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As the western coast of the United States rises up from the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, a 655-mile stretch of the boundary between land and water is marked by a strip of pavement known as California Route 1. Known in various locations as the…

In traditional naval terms, the flagship of a fleet is the ship that carries the commanding admiral. More often than not, it is one of the larger craft like a battleship or aircraft carrier. The term flagship is also used to denote the best product…

Hot on the heels of General Motors announcing last week that it would begin commercial deployment of automated mobility services in 2019, Ford has jumped into the fray with some updates on its own automated driving program. Following on from the…

Since I started contributing to Forbes a few years back, I've gotten into an end of year habit of creating a gallery of some the favorite cars I've driven in the past year. As usual, this is a completely subjective and arbitrary list with no…

By the end of 2019, all new Ford vehicles rolling off assembly lines will include built-in cellular data modems. Starting in 2020, new generations of Ford vehicles will be putting those persistent connections to much more use with the launch of a new…

What exactly is midsize anyway? As various new vehicle models seem to grow ever larger with each new generation, they continue to carry their original size categories with them, even if no longer appropriate. Today’s case in point is the Toyota…

Uber, Lyft, Didi and a wide range of other ride-hailing services around the world have transformed the on-demand personal transportation business over just the past half-decade. Taxi services in big cities around the world are being disrupted with…

Hyundai is generally not the first name that comes to mind when most people think of advanced technology or vehicle electrification. The South Korean brand aims to change that perception in 2016 with the addition of a brand-new model to its lineup,…

The first generation of Volkswagen’s first compact crossover utility, the Tiguan was on the market for a full decade before it finally got a full makeover. In fact, the old model is still available as the Tiguan Limited. However, here in the land…

For more than a decade, automotive engineers and researchers have been struggling to come to grips with a way to build an engine that runs on gasoline while harnessing the efficiency and torque benefits of diesel engines. While numerous automakers…