A decade ago, if Cadillac and Lincoln had launched all-new and directly competing products into the market at the same time, most observers would have likely predicted the Cadillac to the clear winner. But it’s now summer 2019 and the two brands that…
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Toyota Makes $5 Million Investment In American Center For Mobility
The second facility in Michigan dedicated to testing automated and connected vehicles is currently under construction in Ypsilanti, Mich. and it just got its first official automaker financial sponsor. At the annual Center for Automotive Research…
Adding Some Statistical Perspective To Tesla Autopilot Safety Claims
“Figures never lie, but liars always figure.”
“Tell me which side of the argument you are on and I will give you the statistics to prove you are right.”
Variations of those quotes have been around for ages and the origins are debatable. However,…
Lucid’s Electric Air Sedan Projected To Have Whopping 517-Mile Range
When I got my first briefing on the Lucid Air electric sedan at the Los Angeles Auto Show back in November 2016, Peter Rawlinson, then CTO and now CEO of Lucid, claimed that it would get over 400 miles of driving range. In the years since, Lucid has…
Ford-Volkswagen-Argo Investment Deal Closes, Argo AI Expands To Europe
Nearly a year after it was first announced in New York, the collaborative investment deal between Ford, Volkswagen and Argo AI officially closed today. Pittsburgh-based Argo AI now has a foothold in Europe as Volkswagen’s Autonomous Intelligent…
Cosworth Inaugurates New North American Headquarters And Factory
To racing fans around the world, Cosworth is a name that surely brings up memories of some amazing engines including the legendary Ford-Cosworth DFV V8 in Formula 1 and the derivative DFX in Indy cars. Founded in England 60 years by Mike Costin and…
Nikola Teams Up With General Motors For Batteries, Fuel Cells And Manufacturing
When Nikola Motors announced its plans to get into the pickup truck market with the Badger earlier this year, one of the many questions raised was where it would be built and what technology it would use. We now know a lot more as General Motors has…
Stung By Kia: Driving The 2018 Stinger GT
The surprise hit of the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was a new sports sedan from Kia, and the fact that it had an actual name rather than some random alphanumeric string. The Stinger has since gone on the market to rave…
Nissan Harnesses Radar Sensor To See Around Cars With Refreshed Altima
Think back to the days of your childhood and playing hide and seek. The game would have been much easier if you could actually see through and around the trees, rocks and walls that obscured your friends. For all the advances that have been made in…
Waymo Launches Early Rider Program, Expands Self-Driving Fleet With Fiat Chrysler
The future of personal mobility has arrived in Phoenix with the launch of Waymo's early rider program. Waymo, the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary created to commercialize Google's automated driving technology is now inviting the public to participate in its…