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AutoGravity Reveals New Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer

AutoGravity Reveals New Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer

AutoGravity, today announced the appointment of Alex Mallmann as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jason Bonifay as Chief Technology Officer. The announcement comes as the company hits a new milestone — reaching more than two-million users in less than two years since its initial product launch. ... Continue reading

California City To Become Test Arena For Automated Riding

California City To Become Test Arena For Automated Riding

In 2019 a major city in the Silicon Valley will become the first pilot-testing city for Bosch and Daimler -- US technology company Nvidia supplies the platform for AI algorithms from Bosch and Daimler Bosch and Daimler are speeding up the development of fully-automated and driverless driving (SAE Level 4/5) in the city ... Continue reading

The Weekly Automotive News Digest For Auto Enthusiasts and Shoppers, Edited By Larry Nutson

The Weekly Automotive News Digest For Auto Enthusiasts and Shoppers, Edited By Larry Nutson

Automotive News Digest: Week Of July 9-15 2018: Detroit Auto Show Moves; Nissan Fabricates Emission Results; Diesel Gate Update; Apple Autonomous Auto Data Absconded; M-B and Bosch Join GM and Google In The Driver-less Taxi Business; FSBO Tesla Model 3 Sans $7500 Tax Subsidy; Tesla Troubles; Best and Worst Cities To Dr ... Continue reading

Shopping For A Used Porsche? 2017 Porsche Macan GTS Review By Rob Eckaus

Shopping For A Used Porsche? 2017 Porsche Macan GTS Review By Rob Eckaus

This 2017 Porsche Macan GTS is easy to get in and out of, it blends in, kind of, in the current landscape of utility vehicles. It hauls loads and butt. It offers easy cargo access and for those hauling infants and toddlers, easy access to car seats. ... Continue reading

Shopping For A Used Porsche? 2014 Porsche Cayman S Drive and Review

Shopping For A Used Porsche? 2014 Porsche Cayman S Drive and Review

By Rob Eckaus Senior Editor South Bay Bureau The Auto Channel The new Cayman S is the best sports car under $100,000. The redesign has elevated it to premier sports car status. ... Continue reading

Dynamics and Lightweighting Study Revealed at Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Dynamics and Lightweighting Study Revealed at Goodwood Festival Of Speed

The results of California-based boutique restoration house Singer Vehicle Design’s Dynamic and Lightweighting Study (DLS) will be shown at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed, July 12-15, in West Sussex, England. ... Continue reading

Tom Mignanelli First American To Head Nissan Dies At 73

Tom Mignanelli First American To Head Nissan Dies At 73

Tom Mignanelli, a former Ford manager who gave Nissan's US distribution company a transfusion of American business culture in the early 1990s, has died. He was 73. ... Continue reading

Best and Worst Drivers in the US for 2018: QuoteWizard Study Ranks Nation’s 75 Most Populous Metro Areas

Best and Worst Drivers in the US for 2018: QuoteWizard Study Ranks Nation’s 75 Most Populous Metro Areas

SEATTLE--With jam-packed roads associated with the summer travel season now upon us, QuoteWizard (https://quotewizard.com), an online insurance comparison marketplace, today released a proprietary study ranking the best and worst drivers in the nation, covering the country’s 75 most populous metropolitan areas. From ... Continue reading

First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passenger Vessel

First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passenger Vessel

Bay Ship and Yacht Co. recently won the contract to build the first hydrogen fuel cell passenger vessel in the U.S.A. The seventy-foot vessel, named Water-Go-Round, is expected to be delivered and in service by Sept. ... Continue reading

USA Approved Ultralight All-Electric Personal VTOL Aircraft Launched By Opener +VIDEO

USA Approved Ultralight All-Electric Personal VTOL Aircraft Launched By Opener +VIDEO

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 12, 2018; OPENER, Inc., a pioneer of aero vehicles for consumer travel, today revealed BlackFly; the world’s first ultralight all-electric fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. BlackFly is a single-seat Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) designed and built for a new world of thr ... Continue reading

Bugatti to Launch Limited New Model Under the Name of 'Divo'

Bugatti to Launch Limited New Model Under the Name of 'Divo'

Bugatti is working on a new model, the Bugatti Divo, named after Albert Divo, the French racing driver who won the famous Targa Florio race on a mountainous circuit in Sicily for Bugatti twice in the late 1920s. Based on the requirements for such a race, the Bugatti Divo will be light and nimble and will boast enormous ... Continue reading

NHTSA Recall Roundup: Mazda, Volkswagen, Newmar, Thor, Thomas Built, Glaval, More

NHTSA Recall Roundup: Mazda, Volkswagen, Newmar, Thor, Thomas Built, Glaval, More

Your vehicle MAY be involved in a safety recall and MAY create a safety risk for you or your passengers. If left unrepaired, a potential safety defect could lead to injury or even death. ... Continue reading

Japanese Car Cruise-In and Super Street Meet Petersen Museum LA July 22, 2018

Japanese Car Cruise-In and Super Street Meet Petersen Museum LA July 22, 2018

9am - 2pm | 3rd Floor Parking Structure Los Angeles July 6, 2018; Cruise over to the Petersen for one of the year’s largest and most inclusive gatherings of Japanese import cars in Southern California: our 5th Annual Japanese Car Cruise-In. Last year’s event brought out close to a thousand of SoCal’s finest stree ... Continue reading

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards Another $100,000 To Support Pediatric Cancer Research

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards Another $100,000 To Support Pediatric Cancer Research

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center receives a $100,000 Hyundai Hope On Wheels® Award for pediatric cancer research and will present Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center with a $100,000 Hyundai Impact Award. ... Continue reading

Jone 2018 Sales: Acura RDX Snaps Multiple Sales Records Amidst 2019 Model Launch

Jone 2018 Sales: Acura RDX Snaps Multiple Sales Records Amidst 2019 Model Launch

TORRANCE, Calif., July 3, 2018 -- The all-new 2019 Acura RDX compact luxury SUV came out of the gate at full gallop, helping break multiple U.S. sales records in June, while topping its highly competitive segment. The 2019 model, which arrived at U.S. dealerships June 1, is the first in a new generation of Acura produc ... Continue reading

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