GM and Lyft Launching Express Drive Program in Chicago
Today, Lyft and General Motors announced the launch of Express Drive, a short-term rental program which will make cars available to Lyft drivers at affordable rates with insurance and maintenance included. The announcement comes two months after GM and Lyft partnered to begin developing an integrated on-demand network of autonomous vehicles. Express Drive will kick […]
GM Announces $1 Billion Acquisition of Cruise Automation
General Motors has announced its acquisition of Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based tech startup that has been developing autonomous vehicle technology. According to reports, GM spent over $1 billion to add Cruise’s software talent and development capability to its own efforts to create self-driving cars. “Fully autonomous vehicles can bring our customers enormous benefits in […]
Infiniti Unveils Sharp Art Car
The London Art Fair took the UK’s capital by storm in January, and Infiniti brought its own unique art, all dedicated to the Infiniti QX30. On the traditional side, a photography display was created with shots taken by social media mavens and photographers of the QX30 during a recent test drive. Each shot shows a unique […]
GM Acquires Assets from SF-Based Sidecar
General Motors this week acquired technology and a number of assets used by San Francisco’s Sidecar Technologies Inc. for an as-yet undisclosed sum. GM’s procurement of Sidecar is almost certainly a means to bolster its $500 million investment in Lyft and its presumed aims to get one over on Uber. According to Automotive News, General […]
What If…Flo from Progressive had Become Toyota Jan?
For those of you not familiar with the premise of the What If…? comics, a brief introduction: Marvel began an ongoing series in 1977 that took a non-canon look at how drastically different its comic universe would be if certain events had transpired, never transpired, or transpired differently. Examples include Spider-Man joining the Fantastic Four, […]
Mustang Unleashed: $39 Shirts, Everyone!
Because Ford understands that the impending release of the sixth-gen Mustang will generate a whole lot of pride (and a whole lotta opportunities for commercialization), it has recruited fashion names Anna Sui, Rogan, Paul Cademartori, CO|TE, and Pamela Love for the Mustang Unleashed limited-edition t-shirt line. Fancy t-shirts with Mustangs on ’em! Just what you always […]
Toyota Hydrogen Car Announced for 2015
The maker of the Prius advances into new environmentally-friendly territory.
Toyota has confirmed that they will launch their first fuel cell sedan on the American market in 2015, making them a leader in the hydrogen technology. The cost of producing hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles has fallen significantly; they can now be made for around $50,000. Customers can anticipate a price of up to $100,000 per […]