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As the fourth-generation Hyundai Santa Fe heads into just its third model year, it’s already getting a significant update that includes both visual and mechanical changes including an all-new powertrain lineup. Most notably, for the first time it…

Two of the most common bits of conventional wisdom in business are “location, location, location” and “timing is everything. With Mazda finally launching the CX-5 diesel into the American market, it is facing severe challenges on both of these…

Flashback to June 2015. Volkswagen was the unrivaled leader in sales mainstream diesel-powered cars in America. The only other brands selling any notable number of diesel cars were the three German premium brands. VW’s only competitor was General…

By the end of this decade, it’s going to be nearly impossible to buy a new vehicle that isn’t connected to the outside world in some way. Adding any kind of connectivity to a device inherently raises the risk of bad actors finding a way to cause…

Toyota is making some changes in its connected vehicle strategy, both giving and taking away. It’s not often that automakers offer customers the opportunity to retrofit updated technology after they buy a vehicle unless required by a recall. Toyota…

Computers have been a key component of almost every vehicle built since the 1970s when it became clear that vacuum hoses and centrifugal distributor advance mechanisms weren’t going to be sufficient to meet emission and fuel efficiency standards.…

The words Lincoln and Continental just seem like they belong together. Not every Lincoln Continental over the years has been a classic but the 1939 original, the 1956 Mark II and of course the 1961 sedan are all design icons. In honor of the 80th…

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based May Mobility is preparing to relaunch its automated mobility service in Grand Rapids, Mich. at the end of August. When the low-speed electric shuttles start again, they will be carrying passengers for the first time since…

In August 2016, then-CEO of Ford, Mark Fields took the stage at the company’s Dearborn, Mich. headquarters to announce that the automaker would mass produce a Level 4 automated vehicle beginning in 2021. He also made it clear that the vehicle was…

Right after the stock market closed for the day on September 27, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk. He is being accused of committing fraud as a result of his August 7 tweet that he was considering…