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Calgary Student Wins Infiniti Engineering Academy
Matthew Kemp, Canadian Infiniti Engineering Academy Winner Photo: Infiniti Most car fans only dream of getting to work with a Formula 1 team. This summer, the Infiniti Engineering Academy went…
Perfect Weekend for Mercedes as Disaster Strikes for Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton performing…some kind of celebration After the backlash Lewis Hamilton received for not attending F1 Live London and the five-place grid penalty Valtteri Bottas received for needing a new…
Ford’s China Sales for 2013 Rise 49 Percent
Ford’s 2014 Focus contributing to huge sales jump in China last year. As automakers across the globe scramble for supremacy in the world’s largest economy, Ford has established itself as…
[PHOTOS] Best-Selling Hyundai HB20 Hatchback Gets Brazilian Makeover
While we in the United States are only familiar with a handful of Hyundai’s models in the brand’s limited American lineup–saturated with sedans–the global market is privy to many models…
Toyota Beats GM By Narrow Margin For 2013 Global Auto Sales Crown
The old axiom goes: it’s not bragging if you can back it up. Toyota has set an ambitious 10 million vehicle 2014 sales goal for themselves only weeks into January,…
Are Your Driving Habits a True Indication of Who You Are as a Person?
Driving a car is a stressful undertaking and people react to stress in different ways. Responses to traffic, someone cutting you off, or drivers not using their turn signals (WHY…
'US News' Names 2 Chevys to List of 13 Best Trucks for Towing
2020 Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison Photo: Chevrolet Deciding what truck to tow your trailer, equipment, camper, or boat just got easier thanks to the editors at U.S. News and World…
Power Your EV for Free at the Audi Charge & Fly Park in Munich
Photo: Audi Audi is a global leader in EV technology and production, so it’s only natural that the German automaker decided to provide a free and convenient place to charge…
Rain Magnifies Existing Bad Driving Habits
Not only does a sudden downpour, a summer shower, a drizzle, or a sprinkle make driving more challenging, it makes you a worse driver. Bad driving habits are intensified by…
Put Your Tax Refund To Good Use And Invest In Vehicle Maintenance
If you received or will receive a tax refund this year, consider spending some of it on your car, even if it’s currently problem-free. Preventative maintenance is essential to help…
Murtha: Three New Scion Models by 2017
The Scion FR-S is the brand’s most recent–and most popular–model. In an interview with Bloomberg at the New York International Auto Show, Scion VP of sales Doug Murtha outlined plans…
Sharpen Your Driving Skills with These Tips
We know it’s always the other guy. The one who’s driving too slow, too fast, too aggressively, too mindlessly…the one who can’t park between the lines, parks too close to…
Next-Gen Holden Commodore to Be Produced in Germany
The 2018 Commodore will be the first version not built in Australia With production of the Commodore VF quickly coming to a close, Holden has decided to uplift the spirits…
Subaru Outback Scores Spot on Autotrader's Best New Cars List
Photo: Subaru Every year, Autotrader compiles a ranking of the 12 best new cars on the market based on a range of detailed criteria. This year, the site included the…
Honda Named in Autotrader’s ‘10-Best Non-Luxury CPO Programs for 2018’
Honda was one of ten automotive brands to be named in Autotrader’s list of the 10 best non-luxury CPO programs for 2018, and was further cited as being “an obvious…
Jeep Wrangler Gets High Marks from Autotrader
2017 Jeep Wrangler College grads in the market for a car to take them into their hard-earned post-graduation future might want to put the Jeep Wrangler on their short lists.…
Luminar's Cheaper Sensors Could Accelerate AV Production
The first heavily automated mass-market vehicles for consumers could go on sale as soon as 2022, if one or more vehicle manufacturers adopt a new sub-$500 lidar sensing package being…
Latest Autotrader Commercial Leaves Us Giggling
Photo: Pixabay Last month, I wished for more Autotrader commercials from Drunk History‘s Derek Waters, and the company delivered. This month’s release focuses on 18th century France and is somehow…
Chrysler Pacifica Earns Third Top Pick Award from autoTRADER.ca
2019 Chrysler Pacifica Since its debut, the autoTRADER.ca Top Pick Awards have singled out the Chrysler Pacifica. The award-winning minivan continues to impress the editors with its minivan-segment leading styling,…
Autotrader Gets Sense of Humor with ‘Drunk History’ Director
Photo: Pixabay As you’re watching the fall premieres of your favorite TV shows, you might be noticing a new commercial from Autotrader that’s, well, funny. That’s not because buying cars…
New Bio-Inspired Camera Takes a Cue from the Mantis Shrimp
“We are beginning to reach the limit of what traditional imaging sensors can accomplish. Our new bioinspired camera shows that nature has a lot of interesting solutions that we can…
Walmart Partners With Waymo for Self-Driving Grocery Pickup Pilot
Photo: Mike Mozart Self-driving cars have been a hot topic in the news lately. As the autonomous world continues to grow, there are mixed feelings about it from consumers and…
Self-Driving Ethics Part Two: Regional Differences
Photo: Nature We reported before this on the Moral Machine, an international experiment that sought to answer one of the big ethical questions facing self-driving vehicles: “If the car has…
Driverless Dilemmas: Jaywalking and Other Unpredictable Human Behaviors
Photo: Eric Fischer Recently, we dialogued about some of the current obstacles driverless cars have to overcome. Per the New York Times, jaywalking — and other unpredictable behavior from humans —…
GM's Mary Barra Engages with Potential New Hires at Harvard
©GM GM has been on a hiring spree. The company has hired 9,000 new employees since 2016, and 40 percent of its current staff are new personnel. CEO Marry Barra’s…
DOT Delivers New Self-Driving Car Testing Guidelines
When it comes to self-driving cars, the federal government takes a largely hands-off approach. One thing it has done, though, is release two sets of voluntary guidelines over the past…
5 Areas of Study That Open the Door to the Automotive Industry
Rapid advancement in technology continues to trigger changes in many different sectors. A case in point is the automotive industry that has got a facelift in ways that were unfathomable…
Mary Barra Wins the CEO Pay Race
Mary Barra is a lot of things in the automotive industry, from the first female CEO to one of its most vocal advocates for STEM education. In 2016, she was…
Turns Out Fuel Efficiency Rules Made Jobs Too
Photo: Wally Gobetz A lot of automakers have complained that the government’s increasingly strict fuel-efficiency and emissions regulations would kill jobs—most pointed of all was now former Ford CEO Mark…
Nissan Altima Earns Advanced Rating from IIHS
Photo: Nissan Advanced safety tech features have earned the 2019 and 2020 Nissan Altima an “advanced” rating in front crash prevention systems conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.…
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Opens Joint Warehouse In Australia
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance was the largest automaker in the world in 2017, selling more than 10.6 million vehicles, and it is working hard to keep its crown for 2018. When…
Nissan Offers a Look at Truck Production
Nissan might be a Japanese company, but many of its vehicles sold in the United States are made here, too. The Nissan Titan lineup has actually always been built in…
Toyota Commits $22 Million to University of Michigan for AI Research
Dr. Gill Pratt, CEO of the Toyota Research Institute. The University of Michigan (UM) will receive a major boost in its research on artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous driving thanks…
Toyota Dominates J.D. Power 2017 Vehicle Dependability Study
The results of the J.D. Power 2017 Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) were released two days ago and they are looking quite good for Toyota. Not only was its Lexus luxury…
'Hyundai: The Empty Car Convoy' Goes Viral
Viral status is often given to videos that don’t deserve it. (We’re looking at you, Chris Crocker.) But sometimes, a truly deserving video will come along that really wows us.…
Queensland, Australia, Joins the Electric Revolution with World’s Longest Electric Highway
Photo: byronv2 One of the largest accepted barriers to widespread acceptance of electric vehicles is undoubtedly infrastructure—it is simply a difficult matter to go any particular distance in an electric…
Burnout Gone Wrong: Vehicle Sprays Burning Fuel Onto Crowd [VIDEO]
On Sunday, 14 people were injured when a vehicle sprayed hot, burning fuel onto a crowd of spectators at a burnout competition on the Alice Springs Inland Dragway in Australia.…
Lexus Bumps Up Automatic Braking Goal
If we’re being honest, everyone has had at least one “oh crud” moment while driving when they notice that traffic ahead of them is stopped and their car is still going full-speed.…
Smart Eye and Ambarella Collaborate on AI-Based Driver Monitoring Tech
Ambarella and Smart Eye partner to deliver next generation AI-based Driver Monitoring https://t.co/7WhWPCeAoN#SmartEye #Ambarella pic.twitter.com/VlmeuSclR7 — Smart Eye (@SmartEyeAB) January 7, 2019 Cameras that detect what’s going on outside of…
Maven Ride-Share Service Comes to Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia Photo: Eng Hooi Sim GM’s Maven ride-share service has been thriving so much that it will soon expand services to Perth, Australia. The launch date is set for…
AAA Study: Many Drivers Misuse, Misunderstand Safety Tech
Lane-departure warning technology was featured in the 2016 Buick LaCrosse Large majorities of drivers like their vehicles’ advanced driver-assist features. But many don’t understand these technologies or know how to…
