Automotive News

Crossovers, SUVs and Pickup Trucks Are What’s Hot in the Streets

Car buyers can’t get enough of crossovers, SUVs and pickup trucks, and car companies are only too happy to oblige them by pumping those vehicles out as fast as they can. The major automakers displaying their wares at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show emphasized their crossovers, SUV and pickup truck models. Report after report after report from the Windy City indicates that the trend toward utility vehi

NHTSA: Google AI Is Like People

Anyone remember A.I. Artificial Intelligence? Don’t feel too bad if you don’t: it was a kinda mediocre Spielberg flick starring the kid from The Sixth Sense as an android designed to feel human emotions. While the AI in a Google car (pictured) can’t necessary replicate the emotional range of a master thespian like Haley Joel Osment, it can do something that the actor couldn’t do back then: legally

Robot Army Trucks Ride Through Michigan

The Transformers movies were by no means cinematic masterpieces, but give them credit for their unflinching depiction of the oncoming robotic menace. If the evil Decepticons ever come to invade Earth, we should be so lucky to have a robot army work in concert with the U.S. military to defend us. Of course, the Transformers have the distinct disadvantage of not being real…but the robot army part co

Meet the New VW Quality Control Boss, Same as the Old Quality Control Boss

Yesterday on Auto Publishers, I wrote about Volkswagen’s attempts to compensate U.S. diesel vehicle owners. As you’ll recall from reading that piece (or by clicking the link above), lead counsel Kenneth Feinberg has thus far been thwarted in his efforts as the VW board accounts for the monetary damage caused by its emissions scandal. If nothing else, VW will have one less high-priced salary to acc

SEMA Challenges EPA on Racecar Regulations

By and large, the movement to curtail the emissions of harmful greenhouse gases is a good thing. We all want to drive fuel-efficient vehicles that don’t make a T-Rex-sized footprint on the environment. But is there a point where common-sense regulation becomes government-mandated prohibition? The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) is up in arms over the EPA’s latest proposal to cut gre

Google Aims to Make Self-Driving Car Charge Wirelessly

Documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission in 2015 unveil applications and permissions for the installation of Momentum Dynamics and Hevo Power wireless chargers at the sites where Google is testing its self-driving cars in California. This indicates that Google is aiming to make its cars capable of charging wirelessly. According to IEEE Spectrum, which discovered the documents, N

Honda Recalls Vehicles with Faulty Takata Airbags

This week, Honda increased its Takata airbag recall by more than 2 million automobiles. The car company also alerted its dealers that they could be held legally responsible if they fail to repair affected vehicles or violate the car company’s stop-sale order for vehicles equipped with the airbags. A Growing Problem Honda enacted the recall and stop-sale mandate for CRV crossovers from 2007 throu

Which Car Commercial Will Own Super Bowl 50?

Everyone knows that during Super Bowl Sunday, the game itself is only half the attraction. For many non-football fans, one of the main reasons to watch this year’s Super Bowl broadcast—besides being roped in by family, friends and/or significant others—are the commercials. With that in mind, here are five of our favorite Super Bowl 50 car commercials (listed in alphabetical order): Audi—“Command

Pulling the Plug on the Cadillac ELR

Earlier today on Auto Publishers, I wrote about the death of a brand (or rather, its absorption by its parent company). But at least Scion got to “live” to see its thirteenth birthday—sadly, the Cadillac ELR (pictured) only got to live for two years. There had been rumors of the demise of the Cadillac ELR, but now it turns out that they weren’t at all exaggerated. In fact, it is extremely likely

Takata Plans to Change Company Culture to Improve Quality

Panel experts reveal that the Takata Corporation must change their company's culture to avoid future safety defects. The panel urges the company to consider quality as a part of their regular environment, especially after the events following the largest automotive recall in United States history. The panel was appointed by Takata representatives to provide such insight into potential quality-cont