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California Mobility Center Incubator Showcase 2022 - Backstage Tour +VIDEO

California Mobility Center Incubator Showcase 2022 - Backstage Tour +VIDEO

Walking into the California Mobility Center’s 1st anniversary meeting you might be struck by the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed energy of the men and women of a wide-range of ages and their infectious enthusiasm for what they were presenting. But if you stepped back and went deeper you would hear about the path that led t ... Continue reading

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up From Larry Nutson, The Chicago Car Guy - April 17-23, 2022

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up From Larry Nutson, The Chicago Car Guy - April 17-23, 2022

These are this past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

Honda Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Teito Motor Transportation and kokusai motorcars as Part of Aim to Launch Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Service in Central Tokyo

Honda Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Teito Motor Transportation and kokusai motorcars as Part of Aim to Launch Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Service in Central Tokyo

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Apr 21, 2022 -Honda Mobility Solutions Co., Ltd. (HMS), a Honda subsidiary for mobility service (MaaS) business in Japan, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two transportation (e.g. taxi and limousine) service providers in Japan, namely Teito Motor Transportation Co ... Continue reading

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up From Larry Nutson, The Chicago Car Guy - April 10-16, 2022

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up From Larry Nutson, The Chicago Car Guy - April 10-16, 2022

These are this past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

From the Cox Automotive Newsroom

From the Cox Automotive Newsroom

Welcome to From the Newsroom, a roundup of news from Cox Automotive and perspectives from its analysts and experts on topics dominating the automotive industry. Like Tiger Woods at the Masters, the retail vehicle market is showing some progress in April, with both new and used sales gaining momentum last week. ... Continue reading

Honda Introduces Their Electric Future + VIDEO

Honda Introduces Their Electric Future + VIDEO

April 11, 2022 — TOKYO, Japan Honda will strive to transform its business portfolio by shifting focus from non-recurring hardware (product) sales business to recurring business in which Honda continues to offer various services and value to its customers after the sale through Honda products that combine hardware and ... Continue reading

Sonatus Survey Shows Majority of Consumers Would Spend Big to Alleviate Automotive Cybersecurity Concerns

Sonatus Survey Shows Majority of Consumers Would Spend Big to Alleviate Automotive Cybersecurity Concerns

today released survey results exploring how much consumers know about automotive software and how much money they'd be willing to spend on enhanced software functionality. Findings showed that despite seemingly constant headlines about automotive cybersecurity breaches, over a third of respondents are not concerned abo ... Continue reading

Dan Parker, a Blind Man, Breaks Driving Speed Record

Dan Parker, a Blind Man, Breaks Driving Speed Record

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico, April 5, 2022 -- Dan Parker, a blind racecar driver, achieved the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the "Fastest Speed for a Car Driven Blindfolded" on Thursday, March 31. Parker set a new speed record of 211.043 miles per hour on the runway at Spaceport America in his custom-built C ... Continue reading

SkyDrive and Suzuki Flying Cars

SkyDrive and Suzuki Flying Cars

- Start Consideration of Development and Production of Flying Cars, and Market Development in India TOYOTA, Japan and HAMAMATSU, Japan, March 25, 2022 -- SkyDrive Inc. (hereinafter "SkyDrive") and Suzuki Motor Corporation (hereinafter "Suzuki") jointly announced on March 22 a partnership for the commercialization of fl ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up March 20-26, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up March 20-26, 2022

These are this past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

Tesla Invests The highest R&D per car sold at $2984

Tesla Invests The highest R&D per car sold at $2984

the firm spends $2984 on R&D per car produced. That's thrice the industry average and higher than the collective R&D budgets of Ford, General Motors (GM), and Chrysler per car. ... Continue reading

GM Goes Cruising

GM Goes Cruising

DETROIT — Today, General Motors Co. announced it is acquiring SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity ownership stake in Cruise for $2.1 billion and separately will make an additional $1.35 billion investment in Cruise, replacing a previous commitment made by the fund in 2018. ... Continue reading

Jim Farley to Discuss the Auto Industry’s Shift to Electrification at CERAWeek Annual Conference

Jim Farley to Discuss the Auto Industry’s Shift to Electrification at CERAWeek Annual Conference

DEARBORN, Mich.--Ford President and CEO, Jim Farley, will participate in a fireside chat about the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles at the 2022 CERAWeek conference on Thursday, March 10 at 8:30 p.m. ET. Farley will be joined by Patti Poppe, CEO PG&E Corporation, in a special dialogue moderated by Danie ... Continue reading

Hyundai is HOT! - 2022 IONIQ 5 Named UK Car of the Year 2022

Hyundai is HOT! - 2022 IONIQ 5 Named UK Car of the Year 2022

The all-new Hyundai IONIQ 5 has added to its growing list of Car of the Year honors by being named overall UK Car of the Year 2022. Having already been recognized as Best Family Car in the UK Car of the Year Awards shortlist, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 was crowned best car overall by a panel of 29 expert judges from a diverse ... Continue reading

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