Problems keep on piling up for automaker Volkswagen as United States regulator rejected the company’s plan for recalling around 500,000 diesel-powered cars connected to the emission test scandal.
Rumors regarding the much hyped Apple Car might put some company executives on their toes, but not Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk. In one of Musk’s latest interviews, he sounds excited and happy should Apple decide to enter the electric car market.
The ongoing rise of the tech market has made some components relatively cheaper compared to their prices about a decade ago. This significant drop in the price of high-tech components has led some car manufacturers to integrate interesting technological features even to their modestly priced units.
Prominent car manufacturer Ford recently revealed its plans to launch at least 13 electric cars by 2020.
Two prominent car makers, Audi and Lexus, unveiled their respective concept cars which are powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The unveiling was made on Monday at the 2016 North American International Auto Show, also known as the Detroit Auto Show.
General Motors (GM) has unveiled the 2017 production model of its new all-electric Chevy Bolt at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 in Las Vegas.
Ford has announced at this week's Detroit Auto show that it is testing self-driving cars in bad weather conditions including snow, rain, and hail. Industry experts have shared it is one of the biggest technical issues that has prevented driverless vehicles being sold commercially.
German automaker Volkswagen released the official specs list of the Tiguan GTE Active Concept weeks ahead of the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. On Sunday, the car manufacturer officially took the wraps off the next generation SUV that sports a hybrid drivetrain that combines gas and electric power.
A recently published report from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute titled “Automated Vehicle Crash Rate Comparison Using Naturalistic Data” shows that autonomous or self-driving cars have significantly lower average crash rates when directly compared to the average national crash rate of conventional cars with a human driver in control.
Car manufacturer Tesla Motors recently announced that it will release a software update on some of its cars that will allow them to park themselves without the need for a human driver behind the wheel.
