NEW YORK — When you walk into the New York Auto Show, two things stand out: the size of the cars and the sheer cost of them. This is not the year of the petite, fast sportscar or the sensible station wagon. Carmakers are going for bling, reaching for those luxury consumers. It’s a demographic…
Indian automaker Tata Motors has rebranded its latest hatchback after its original name Zica attracted controversy for being similar to the mosquito-born Zika virus. The model has now been renamed Tiago. See also: As Zika virus spreads, Tata gets ready for the India launch of its hatchback Zica The name was selected after an international crowdsourcing…
Elon Musk is one of the most powerful names in business, but it took his company Tesla over a decade to finally nab its namesake URL this week. Silicon Valley engineer and Nikola Tesla super fan (such people apparently exist) Stu Grossman bought up the Tesla domain back in 1992 with the hopes of making…
The 13th edition of India’s flagship auto show opened its doors in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi on Feb. 3. Auto Expo 2016 is the biggest edition in the show’s 30-year-long history See also: As Zika virus spreads, Tata gets ready for the India launch of its hatchback Zica With brands from…
Tesla buyers, be careful what you write about the company — if you’re deemed “rude,” you just might get banned from buying a Tesla car That’s what happened to Californian venture capitalist Stewart Alsop, whose Tesla order got canceled — by company CEO Elon Musk, no less — after he wrote a blog post criticizing…
Volkswagen’s rough ride is set to continue. The company has been reeling since September 2015, when news first broke that Volkswagen had been purposefully cheating on emissions standards in its diesel engines. Since then, investors have sent Volkswagen’s stock tumbling, governments have begun to take action and legal challenges are piling up. See also: EPA…