At the end of last week, Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a 2003 – 2004 Toyota Avalon recall, which affects certain models of the Avalon manufactured between June 5, 2002, and December 20, 2004. Reportedly, the supplemental restraint system (SRS) circuits in the affected Avalons are susceptible to internal shorting…
“Tremble before your new god, humans!”—After conquering NYC, Honda ASIMO visits Dubai in his quest for global domination Honda ASIMO, the world’s most visible specter of the coming singularity—the moment when artificial intelligence software becomes self-aware and turns on its human masters in bloody conflict—is visiting Dubai this week for The Government Summit: “Shaping Future…
The late-night comedy master Conan O’Brien shares a laugh at Hyundai’s expense Photo:Team Coco via YouTube It’s disheartening seeing the majority of Hyundai news passing through the circuit this month being about the legal scuffle with the EPA concerning Hyundai MPG estimates. Considering the Korean automaker’s a generally-solid brand with respectable products, both the consumers and…
Following GM’s recent recall disaster, it’s nice to know that some car companies can do recalls right (now and then). Chrysler Group recently announced a 2014 Ram ProMaster recall that will likely involve around 6,800 of the vans. The 2014 Ram ProMaster recall comes after a routine post-production test on the ProMaster. During testing, one…
Following GM’s recent recall disaster, it’s nice to know that some car companies can do recalls right (now and then). Chrysler Group recently announced a 2014 Ram ProMaster recall that will likely involve around 6,800 of the vans. The 2014 Ram ProMaster recall comes after a routine post-production test on the ProMaster. During testing, one…
2/27 Update: Ford has issued the following report to the Wall Street Journal story that puts Volkswagen’s investment in Argo AI at $1.7 billion: “Our talks with Volkswagen continue. Discussions have been productive across a number of areas. We’ll share updates as details become more firm.” Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG announced plans for a strategic…
GM CEO, Mary Barra, delivered an oral testimony at a U.S. House hearing today. Earlier today we posted Mary Barra’s prepared remarks for her U.S. House hearing. Now we’ve got her actual oral remarks, which contain an addition (bolded). The spoken word is definitive. You can read Mary Barra’s oral testimony for the U.S. House…
Mary Barra’s U-M commencement speech will be livestreamed here. General Motors CEO, Mary Barra, has been under relentless fire following the major GM recall of recent months, but she has held her own throughout the process, especially given that she only found out about the issue right after she officially became CEO of the company…
A 2010 Mazda6 is one of the vehicles affected by Mazda’s recent recall. Mazda has joined the long list of recalls that have plagued the auto market over the last month and a half, but whereas recalls from GM are no laughing matter, Mazda has kept things on the lighter side. Reportedly, spiders in the…
Photo: Chevrolet There are a ton of ways to customize your 2020 Chevrolet Corvette. You can choose between wheels, interior colors, seatbelt colors, carbon fiber trim, brake calipers, and even the engine’s appearance. But you can permanently leave your mark on this ‘Vette — for the cost of $5,000, you can specify the last five…
By the end of this year, 10 more major cities will offer Maven’s peer-to-peer car sharing service. Detroit, Ann Arbor, Denver, and Chicago are already using the service, since GM piloted the program in these cities this past summer. According to the automaker, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Jersey City, Baltimore, Boston, and Washington, D.C. will be six…
Since it was revealed that Volkswagen placed devices specifically made to fool laboratory emissions tests, the automotive industry has been rocked by a wild storm of investigations and commentary. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn took part in the last of these, implying that many people at VW must have known about the cheating devices, because it…
People come and go from the limelight in the automotive industry like celebrities each with their 15 minutes of fame, but some names have persisted over the years and become power players in the market. If you don’t follow the inner working of the auto industry, make sure you at least know who these trade…
2014 Canyonero Hybrid The LA Auto Show isn’t for another 11 days, and though we know that there will be a multitude of reveals there, it’s going to be awful hard for anybody to top the revelation of the Canyonero Hybrid on last night’s episode of The Simpsons. Jalopnik’s resident eagle eye Jason Torchinsky spotted…
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