BEVs, AVs, Mobility 2.0: Disrupters?

Michael Smitka, Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University Judge, Automotive News supplier PACE Awards The media are enamored of ...

BMW's hands-free driving technology - BMW AirTouch

BMW recently unveiled their i Vision Future Interaction Concept Car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. They showcased some...

The PACE of Automotive Innovation

Suppliers are integral to new technology in the auto industry to an extent not true since the early years of the 20th century, when ventures...

Amazing auto tech under development by Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover is researching technologies that will offer drivers a 360 degrees view out of their vehicle, uninterrupted by the pillars ...

Sponsored video: Toyota Dominoes - spirit of Toyota innovation

"A car company with a positive environmental effect" sounds like an oxymoron. Well Toyota is trying to show that this is not impos...

Does Car Racing Make Cents?

Here is a post that draws upon questions posed by students that appears on the Economics 244 Auto Industry blog . However, instead of postin...

The hi tech new Peugeot 108

PEUGEOT has just launched its new city car - the new PEUGEOT 108. It is clearly targeted at today's connected generation - it features a...

Do Suppliers Now Drive Technology?

Originally posted May 14, 2013 by Oliver Liu on the W&L Economics 244 Web Site and paralleling one by Marybeth Benjamin. Modest additio...

Has Auto Racing Outrun Its Usefulness?

This is the first in a series of guest posts by Mike Smitka's students, drawn from the Economics 244 course blog. ...road cars have bee...

Click on the logo for information on the Automotive News PACE "Supplier of the Year" Award The Award Ceremoney will be Monday, Apr...

Velocity Overdrive, the Road to Reinvention

A Book Review by David Ruggles and comments in italic by Mike Smitka Dale Pollak’s third book, “Velocity Overdrive,” is another winner and i...

Measuring vintage cars with a laser

The problem with vintage cars is getting spare parts. Researchers at The University of Warwick show how laser technology can help solve this...