Just two months after showing off the Hemi-powered Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 as a concept, the V8 off-roader is headed to production early in the new year. With the addition of the 470-hp 6.4-liter V8 under the hood, the plug-in hybrid Wrangler 4XE’s…
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Ford’s Electric E-Transit May Hit Sweet Spot On Cost, Range, Payload For Commercial Customers
Ford is taking a very different approach to its entry into the battery electric vehicle (BEV) market from cross-town rival General Motors GM . First up is the Mustang Mach-E which basically copies the Tesla TSLA Model Y playbook. Rather than an…
2021 Ford F-150 – All The Important Stuff Is Under The Skin
The Mustang might be the icon that gets people excited, but there is no question that the F-series trucks including the light-duty F-150 are the most important products in the Ford lineup. They collectively generate enormous profits that fund a lot…
Mobileye Picks Luminar Lidar For Initial Robotaxis While Developing In-House Lidar
It’s no secret that Mobileye, the Israel-based pioneer in camera-based advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) has been actively developing its own Level 4 automated driving systems. Mobileye has always taken a camera-centric approach to this problem…
Another Downside Of Driving Automation: What If The Manufacturer Decides To Shut Your Car Down?
For the past 130 years, whenever we have bought a car, we've expected it to continue operating relatively normally until the mechanical components simply wear out. These days, that means a vehicle may on the road for 20 to 25 years or more as long as…
Toyota Puts The Focus On User Experience With Concept-i Debut At 2017 CES
In the years since the great recession of 2008-09, the auto industry has been on a steady and impressive growth pattern as it recovered from the low point of the collapse. But as even Apple has learned in 2016, growth cannot go on forever. At some…
How Tesla's Suppliers May Have Killed Elon Musk's Private Dream
Even by the standards of Tesla and its mercurial CEO Elon Musk, the last few weeks have been strange ones. Ever since Musk tweeted out on August 7, 2018 that he was considering taking the company private there has been rampant speculation about who…
Honda Teaming Up With GM To Create A Dedicated Self-Driving Vehicle
General Motors and its Cruise Automation subsidiary have been leaders in the automated driving space in recent years, while Honda has definitely been lagging behind, taking a more cautious approach to deployment. That’s about to change as Honda, GM…
The 2021 Ford F-150 Is A Smart Refinement Of What Already Worked
Within the walls of Ford Motor Company, the Mustang is widely considered to the heart and soul of the brand. It’s what gets people excited about Ford. But when it comes to keeping the lights on, it’s the F-150 that is the brain and wallet of Ford.…
Who Should Be Testing Autonomous Vehicle Technology And Where?
Every new technology ultimately needs to be exercised in the real-world environments where it will ultimately be deployed and this is especially true for safety critical technologies like many of those that go into modern cars. A recent interview…