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Fully Automated, Self-Driving Vehicles: Is Auto Industry Getting Ahead of Itself?

Fully Automated, Self-Driving Vehicles: Is Auto Industry Getting Ahead of Itself?

TROY, Mich.--As the automotive industry methodically advances toward greater vehicle automation, consumer readiness for higher levels of automation remains low—even declining slightly from 2021—making it challenging to bring vehicle buyers into the modern mobility movement. According to the J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Mob ... Continue reading

Still on Top: Ford F-Series Retains Title of Best-Selling Truck for 46th Consecutive Year; Overall Best-Seller for 41st

Still on Top: Ford F-Series Retains Title of Best-Selling Truck for 46th Consecutive Year; Overall Best-Seller for 41st

DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 03, 2023 – Ford F-Series will surpass 640,000 trucks in 2022, making it America’s best-selling truck for 46 consecutive years and America’s best-selling vehicle for 41 years after selling an average of at least one F-Series Truck every 49 seconds last year. ... Continue reading

2023 CHICAGO AUTO SHOW GALA SET TO RAISE MILLIONS FOR 18 AREA CHARITIES

2023 CHICAGO AUTO SHOW GALA SET TO RAISE MILLIONS FOR 18 AREA CHARITIES

CHICAGO, Jan. 3, 2023 -- The Chicago Auto Show's 31st First Look for Charity black-tie gala will take place on Friday, Feb. ... Continue reading

Retro Rides Displays Dozens of Classic Cars at Navy Pier

Retro Rides Displays Dozens of Classic Cars at Navy Pier

Retro Rides Displays Dozens of Classic Cars at Navy Pier Experience Iconic Cars, Engineering Marvels, Live Music and Fun CHICAGO—Navy Pier is honored to host 90+ Klairmont Kollections<https://klairmontkollections.com/> Automotive Museum’s (KKAM) classic cars for the inaugural “Retro Rides” experience (click her ... Continue reading

Sinclair, CAST.ERA, SK Telecom and Hyundai Mobis Show Live, In-Vehicle NextGen Broadcast Automotive Services

Sinclair, CAST.ERA, SK Telecom and Hyundai Mobis Show Live, In-Vehicle NextGen Broadcast Automotive Services

HUNT VALLEY, Md.--Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. , today announced that the company has completed a live, in-vehicle, demonstration of the practical application of NextGen Broadcast (ATSC 3.0) automotive services. The demonstration, a shared effort between Sinclair/ONE Media 3.0, Hyundai Mobis, one of the world’s lar ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe; A Look Back At 2022, Mercedes Benz C300, Ferrari 296, Akio Toyoda Simpatico, Volvo EV, Jaguar F 80@90 and Other Pleasant Thoughts

Letter From Europe; A Look Back At 2022, Mercedes Benz C300, Ferrari 296, Akio Toyoda Simpatico, Volvo EV, Jaguar F 80@90 and Other Pleasant Thoughts

Letter from Europe by Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel As the Mercedes C300 was the very last test of 2022 it seems like a good time to look back on the highs and the lows of the various cars and SUVs that came my way. The very fine C300 had a base sticker price of 44 thousand moving up to 60 with t ... Continue reading

Official NHTSA Vehicle Recall Summary January 2, 2023

Official NHTSA Vehicle Recall Summary January 2, 2023

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up January 1, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up January 1, 2023

Happy New Year! The final week of 2022 had most all of the auto industry enjoying time away from work and celebrating the holidays with their families. There is little news to report. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors: What's New for 2023

Mitsubishi Motors: What's New for 2023

Following a long-running commitment to deliver high quality, top value, leading-edge technology vehicles in the U.S., Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today announced updates for the 2023 model year. ... Continue reading

Wejo Insights: Americans Turned to Vehicles for Survival During 2022 Bomb Cyclone Event

Wejo Insights: Americans Turned to Vehicles for Survival During 2022 Bomb Cyclone Event

MANCHESTER, England--Wejo Group Limited , a global leader in Smart Mobility for Good™ and cloud and software solutions for connected, electric and autonomous vehicle data, today released its “Americans turn to their vehicles for survival as power outages sweep across the US during the 2022 Bomb Cyclone” insights. ... Continue reading

Triple Trophies for Nissan at the 2023 "4x4 of the Year" Awards

Triple Trophies for Nissan at the 2023 "4x4 of the Year" Awards

Nissan has taken three prestigious titles at the 2023 4x4 of the Year awards, including Overall Winner and Best Medium SUV for the all-new Nissan X-Trail, and Best Crossover for Qashqai. ... Continue reading

2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary Edition Review By Steve Purdy

2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary Edition Review By Steve Purdy

2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 75th Anniversary Edition Review By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

2012 Jeep Wrangler Review by Marty Bernstein +VIDEO

2012 Jeep Wrangler Review by Marty Bernstein +VIDEO

AN AMERICAN ICON IS UPDATED: THE NEW 2012 GO ANYWHERE, DO ANYTHING JEEP WRANGLER By Marty Bernstein Sr. Editor at Large THE AUTO CHANNEL For more than 70 years the essential shape of the classic Jeep, now known as the Wrangler model, has remained basically unchanged. You can tell that it is a Jeep from any angle; and k ... Continue reading

2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4 Review

2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4 Review

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4 I was hoping for rain last week. Gully-washing, mud-sliding, heavy rain. After all, I had a long-wheelbase Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, and what's a little mud or a minor washout to a Wrangler? A minor annoyance, and possibly even fun, right? It rained, ... Continue reading

XCMG Delivers 100 Hydrogen-Fueled Trucks to Mengxi Zhenghe Group (Buh Bye Battery Electric We Say)

XCMG Delivers 100 Hydrogen-Fueled Trucks to Mengxi Zhenghe Group (Buh Bye Battery Electric We Say)

XUZHOU, China, Dec. 29, 2022 -- XCMG, the world's top 3 construction machinery manufacturers, has delivered a batch of 100 hydrogen-fueled trucks to the end client Mengxi Zhenghe Group to aid its construction of a mine near Ordos in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, as part of the thousand-units hydrogen-fueled ... Continue reading

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