by Michael Strong | Dec 13, 2019
Ford Motor Co. issued a recall Friday for nearly 550,000 Super Duty pickups in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The action, which covers 547,538 trucks in the 2017 through 2019 model year, covers carpet flooring that could catch fire after a crash, the company said. The...
by Michael Strong | Dec 12, 2019
Just as automakers annually make tweaks to their vehicles to make them better, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is implementing new, tougher benchmarks to earn the safety organization’s top rankings for 2020. The group is adding three new caveats in order...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 10, 2019
An experimental app-based ride-hailing service apparently has found the way to San Jose. Bosch and Mercedes-Benz said their joint effort to develop an urban automated driving app-based ride-hailing service using automated Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehicles has launched in...
by Michael Strong | Dec 6, 2019
Americans are driving more and more each year and many of those billions of miles traveled come as part of the daily commute to and from work, and new research reveals that comes at a higher price than some might expect. An average person in the U.S. spends nearly...
by Michael Strong | Dec 6, 2019
Uber revealed more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its 1.3 billion U.S. rides last year, including 235 rapes. Those reports include incidents where riders and drivers were attacked. The ride-hailing company issued a long-awaited study Thursday...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 5, 2019
Hyundai Motor Co. wants to transform itself into a “smart mobility solution provider” by 2025, and it is committing $52 billion to get there. The “Strategy 2025” program will see a significant amount of that money invested in electrifying its line-up – a move that...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 15, 2019
The cold snap and heavy snow that has blanketed much of the country this past week took millions of motorists by surprise – and sent many spinning off the road. Winter can be treacherous, especially if you’re unprepared. The rise of the SUV offers some help, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 14, 2019
It’s the sort of news you can appreciate finding in your e-mailbox on a blustery day, with nine inches of fresh snow on the ground: Toyota plans to introduce all-wheel-drive versions of both the midsize Camry and full-size Avalon sedans. It will mark the first time...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 13, 2019
Fiat will debut a new version of its 500X crossover at next week’s Los Angeles Auto Show, a critical step for a brand whose very survival has come into question. The automaker is pulling its most familiar model, the little 500 hatchback, out of the U.S., shifting...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 11, 2019
If there’s one benefit from the cold wave sweeping across much of the country this week, it’s the chance it will reduce the risk of children dying due to being left in hot cars. So far this year, 52 kids have died in such instances, a number that has rapidly...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 6, 2019
The threat of depreciation has always been one of the great killers of the buzz around new vehicles for practical minded buyers and the improving quality, reliability and durability really has not changed the equation much. Vehicle depreciation also is critical in the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2019
The Kia Futuron has the sort of name you might have expected to see on a concept car at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. And with the automaker suggesting it was designed “in the best traditions of UFO and flying saucer design,” Futuron easily could have...
