Carmakers Aren’t Ready to Fit Pedestrian Warning Systems on EVs and Hybrids
1 Aug 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Electric driven cars are starting to make their presence felt in the auto industry, but it goes the opposite way while on the streets, withe their electricity being too silent for pedestrians to kno...
Chrysler Group Posts July 2014 Sales, Every Brand Reports Sales Increases
1 Aug 2014, 13:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In its 52nd consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains, all of the Chrysler Group's brands posted good results in comparison to July 2013. Some highlight stats include seven nameplates tha...
Ever Wondered Why the US Lexus NX Has a Different Bumper?
1 Aug 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Since the US version Lexus NX got specced recently, you might have noticed it comes with a more pointy nose, which makes it look kinda dumb from certain angles. Why does it look like that? Because o...
Ford and GM Being Sued for Music Piracy
31 Jul 2014, 17:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / No, GM and Ford employees haven’t been discovered to rip audio CDs at work, but the cars they are making can do that due to a feature embedded in their audio unit software. According to a T...
Used Car Dealers From NY Targeted for Selling Unfixed Recalled Vehicles
31 Jul 2014, 14:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Whoa! What's the matter with the auto industry these days? On one hand there's General Motors and its almost 30 million population of recalled vehicles and now we found out that NYC munici...
Trees Could Provide Power and Carbon Fiber for Cars in the Future
31 Jul 2014, 09:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Our cars need to be even more lightweight in the future to use fuel more efficiently, be it electricity or biofuel. Luckily, with further research, lightweight materials and even fuel can be offered...
Fiat Q2 Profit Takes a Dive Due to Disappointing Results in the Americas
30 Jul 2014, 18:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This isn't actually the best of moments for Fiat to report weak financial performances and disappointing operating profit. These second-quarter results won't go unnoticed by shareholders t...
IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Awarded to 2014 Chevrolet Volt
30 Jul 2014, 11:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / That + is what makes the difference between a really safe car and an average one based on the IIHS' crash test procedures. Fitted with the available Forward Collision Alert system, the 2014 Che...
Energy Companies to Tell Electric Vehicles When it’s OK to Recharge via Cloud Communication
30 Jul 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The phenomena is not that big right now, but in the close future when the plug-in electric vehicles will substantially grow in number, energy companies will feel like the population suddenly doubled...
Lancia in Limbo, Will Come Back With a Bang
29 Jul 2014, 17:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Most fans of the Italian manufacturer know that Sergio Marchionne is planning to reduce Lancia's lineup to a single model - the Ypsilon, which will be sold only in Italy. That might spell the l...
Ford Wages Legal War Against Ram Truck's Best-in-Class Towing Claims
28 Jul 2014, 08:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Less than two weeks ago, Ram Truck announced the SAE J2807 towing capacities for its 2015 light-duty and heavy-duty pickup lineup. Now, after Ford came clean with what the 2015 model year F-Series i...
Citroen DS Brand Sales Dropped 10 Percent, Biggest Fall in Europe
25 Jul 2014, 08:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the first DS model was introduced back in 2009, many people, including Citroen higher-ups, thought that the little DS3 and its sister models would become top sellers. After 5 years of leeway, s...
Toyota FCV Hydrogen Sedan To Get Huge Incentives in Japan
24 Jul 2014, 16:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As when the first Prius emerged, people are now pretty reserved regarding Toyota’s new hydrogen-fueled sedan. Some say that its manufacturing process and fuel obtaining will put out the same a...
Recalled GM Vehicles Affected by Major Price Drops, Study Finds
24 Jul 2014, 15:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since the beginning of 2014, America's automotive industry was hit hard by the NHTSA over various safety and non-compliance defects. Out of the total recall population, GM is king of the hill w...
Ford Europe Posts First Profitable Quarter in 3 Years
24 Jul 2014, 14:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Analysts were a bit skeptical if the Blue Oval would be able to cut the financial mustard in the second quarter of 2014, but results were better than the industry expected. Although Ford's $1.3...
GM Recall Costs Totaled $1.5 Billion In the Second Quarter, Profit Falls 85 Percent
24 Jul 2014, 13:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although the American company announced $0.2 billion second quarter net income attributable to common stockholders, the actual net profit is $190 million, translating to an 85 percent drop compared ...
Car-Hacking To Be Solved With $150 Device
24 Jul 2014, 11:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When people started to mess around over the Internet and created malware, companies formed quickly to create anti-malware softwares. We won’t get to discuss the conspiracy that those companies...
Kumar Galhotra Appointed Lincoln President
23 Jul 2014, 11:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This announcement has been made by Mark Fields, the Blue Oval's new CEO. It's been less than a month side Mark took over the Ford Motor Company's reigns from Alan Mulally, yet the new...
GM to Invest $800M in Michigan Facilities, Adding 1,750 Jobs
23 Jul 2014, 09:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's a widely known fact that the two-peninsula state is the melting pot of General Motors operations. Although the auto giant has a lot of facilities in this region, GM plans to invest $800 mi...
2015 Ford F-150 Aluminum Bed Intrigues Potential Buyers
22 Jul 2014, 09:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Global research company UBS has made a study about what potential buyers think about the 2015 Ford F-150's aluminum construction. After sampling 800 truck drivers, more than half of them declar...