous and connected vehicle technology officially opened in July 2015, Ford already had a car cruising around the 32-acre facility collecting data. Now Ford is laying claim to being…

Several years ago, Cadillac launched a new brand advertising campaign with the tag line “Dare Greatly.” The premise was that those that take risks will often fall short, but they are also the ones that achieve the greatest success. After a decade of…

The new political regime in Washington, makes it almost certain that any proposed federal regulations including the mandate for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications are all but dead in the water for the foreseeable future. So you might be…

We’re still about about six weeks away from our first look at the second-generation Nissan Leaf sans camouflage, but in an effort to dominate the news cycle through the summer doldrums, the automaker keeps trickling out bits of information. The…

As the transportation world continues to accelerate toward a world of autonomous driving, it increasingly appears that partnerships and consolidation will play a critical role in success. To that end, Volvo cars has followed up its recent partnership…

Whenever a new generation of the Explorer arrives, it marks a crucial milestone for Ford. It’s only the third best-selling nameplate behind the F-Series trucks and the compact Escape crossover. But it has significantly higher margins than its smaller…

Despite the ever-growing number of hybrid electric models available in the U.S. market, the share of these dual powered vehicles has remained stubbornly flat, at least in part due to relatively low fuel prices. Despite only accounting for about 2% of…

The age of the driverless car will probably arrive eventually, but today the reality still falls far short of the promise. In the short time since Tesla released a software update for the Model S that enables their Auto Pilot feature, several owners…

It turns out that a surprising number of heavy duty pickup truck buyers spend thousands of additional dollars after they drive off the dealer’s lot to upgrade the off-road capability of their new rides. In an era when overall vehicle sales have…