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Author: Zachary Durkin

Google’s Autonomous Vehicle Impresses

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Anticipation for the Google autonomous vehicle has been building ever since the project was announced almost 5 years ago. This week an Automotive News journalist…

TrueCar IPO Disappoints; Shares Rise

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Earlier this week it was reported that TrueCar, the online car middle man, was expecting to raise $125 million in its IPO to be released…

Gigafactories: The Death of the Oil Refinery?

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As auto producers look for alternative energies to gasoline-powered engines amid startling high CAFE standards and rising oil prices, Elon Musk thinks he has found…

More GM Recall Fallout

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Investor’s faith in GM is plummeting amid the recall scandal that just resulted in a $35 million fine and a new slew of oversight regulations…

GM Recall Fallout

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M. Carmen Benavides, the director of field product investigations and evaluations with GM, has been reassigned within the safety division of the company. At any…

Mazda Nabs Huge Profits in 2013

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On March 31st, the Japanese OEM Mazda ended its 2013 fiscal year, one which it hailed as the best in its 94 year history. In…

Does the Raptor have a New Rival?

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Toyota Racing Development, Toyota’s branch that manufactures aftermarket performance accessories, has announced that it will be manufacturing a performance package that will be available in…

The Fall of the Minivan

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Back in the 1980s, Dodge released a new kind of vehicle that would alter the entire landscape of the auto industry for decades to come.…

Fixing America’s Infrastructure

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An idea to raise gas taxes is surprisingly gaining traction across the country due to a problem much too familiar to our course: horrible American…

More Recalls for GM

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After a statement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, GM has decided to recall some of its 2013 Cadillac SRX crossovers after it has…