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Jaguar Land Rover Snags $458m EIB Loan
Every good turn deserves another, and in response to America’s bailout of its most vulnerable automakers, the EU is investing in its least viable automakers. Having invested $547m in Saab, the...
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What’s Wrong With This Picture: Yesterday’s Future Today Edition
Well, Lear’s vapor turbine never ended up being built in the millions by 1975… but the prediction that electric cars would be best for taxis, delivery vehicles, or a family’s second car for commuting...
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Europe’s Future According To J.D. Power
One by one, European countries will scrap their scrappage incentives this year (if they haven’t already.) With predictable results: Without the governmental amphetamine, the market will be down. How...
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The Future of Robotic Self-Driving Cars
Science fiction author Charlie Stross recently penned a blog piece on the future impact of autonomously computer-driven cars. Let’s call them “robocars.” I’ve pondered this before and Stross’s post is...
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GM China’s November Numbers, And A Deep Look In The Crystal Ball
GM China, our recently no longer so reliable oracle for the Chinese market, raised its November sales by 11 percent, compared to an absolutely batty November 2009. 11 percent are not the same growth...
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World’s Auto Execs Don’t Buy Their Electric Cars Hype
The majority of car makers the world over think that for the next five years, electric cars will remain too expensive to stand a chance in the mass market. Their saving grace must be government...
View ArticleObama’s Moonshot: A Million EVs By 2015
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy said in a speech to a joint session of Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man...
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BMW Trick Computer Helps You With The Road Less Travelled
As a rally driver, you have a navigator in the other seat. What do you need him for? He knows the road ahead and tells you how to drive in the fastest and most efficient manner. As in “you want to...
View ArticleObama Chickens Out, Says A Million EVs By 2015 Not Important
Today must be International Backpedaling Day. Volkswagen said “Never mind beat Toyota by 2018.” Obama says: “Never mind a million EVs by 2015.” Under a new strategy announced today, the Department of...
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Question: What Ten-Year Period Was the Auto Industry’s Greatest Leap Forward?
Once I get to ranting on the subject, I’ll fulminate that the true modern era of the automobile didn’t start until about 1990, when carburetors and points ignitions finally disappeared from new cars...
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A Vision Of The Future: A Day In The Life Of Bob Jones
The following article is long. Some of you will decry it as fiction outside of the space this website normally reserves for stories and others of you will lament its presence on what is supposed to be...
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Whither Volvo?
I’ve always had a soft spot for Volvo, that’s probably why I’ve owned two and chose European Delivery on one of them. But Volvo has a problem. It’s not the product. It’s not even the brand...
View ArticleWith Nürburgring Records Dead, Automakers Begin Pikes Peak Chest-Thumping
At the conclusion of this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Mercedes-Benz issued a release claiming a new record: the Mercedes-Benz C250d 4MATIC was the fastest production diesel to ever make...
View ArticleCan Maserati Replace Ferrari? (Or at Least Ferrari’s Profits)
With the imminent spin-off of Ferrari, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles boss Sergio Marchionne may be looking for a cash cow to help keep lagging brands at FCA afloat. A story by Automotive News on Wednesday...
View ArticleQOTD: When Will Autonomous Cars Outnumber The Manually Driven?
I’ll admit it. I, the millennial managing editor of an automotive blog, would absolutely rely on an autonomous car for my day-to-day errands or long-distance commutes. Why wouldn’t I? I can kick back,...
View Article2016 BMW i8 Review – The ‘Affordable’ Plug-In Supercar
“Looks like sex, goes like stink” is the usual supercar mantra, but BMW’s guru was humming a different tune when penning the i8. You see, the i8 isn’t just a sexy car with “butterfly doors.” It’s also...
View ArticleHyperloop Visits Detroit; Will Auto Talent Make the Jump From Tires to Tubes?
Hyperloop Technology’s co-founder and chief technology officer Brogan BamBrogan, who is a real person and not a Bond villain living in a volcano lair, choose yesterday’s SEA International Congress...
View ArticleAOTD: We’re Not Going Anywhere, Mitsubishi Says
“People keep asking if we’re going to go away,” Mitsubishi Motors North America COO Don Swearingen told reporters earlier this month. “We’re not.” Seemingly anticipating yesterday’s TTAC QOTD — Does...
View ArticleMarchionne & Co.: Style Will Be Essential in the Vanilla Future We’ve All...
The future is going to be absolutely terrible. Everything is going to be so sterile and automated that humans won’t have anything to do between mealtimes but eagerly anticipate their own death. At...
View ArticlePlease Stop: Toyota Design Head Envisions Future Without Mass-market Automobiles
It’s starting to feel like people in the automotive industry simply cannot help but blurt out ludicrous claims involving a hypothetical future nobody on the outside seems to care about. These people,...
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