DETROIT — Honda’s second-generation Ridgeline might be one of the safest, most refined mid-size pickups on the market. But you won’t care about that. What you’re going to like is its in-bed features. See also: Faraday Future’s 1,000-horsepower concept car should make Tesla very, very nervous Really, more than just the widest flat truck bed…
DETROIT — Audi surprised attendees of the North American International Auto Show with a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered concept called the “h-tron quattro” concept. See also: Nissan’s Titan Warrior is a battle-ready desert racer that can conquer the daily commute Audi h-tron quattro concept Image: Audi The h-tron bit of the name is Audi’s code…
Promoted by Ford If you were to walk the floors of CES, who would you see? You’d see the usual characters – like eager, fresh-faced startups looking for a big break, or international tech behemoths on a mission to show off the blockbuster products of tomorrow. But you’d also see an unexpected character: An American…
DETROIT — Just ahead of the debut of the Tiguan Active GTE concept, Volkswagen of America CEO Michael Horn announced the company had officially launched a Goodwill program for its 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines, which were implicated in the dieselgate emissions scandal last fall. See also: VW diesel owners: We love our fun cars, but…
DETROIT — Desert racing and daily driving are two automotive forms that rarely ever collide on the road. That’s because uniting the two would be like combining UFC and filing your taxes. One is a bloody and brutal endeavor while the other is tedious and necessary. Accordingly, it makes little sense to blend the two.…
The Consumer Electronics Show 2016 was completely overrun with things for people to ride and drive: Electric scooters and skateboards, hoverboards, autonomous manned drones, self-driving cars, and tricked-out techy automobiles.Read more in our review of all the self-driving electric vehicles: http://on.mash.to/1PmG1lB Read more…More about Automobiles, Automated Cars, Tech, Gadgets, and Drones
DETROIT — Chrysler, the brand that invented the minivan, is looking to remake the iconic family-hauler for 2017 with the all-new Pacifica. Although the exterior looks like a roundier version of the outgoing Town & Country minivan, underneath it boasts a new platform, an optional hybrid powertrain as well as 40 new minivan ‘firsts’ —…
DETROIT — “Mobility” has become a buzzword in the automotive industry. It’s not enough anymore to simply make safe, reliable cars anymore. Brands now have to also boast about their ability to get people mobile products as well. For the last year or so, that’s mostly been just talk. Now, however, Ford is putting its…
Elon Musk likes to talk about our self-driving car future, and on Saturday we got glimpse of just how close it is thanks to an update to Tesla’s software The company released version 7.1 of its software for the Model S and Model X, an update that includes a new Summon feature, which allows the…
Nearly everyone seems to want an Apple Car, and those hopes were raised higher earlier this week when it was revealed that the Apple.car domain had been registered by the tech giant But hold on a second. After doing a little digging we discovered that Facebook registered Facebook.car, Facebook.cars and Facebook.Auto on the same day…