Shift, the mobility magazine from Automotive News, recently hosted an event at Waymo's Mountain View, California headquarters. This meeting marked the 10-year anniversary of the Google Self-Driving Car project. Over the past 5 years, we’ve seen…

In the 1970s, when my passion for cars was starting to bloom, Triumph Motor Company launched a sports car called the TR7 with the tagline, “The Shape of Things to Come.” Triumph has been out of the car business for nearly 4 decades and the TR7’s…

In December 2015, Ford announced plans to invest $4.5 billion to introduce 13 new electrified vehicle models by 2020. The company provided no additional details at the time, but a big piece of that plan just became clear as CEO Mark Fields made a…

With 2 decades of experience behind them, manufacturers are expanding product lineups and scaling production as they try to drive down the cost premium of plug-in power. Until now, most of the emphasis has been on retail passenger vehicles while…

When Karl Benz went for his first test drive in 1886, the automobile changed the way that we live in ways that were unimaginable. Over the course of the 20th century, motor vehicles expanded our horizons, making travel easier and more affordable than…

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It’s no secret that battery electric pickup trucks are on their way. The arrivals of at least half a dozen models from Rivian, GMC,…

Uber’s decision several years ago to pursue development of automated driving technologies always struck me as a risky proposition for the company. However, the recent moves by CEO Dara Khosrowshahi may just be what it takes to make the company a…

Hopefully the coronavirus outbreak will wind down as we head into the second half of 2020. However, once it subsides, we still need to deal with the economic consequences of massive quarantines and shelter-in-place policies. The global automotive…

Continuing the theme of autonowashing from my previous blog, here I examine when full self-driving technology is not what it claims to be. In short, full self-driving does not happen if a human is involved in the driving process beyond entering a…

Data is the new gold. It’s the mantra you often hear these days. Or sometimes it’s the new oil. Data is undoubtedly a valuable resource, and once extracted it can become the raw material of other products. But as with gold or oil, locating the…