Month: May 2014

http://www.autonews.com/article/20140515/OEM11/140519931/gm-recalls-2-7-million-u-s-vehicles-for-issues-including-taillamps?cciid=email-autonews-blast&r=6466C5926134B9P GM just announced today that it is going to recall 2.7 million US vehicles for problems from brake lights to brakes. The recalled models…

According to the New York Times, Federal regulators on Friday served General Motors a $35 million fine, the maximum allowed and largest ever on an…

Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is a campaign by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that encourages driver safety by enforcing seat belt laws…

I’ve always assumed that leasing a vehicle was a worse deal that buying otherwise, why would dealerships offer it as an option, but I thought…

China is currently the biggest net importer of petroleum and other liquid fuels. More than 50% of China’s annual consumption of oil is imported. The…

Manual transmission are becoming more popular in the united states after years of seeing their market take-rate fall. At the lowest point in 2007, only…

A new hybrid vehicle technology based on flywheel storage of energy as opposed to battery storage. Several companies including Drive-train Innovations, SKF, Bosch, CCM and…

When thinking about autonomous cars there are two important issues.  The first, as we discussed at UMTRI, is the issue of who is accountable when something…

The Global Positioning System, used by pedestrians, motorists and truckers the world over is a free application developed and maintained by the US government. The…

In a piece for Bloomberg, Firat Kayakiran explores the recent fall in aluminum prices, and what this means for Hydro, a large producer of aluminum…