Meaning of the warning lights on your dashboard

I have had my car serviced and MOT done recently but the service reminder light still comes on. The workshop did not know how to solve the p...

Watercar Panther

The Watercar Panther is claimed to be the fastest amphibious car in the World. The car is powered by a Honda V6 V-Tec engine and can travel ...

DevCon5 recap: building apps for cars

Tina Jeffrey Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at the DevCon5 HTML5 & Mobile App Developers Conference, held at New York Unive...

World Premiere of the BMW i3

The BMW i3 was launched today simultaneously in New York City, London and Beijing. It is the first purpose-built plug-in electric production...

Carports and canopies for protection from the elements

It has been a scorching hot summer here in the UK. Just the other day, it was around 30 degrees C (approx. 86 degrees Fahrenheit ) and when ...

Taxpayers Will Lose Money on GM Investment

... calculate what it would have cost to NOT rescue the auto industry... Below are comments on the following article. GM Share Price Needs t...

Mack Stamping, or a Tale of Detroit's Decline

...[Mack] was a six-story structure [from] 1916... Detroit is in bankruptcy for three reasons. One is that a city is a fixed cost enterprise...

C3 recap: The future of the connected car

UPDATE: CE Week has uploaded audio and video of the C3 panels that Derek covers in this post. To hear what experts from companies like AT...

How are cars made - a look at the Tesla factory

Video gives us a glimpse into how the Tesla model S is manufactured in their factory using specialised robots.

BMW M5 Nighthawk

The limited edition BMW M5 Nighthawk. Limited to only 10 units for the Japanese market.

Where Can I Get a Quick Logbook Loan Against My Car?

Have you been rejected by the banks? People require fast loans for a variety of reasons: whether to ease financial constraints and make end...

What Does Mullaly Do?

Guest Blogger Blake Grady, edited from April 30, 2013 post on the Econ 244 site For those of us who do not have much of a business or even e...

Suppliers Constrain Output

By Alisa Priddle, Detroit Free Press Business Writer excerpted by David Ruggles from Could automotive supply chain snap?, June 16, 2013 A c...

Jaguar Project 7

Jaguar's Project 7 concept car will debut at at Goodwood Festival of Speed this Friday. Not very practical but I am guessing - a lot of ...

Jeff Dunham's car collection

Comedian Jeff Dunham gives a tour of his private garage and shows off some of the amazing cars in his collection, including one of the origi...

Detroit and New Orleans

Detroit’s Recovery Edited from a May 14th, 2013 post by Marybeth Benjamin on the Econ 244 web site The eye opening drive through the city of...

UN agencies take major step towards international standards for driver distraction

June 27 marked a historic event in Geneva, Switzerland — an event that could ultimately lead to internationally harmonized vehicle regulatio...

Midyear (Un)Employment: Stumbling

click on graphs to enlarge Headlines are trumpeting the latest month's job gains, based on the Current Employment Survey. Let's not ...

Detroit's Biggest Mistakes

Detroit’s Worst Mistake Ever Nov. 7, 2012 by Drew Winter in Ward's Automotive Final Inspection Detroit auto makers wasted at least $50...

Is car leasing the right option for me?

The wonderful world of brand new cars is incredible, but it can also be overwhelming. When you want a new car, you have so many different op...

Solyndra Revisited

Original version by Andrew Shipp on the Economics 244 blog, May 15, 2013 In a follow up to the Solyndra case, The House Committee on Oversig...