For the past 100-plus years, the internal combustion engine has been the heart of the automobile. But for the last 40, tiny slices of silicon have increasingly been the brains that tell the muscles including the cardiac muscle that is the engine what…
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Ford Claims First 'Pursuit Rated' Police Pickup Truck — That Merits Investigation
Ford is already the dominant player in providing police vehicles in the U.S. and their latest announcement is likely to boost the 60% market share they had in 2016. The latest addition to the brand’s police lineup is the F-150 Police Responder, which…
Qualcomm Hides Most Interesting Part Of Android-Powered Maserati In Center Console
During the 2016 Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, Calif., in May, there were countless news reports of the bright orange Maserati Ghibli that Qualcomm was showing off. Those reports all focused on the fact that the car was running…
Ford Smart Mobility Goes For A Scooter Ride, Buys Spin
Shared electric scooters are popping up across American sidewalks faster than dandelions after a spring rain and Ford has been feeling left out. Smart Mobility LLC, the business unit of the Dearborn-based automaker that is responsible for developing…
DAV Foundation Wants To Bring Open-Source Blockchain Platform To Mobility
Blockchain as a concept has burst forth from the backchannel discussions among technologists over the past year into the mainstream consciousness. While the chances are now pretty good that even non-technically oriented people have at least heard the…
While We Wait For Automation, NXP Announces New Automotive Radar Systems
Automakers have been installing radar sensors in vehicles for more than two decades to enable adaptive cruise control and blindspot detection systems. In the best decade radar has become increasingly ubiquitous even in mainstream cars. As regulators…
Tesla's Rapid Braking Software Update Is Great, But Hides More Fundamental Problems
Customers and Tesla enthusiasts got a chance to check out the new Tesla Model 3 sedan, sit inside it… [+] and get specs on the car in person for the first time in Denver at the Tesla showroom at the Cherry Creek Mall May 03, 2018. The Model 3 is…
2017 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro – Autobahn Born And Bred
Cars, like the people that create them have distinct characters. Some of that comes down to the individuals responsible for the design and development and the corporate culture they work in. Other aspects of automotive ethnicity come the places where…
New GM-LG Partnership On Chevy Bolt EV Shows Why Barra Is Resisting Fiat Merger
For most of the past year we’ve been listening to Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , making the argument for further industry consolidation in order to spread the costs of developing the advanced technologies that are needed to…
It Could Be That Only A Few VW Engineers Really Knew About Emissions Cheating
Early on Thursday, Volkswagen held a press conference at its Wolfsburg, Germany, headquarters where Hans Dieter Pötsch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management, provided an update on the ongoing…