by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2015
It’s an unusually chilly morning out in the Nevada desert, and as we buckle our helmets, strap on our seatbelts and make a few final adjustments, we get a last-minute warning: the track is chill and the pavement cold. It might get a little slippery if we go...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2015
Finally. Belatedly. Maybe? More than a year after it was originally set to go into production, start-up carmaker Detroit Electric insists it will actually begin rolling out its battery sports car in the next few months, offering up images of what it insists will be...
by Michael Strong | Jan 7, 2015
The movement of automakers from long-standing homes in the U.S. to new locations continued as Mercedes-Benz USA announced it plans to move its headquarters from Montvale, New Jersey, to Atlanta, Georgia. The move could mean relocating as many as 1,000 employees. It...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2015
Facing tough new fuel economy standards, automakers are frantically searching for ways to boost mileage, and General Motors is betting it may have found one of the possible solutions coming out of Silicon Valley. The maker’s investment arm, GM Ventures, is pumping...
by Michael Strong | Jan 6, 2015
Ford is not just looking for ways to make cars smarter, it’s trying to change the way people around the world get from place to place. The automaker introduced its plans to do that as well as addressing its progress on autonomous vehicles as well at the Consumer...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2015
With the Detroit Auto Show press preview just days away, Lexus has confirmed what was already one of the show’s worst-kept secrets: plans to launch an all-new high performance version of its mid-range GS sedan. To be called the GS F, it is intended to help transform...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2015
In the sci-fi adventure, Minority Report, actor Tom Cruise sorts through a series of images that seem to be floating in the air simply by flicking them with his fingers. You may soon be able to do something similar in your car. Automakers are showing off an array of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 6, 2015
With archrival Toyota beginning to retrench in the world’s largest market, General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 3,539,970 vehicles in China in 2014, an average of one vehicle every nine seconds and almost 9,700 vehicles each day. GM’s sales were...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2015
Looking more like something that’s rolled off the set of a science fiction film than anything on the road today, the Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion concept car is intended to give us a glimpse of a very different future. Powered by a pair of electric motors, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2015
In an unusual – but not entirely unprecedented – move, Toyota officials announced they will give free access to nearly 6,000 different patents covering advanced fuel cell technology to the company’s competitors. The announcement, made during a news conference at the...
by Michael Strong | Jan 5, 2015
If the end of 2014 is any indication, the new year for cars (and trucks) may be best described by The Cars’ 1978 classic song lyric: let the good times roll. The industry saw sales up in December as an improving economy and low-priced gasoline renewed the country’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 5, 2015
Apparently, balancing business and pleasure is difficult for South African-born billionaire Elon Musk. The head of battery carmaker Tesla Motors and rocket company SpaceX has filed for divorce – for a second time – from wife Talulah Riley, a British actress. Depending...
