Autonomous cars that can navigate winter roads? ‘Snow problem!

A look at what happens when you equip a Ford Fusion with sensor fusion. Paul Leroux Let ’ s face it, cars and snow don’t mix. A heavy snowf...

Award season

Patryk Fournier The first two months of the calendar year are often referred to as award season by the entertainment industry. Although we d...

Ford ports SmartDeviceLink to QNX CAR Platform

QNX joins Ford, Toyota, and other industry leaders to help drive new standard for app integration. Paul Leroux For as long as I can remember...

The FTC Opens the Hood

Ruggles December 2015 I hadn’t intended to write this as a standalone piece. And I am guilty of using the title to the post, published on t...

The A to Z of QNX in cars

Over 26 fast facts, brought to you by the English alphabet Paul Leroux A is for Audi, one of the first automakers to use QNX technology in ...

Ford Poised to Realize an Upturn in Margins?

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2538735-is-ford-on-the-cusp-of-an-upturn-in-margins?app=1&uprof=53 A good piece from Seeking Alpha on ...

Who is Number One?

Auto sales are not the only measure to assess an auto OEM's relative health. This piece from the Detroit Bureau lays it out: GM slid ...

A Perspective on Ford and the Automotive Business

Here is a student's perspective on a day spent with Bill Cosgrove, a retired Ford executive with experience at the senior level in Ford ...

China: all's well ... for now

Today VW claimed sales of 2.35 million units in Jan-Sep. Meanwhile GM's PR machine releases brand sales monthly. I track these, out of c...

GM, and Ford – Onward and Upward?

As of this writing, the stock price of General Motors closed at almost $37.00, while Ford closed at about $17.   Both announced strong seco...

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...

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...