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It’s been just over five months since General Motors GM and LG Chem announced the formation of a new joint-venture to produce lithium ion cells for electric vehicles. The new venture which the companies are investing $2.3 billion into now has a name,…

Ten years after Ford made the first major automaker announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show, the auto industry presence in Las Vegas will be bigger than ever this coming January. Along with the return of Ford CEO Mark Fields, Nissan will be…

If there is one lesson that manufacturers of performance cars have learned over the last half century, it’s that special editions are a sure fire way to get enthusiasts to come back for more. Whether it’s a Porsche 911 which currently has 22 distinct…

It’s coming up on nearly a decade since BMW launched its first two hybrid models, the X6 ActiveHybrid and the 7 Series ActiveHybrid. It’s safe to say that neither of those vehicles were particularly impressive from either an efficiency or sales…

Chances are you’ve never heard of Karma Automotive. It’s a California-based, Chinese-owned, low volume automaker born from the ashes of what was once Fisker Automotive. Since its inception in 2014, it has had a single product, a low-slung four-door…

How many people do you see every day using a 20-year-old cell phone or computer? Unless you happen to work at the Computer History Museum or some government departments, chances are the answer is zero. On the other hand seeing cars built prior to the…

As a stand-alone company Waymo has only existed for about a month since being spun off from Alphabet Inc.’s X lab. Despite that, Waymo has the potential to be one of the most important players in the future of the auto industry in the coming years.…

The middle to late 1990s was a fascinating time in big-time sports car racing. Rule changes and the emergence of what have come to be known as hypercars like the McLaren F1 brought a whole new look to the grid at Le Mans and other race tracks.…

It's been three years since Ford unveiled its first modern autonomous vehicle prototypes and the basic configuration hasn't really changed much since then with the distinctive array of four Lidar sensors on the roof. As Ford accelerates towards its…

Cadillac’s Super Cruise partially automated driving system is widely considered to be the best such system currently available in production but it’s only available on a single model, the slow-selling CT6 sedan. That changes in 2020 as it will be…