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Now that Tesla has finally revealed, the Model 3, I can happily say that I was wrong on at least two major points in my recent column on how much the company’s first affordable electric car would actually cost. However, given that the Model 3 is…

Over the history of the automobile, we’ve come up with a wide variety of descriptors that immediately give us a pretty solid idea of the type of vehicle being discussed. When we here pickup, station wagon or minivan, we largely know what to expect.…

When we think about automation in the auto industry, the images that typically pop to mind are robots that weld and paint bodies and automated guided vehicles that move parts around the assembly line. However, coordinating all of the aspects of a…

Among people that work in computer tech support there is a pejorative acronym that is used all too frequently, PEBKAC. It stands for problem exists between keyboard and chair. It refers to the reality that no matter how well an engineer may have…

It's not easy being Mazda as we head into 2017. As the automotive world begins what may be an inexorable shift from driving to riding in on-demand, autonomous, electric vehicles, the Mazda ethos that “driving matters” is increasingly coming under…

The first-phase of the ground up revamp of the entire Volvo product portfolio is nearing completion. Like most brands, Volvo has shifted heavily toward utility vehicles such as the midsize and large XC60 and XC90 as well as the slightly higher riding…

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao paid a visit to Ann Arbor, Mich. today to announce a revised set of guidelines for automated driving systems. A year ago, the Obama administration announced the first set of federal guidelines for…

If humans had the night vision capabilities of cats, driving would surely be a lot safer than it is. However, we are not creatures evolved to move about without light so Ford has begun a new phase of its testing of autonomous vehicles. Recently a…

A decade ago, Volkswagen was all in on clean diesel as its solution to meeting greenhouse gas emissions standards. As we now know, that proved to be a lie. From the time dieselgate burst into the open in September 2015, Volkswagen Group pivoted to…

When Acura launched the TLX sport sedan in 2015 as a replacement for its outgoing TL, it became the last new model from the brand to feature the much derided shield grille. At April’s New York Auto Show, an updated 2018 TLX will debut with the new…