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For the first 20 years of the Lexus brand's existence, performance was not really a descriptor that came to mind when you thought of Toyota's luxury lineup. They were smooth, quiet, refined, reliable, but frankly not all that exciting. Then Lexus…

With each passing month it seems like autonomous cars become more inevitable with the question being when rather than if. Whether the fully self-driving car arrives in five years or 15, we’ll continue to see cars steadily adopt greater degrees of…

Having a commercially successful product requires many factors to come together. First, the product has to be good enough to meet customer needs. It needs to priced right. It also needs to come to market at the right time. When General Motors…

Recently a video clip popped up online of what was clearly a Ford Mustang Mach-E sans multiple body panels drifting around a test track at high speed. Shot from within the adjacent trees, it was clearly meant to imply that someone was sneaking around…

It’s been two years since Aptiv launched one of the world’s first robotaxi pilot tests in partnership with Lyft in Las Vegas. In the first weeks and months of the program, riders could only get to and from a couple of dozen venues along the Las Vegas…

The past 18 months have brought a see change in the automotive industry's attitude toward cybersecurity. What was generally considered a non-issue as recently as early 2014 has suddenly become one of the most important issues to deal with and most of…

As the endurance race to bring fully automated vehicles to market continues, engineers are increasingly focused on the practical realities of what it will take produce vehicles capable of safely operating without a human driver. While most of the…

Anyone paying attention to all of the news about autonomous vehicles from Google and other companies may have noticed a common thread in the stories, photos and videos. The roads are always dry and the sun is shining. That's because many of the…

In recent decades, Flint, Mich. has been known better as a symbol of urban decay and lead-poisoned water than for high technology. However, situated in the heart of this troubled city is a relatively small educational institution that has had an…

Until recently, the data collected by companies developing automated driving systems was a closely guarded secret. Automated vehicles (AVs) can collect 4TB or more of raw sensor data every day. In March of this year, Aptiv became the first of the…