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By now we all know that Ford is planning to discontinue most of its passenger car lines in North America in favor of new utility vehicles that American consumers seem to prefer. Over the next two years, a full quiver of additional and redesigned…

Daimler and Bosch said in July that would launch their first automated ride-hailing pilot program somewhere in Silicon Valley in 2019. That somewhere has now been identified as San Jose where a small fleet of automated S-Class sedans will start…

There are a lot of puzzle pieces that have to come together in order for automated driving to become safe, reliable and ubiquitous. Sophisticated sensors and wireless communications can provide the raw data about what is around each vehicle. But…

There’s nothing unusual about taking a cab ride in New York. Aside from the subway, cabs have long been one of the most common ways to get around the city, although in recent years, cabs have increasingly given way ride-hailing. This weekend I used…

On a conference call today, General Motors vice president of autonomous and electric vehicle programs provided an update on the status of its new EV development efforts. For obvious reasons, GM GM hasn’t had much information to share about these…

One of the most surprising automotive success stories of the past half decade comes Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in the form of an engine nicknamed Hellcat. Originally developed to pump some mid-lifecycle excitement into the Dodge Challenger sport…

In the decades since I first got into cars, much has changed about the auto industry. Back then, two-door coupes were commonplace and in fact were among the best selling cars on the market thanks to nameplates like Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Ford…

As the software required to make a vehicle safely drive itself becomes ever more complex, it takes significantly more computing power to process the data pouring out of sensors and make decisions. Until recently, Nvidia and Intel (including its…

For more than a decade following the demise of the old rear-wheel-drive Chevrolet Caprice Ford absolutely dominated the American market for police vehicles with the Crown Victoria. Despite its already advanced age by the time the 21st century…

There was time in the not so distant past when the pickup truck tailgate was a remarkably simple device. It was little more than a steel flap with a simple latch and a pair of hinge pins. Pull the handle to open the latch and swung down. Lift and…