Clubbing together for an electric revolution!

The UK’s largest independent car club, City Car Club , is working with innovative start-up LipraLoof Technologies Ltd, to trial smart power ...

Subaru VIZIV 2 Concept

According to Subaru, the new VIZIV 2 crossover concept is "introducing the future of All-Wheel Drive vehicles." VIZIV stands for...

Thinking globally: the US$ isn't the only currency!

The recent depreciation of China's exchange rate with the US$, to which it is pegged, garnered headlines. Until now those watching China...

My next car will know when I'm in a good mood

It will also know when I'm sad, grumpy, or just plain mad. Okay, it won't quite figure it out on its own — I will have to tell it. H...

Automotive History II: Deciding on Layout

An article in the Economist on "tuk-tuks" - three-wheel vehicles common in a number of countries. In the rural Philippines car ow...

Crowd-sourced maps: the future of in-car navigation?

Guest post by Daniel Gast, innovation manager, Elektrobit Automotive Crowdsourcing has become a major trend. Even McDonald’s has been gettin...

Tackling fragmentation with a standard vehicle information API

Tina Jeffrey Has it been a year already? In February 2013 QNX Software Systems became a contributing member of the W3C’s Automotive Web Plat...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) threatens Small Business

Ruggles/Banks 14 Feb 2014 AFSA 2014 Working Paper The CFPB, created as a part of the sweeping Dodd - Frank Act, recently entered into a “co...

Automotive History I: Setting Standards

This is the first of a series of posts tracing the history of the automotive industry from an economics perspective. I'm a member of the...

Self-driving cars? We had ‘em back in ‘56

Quick: What involves four-part harmony singing, control towers in the middle of the desert, and a dude smoking a fat stogie? Give up? It...

BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé

Roomy and sporty Coupés from BMW. Four frameless doors and a large boot. A great example is the BMW 435i, which is powered 6-cylinder TwinP...