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Over the past couple of years, Amazon has been pushing its Alexa voice services (AVS) into every sort of device imaginable from wall clocks to microwave ovens. Cars are no exception although the lead times to bring new vehicles to market means that…

At Ford Motor Company’s annual December media briefing this week, CEO Mark Fields took to the stage to announce that “Ford would be investing $4.5 billion to bring 13 new electrified vehicles to market by 2020.” While that seems like a pretty clear…

From a product perspective, the Kia press conference that kicked off the 2016 Chicago Auto Show today was all about electrification with the global debut of the production Niro hybrid crossover and the launch of hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants of…

The state of Michigan this week announced a partnership with Cavnue to develop a next-generation transportation corridor between Detroit and Ann Arbor. The goal is to integrate a range of technologies including cameras and sensors to enable connected…

In the days since the announcement that Ford Motor Company had acquired the long-abandoned Michigan Central Station in Detroit, executive chairman Bill Ford has given numerous interviews about his hopes to spur the city’s rebirth around this icon of…

Street addresses are a fundamentally problematic means of trying to input a destination into a navigation system. In the best of situations, they aren’t particularly precise and in the worst of cases, they may not be defined at all. As we move into a…

Ride-hailing pioneer Uber is expanding its approach to eventually eliminating the human driver component from its platform. A new deal announced this week will eventually add automated Mercedes-Benz vehicles to the Uber platform. This will mark the…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is one of the more polarizing figures in modern business. There is no doubt that he has accomplished far more than most people would have thought possible with his companies and he deserves plenty of respect for his sheer tenacity…

Living here in southeast Michigan, seeing as yet unreleased cars on the road is fairly commonplace. Heavily camouflaged machines regularly traverse the region’s freeways as they move between technical centers, proving grounds and supplier facilities.…

Two years ago at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Acura rolled out the Precision Concept, a sleek four-door coupe that introduced the brand’s new design direction. As much as the enthusiasts among us might have preferred Acura…