Used Car Prices Aren't Sensible

I don't normally link to other blogs, but here is a neat little post on a behavioral economics study of discontinuity in used car prices...

The Global Industry: Honda, the US and the Taper

http://www.tapirs.org/ Go to the URL to contribute to preserving tapirs in the wild! ...bond markets reacted to the taper with a yawn... The...

The Best Car Ever

Guest post by Blake Grady, edited by the prof with comments from Econ 244 participants. Original was from May 17, 2013. This is one I had in...

The ultimate show-me car

It's one thing to say you can do something. It's another thing to prove it. Which helps explain why we create technology concept car...

Bentley launches new models, to build SUVs

According to a press release, Bentley Motors UK has confirmed that it will build the world’s fastest and most luxurious SUV - the first off-...

Is this the most jazzed-up Jeep ever to hit CES?

The fourth installment in the CES Cars of Fame series . Our inductee for this week: a Jeep that gets personal. Paul Leroux It might not be a...

Klocwork joins QNX automotive safety ecosystem

Paul Leroux This just in: Klocwork , a leader in development tools for creating secure software, has become an ecosystem partner for the QNX...

Auto Recovery, yes ... but as for the rest

by mike smitka The US recovery continues at a snail's pace; the auto industry is doing better. The rise in the SAAR [seasonally adjusted...

So many cores — what to do with them all?

Multi-core processors are clearly becoming the mainstream for automotive infotainment systems. TI’s OMAP processors and their automotive der...

Beanie Babies for Billionaires

As Mainstreet.com phrases it, " kids love collecting ." Think Beanie Babies and Cabbage Patch Dolls. Adults, of course are the on...

China: The Domestic and the Global Industry

In October 2013 sales in China reached 1.92 million units – see the China Auto Industry Association statistics page for details. That's...

A Porsche you could talk to

Paul Leroux I have a confession to make. The day before QNX Software Systems unveiled this technology concept at car at 2012 CES, I leaked t...

Proton UK to release newer models

Looks like Proton, the Malaysian car manufacturer is set to release 3 new models in the UK after a long gap. No information about the price ...

Cyber security and connected cars

What does cyber security mean, what does it affect, why is it becoming critical, and what can you do about it? Those were some of the questi...