Ford on Friday released its annual Sustainability Report, which covers multiple areas in which the automaker strived to improve the environment over the previous year or more and the various goals it has for making the world a better place in the future. Where some may continue to scuttle the idea that climate change is…
Ford Pro includes vehicles, service, and financing for commercial customers Photo: Ford Ford Motor Company is keeping its eye on the prize when it comes to being America’s go-to commercial vehicle brand. The automaker recently announced the launch of Ford Pro, a component of the Ford+ plan that aims to help businesses stay on the…
Ford has announced that The Sierra Club will be joining the Drive Green for Life program, which it founded with SunPower in an effort to further incentivize drivers to make the switch to an all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle. Drive Green For Life launched in 2011 and is currently available to homeowners in all 50…
If you made a prediction at the start of 2018, chances are pretty good that you would have picked something relatively safe. You likely wouldn’t guess that Clemson would absolutely drub Alabama in the National Title Game and then go on to celebrate by eating garbage food at the White House compliments of a guy…
Ford Motor Company in October once again received an “A” grade for water conservation from CDP, marking the third consecutive year that Ford has earned the not-for-profit’s top honor. Having already cut water usage by 61% from 2000-2015 through its Global Water Management initiative, Ford has the stated goal of cutting water usage by an…
While Nissan is a Japanese brand, it is proud to manufacture vehicles here in America. To celebrate its record American sales year in 2015, with 1,484,918 cars sold, Nissan also announced that they had a record year building cars in the United States as well, assembling 962,373 vehicles. In 2015, production of Nissan’s most important…
If your parents ever told you that driving while talking on the phone is a distraction, or if you’ve seen them talking on their phones while driving and found it terrifying, then you probably think that hands-free, in-car calling systems are a saving grace. After all, not having to look at your phone to make a…
DUI checkpoints seem to crop up at the most inopportune times—especially around holidays. While they have a good purpose—to catch any drunk drivers in action before they can hurt anyone—they can be a pain if you’re in a hurry to get somewhere. A video recently went viral on YouTube showing how some people in Florida…
Just in time for Earth Day, Toyota announced that it received its 11th-straight ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. To celebrate its status as the automaker with the most ENERGY STAR honors than any other, Toyota put together an infographic totaling up just how…
Fall is the perfect time to roadtrip through Ohio. With Halloween just around the corner, you might want to start your festivities early by driving to one or more of these haunted places. It’s All in the Details: Let us detail your car for you Loveland Castle Head to Shore Drive in Loveland to explore…
Apple CarPlay being used on the 2016 Chevy Silverado Chevrolet’s big push to offer available Wi-Fi across its lineup has paid off in a big way. Today, the bowtie brand announced that it has sold more than 1.4 million vehicles with 4G LTE connectivity since June 2014. That’s more connected cars sold by Chevy than…
The steering knuckles of a 2014 F-150 and the 2015 F-150 Ford went to extreme lengths to make sure that the 2015 Ford F-150 is not only the smartest and most-capable truck that it has ever built, but also the lightest and most efficient. To accomplish an incredible decrease in the new F-150’s weight compared…
FAA Manager Greg Benson (right) awards HAI President Masahiko Izumi with the FAA Production Certificate Honda announced today that the FAA has issued Honda Aero, Inc. (HAI) a PART 21 Production Certificate. Based in Burlington, North Carolina, HAE produces the GE Honda Aero Engines HF120 turbofan engine that is used to power the HondaJet. “This…
Pictured: 2015 Hyundai Sonata The Hyundai Sonata, the Korean brand’s best-selling midsize sedan, is also known as the i45 in some Asian and Australian markets. After a rocky initial release, it’s become one of the automaker’s most reliable entrants, selling more than 7.3 million units around the world. Early History of the Hyundai Sonata The…
Click for Large Size People being pulled over and arrested on suspicion of DUI is nothing uncommon. If you’re someone like, say, former Baltimore Ravens running back Bernard Pierce, you might even try to leverage your fame and your standing as an excuse to just forget the whole thing ever happened. (Side note: if you…
The 2015 Chevy Silverado Custom General Motors is touting the crashworthiness of the 2015 Chevy Silverado, a pickup truck that they say has been expertly designed to save drivers time and money when they take it into the body shop for repairs. “Designing automobiles to be both durable and light weight is a challenge for…
College student competitors from all across America are gearing up for an exciting tournament that will ultimately leave just one national champion standing—and no, we’re not talking about NCAA March Madness here. We’re talking about the slightly less popular Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Championship, an academic competition for students from America’s Historically Black Colleges…
It’s not uncommon for acclaimed actors to occasionally slum it in awful movies in exchange for a nice fat paycheck. One of the most famous examples is Michael Caine, who won his first Oscar for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters, but couldn’t collect the award because he was busy filming Jaws 4: The…
Americans sure do love their F-150 pickups For several years now, the Ford F-Series of trucks has reigned supreme as the best-selling vehicle in the United States. Given 2017’s overall sales results so far, that trend doesn’t show any signs of stopping. The Ford F-Series is not just the most popular vehicle in the nation overall….
A worker at the Greensburg, Indiana, plant assembles a Civic Natural Gas Vehicle Today, Honda is celebrating a new landmark: the production of its 30 millionth vehicle manufactured in North America. The achievement is the result of the combined efforts of the company’s eight auto plants in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, which in…
Nissan has announced that it will now be offering the best commercial van warranty in America—increasing basic limited warranty coverage to 5 years/100,000 miles and the extended warranty to 5 years/100,000 miles—on its 2014 NV Cargo Van, NV Passenger Van, and NV200 Compact Cargo. “While we’re relatively new to the world of commercial vehicles in…
Jay Leno has an unwavering commitment to his own trademark style: denim shirt with matching denim jeans. Not even the presence of a bespoke Aston Martin designed exclusively for the world’s most sophisticated and tuxedo-clad spy can convince Leno to wear something a bit more formal, as proven in the latest episode of the comedian’s…
Nissan offers five reasons to drive a LEAF As we noted earlier this week, Nissan is serving as the official sponsor of this year’s National Drive Electric Week, and so the automaker is making good on the opportunity to promote the hell out of the Nissan LEAF. It’s been something of a rough week for…
Hey, you got $130,000 and a dream to go super-fast? Then you might wanna get a gander at the 2018 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet. The Ford Performance 50th Anniversary Mustang Cobra Jet turnkey race car has been revealed, and, oh, is it ever a doozy. This is the quickest drag racing Mustang that Ford has…
OnStar, the General Motors subsidiary that provides assistance to drivers, has reached an important milestone! They have received more than one billion requests for help from subscribers, and they show no signs of slowing down. OnStar’s service was the first like it in the industry when it was launched almost 19 years ago on three…
How to Pick a Designated Driver Photo: Jes Assigning a designated driver before heading out for the evening can save the headache of finding and paying for alternate transportation later in the evening, and ensures a safe ride home. While no one may be jumping for joy at the idea of being the evening’s designated…
Hello and welcome to In the Rearview, where I bring you the latest car news in delicious nougat-y form. First up, one enterprising photographer in Spain managed to snap a few spy photos of the new generation of Nissan LEAF, which is looking far less weird compared to before, and a lot more like one…
In March, we told you all about the Smokin’ Titan, a new extreme concept truck from Nissan that separated the cab from the truck bed to make the ultimate meat smoking rig perfect for summer. Well, Nissan recently decided to take their smoker on an epic four-city road trip on its way to Pigeon Forge,…
Females in the automotive industry experience sexism on the daily. Whether that’s questionable looks when you tell people what you do, your knowledge being questioned when compared to your male colleagues, or even for female customers in the dealership. If a couple walks into a dealership, the salesperson often turns to the male for most…
If you ask any teenager with a driver’s license if they are safe behind the wheel, many of them would be quick to assure you that they are. A recent study by the combined forces of Liberty Mutual Insurance and Students Against Destructive Driving (SADD) found that of 1,622 11th and 12th graders surveyed, 89%…
Chevrolet has announced that it will be completing the transformation of its crossover and SUV lineup next month, when the automaker introduces the next-generation Traverse at the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The big reveal will take place on January 9th, though Chevy is whetting appetites now with the shadowy teaser image…
Photo: Ford Mere days away from the much-anticipated reveal of the all-new 2021 F-150, Ford has released the results of its Great American Truck Survey 2020. Ford turned to Penn Schoen Berland to survey 2,000 red-blooded, truck-loving Americans to learn just how much they love their pickups. Turns out, they love those pickups quite a…
Here at The News Wheel, several of us love the BMW i Series for its commitment to EV technology and, quite frankly, because these are some pretty stylish cars, electric or not. We have known for a while that there was going to be a new all-electric car joining the collection, probably loaded with autonomous…
More people than ever are texting and interneting behind the wheel Photo: Intel Free Press There is no doubt that cellphone use while driving is a very, very bad idea indeed. Statistics like the fact that 3,154 people were killed in collisions involving distracted drivers in 2013, and around 424,000 people were injured, have spurred…
A ruling passed on Tuesday banned Tesla in New Jersey. On Tuesday, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) passed a ruling that essentially prevents the sale of Tesla vehicles in the state henceforth, and, boy, is Elon Musk pissed. The ruling bans the direct sale of vehicles in the Garden State, meaning that Tesla…
Used Chevrolet Volt batteries are helping keep the lights on at the new GM Enterprise Data Center Death is always an uncomfortable topic to discuss, but there is always the comforting possibility of finding a new purpose in the afterlife. At least, there is for dead Chevy Volt batteries. According to General Motors, when the…
Oh, millennials. Those industry-killing, avocado-toast-loving youngsters, whatever will we do with them? General Motors car-sharing service Maven, in an effort to get at what is at the heart of the elusive and mysterious creature we call the millennial, conducted a survey of more than 2,000 18-to-35-year-olds and found that they like to spend money on…
Kids in hot cars unattended can spell disaster. Think before you get out of the car. This summer is only just halfway over, but already there have been a staggering number of reports of parents leaving their children unattended in hot cars in the last few months alone. With plenty of information available about the…
In case you missed it, this past weekend was the Chinese New Year. Infiniti has a very large customer base in China, and they are celebrating the New Year in style with a special graphic promoting the Infiniti Q60 Sports Coupe as the perfect vehicle for the Year of the Fire Rooster. Of course, they…
Officials at the 1965 Indy 500 prepared to test ride a fleet of Honda motorcycles As the most successful carmaker ever in number of Indy 500 wins, starts, and laps completed, Honda is more excited than most for the upcoming 100th running of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” which will be held on Sunday, May…
Chevrolet released an infographic this week offering tips for how to take successful trips with your pets in celebration of International Dog Day on Aug. 26 and International Cat Day, which took place on Aug. 8. The suggestions offered are generally quite useful, but there’s really one thing in particular we need to talk about:…
Ford on Monday dropped some details about the upcoming 2017 F-Series Super Duty, revealing that the all-new heavy-duty will offer the best towing and hauling abilities and most horsepower and torque in its segment all in addition to an up to 350-pound weight loss. “This is the best heavy-duty truck we’ve ever made,” says Doug…
Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, responsible for the production of both the Explorer and Taurus, reduced water usage by approximately 13 million gallons in 2016 due in large part to two efficiency-boosting projects. Ford has revealed the results of Chicago Assembly’s projects—increased reuse of water from its pre-treatment system and a cooling tower side-stream electrolysis system…
One of the first things you learn as a driver in America is that the pedal on the right is the accelerator and the pedal on the left is the brake. When the car needs to start moving, keep moving, or speed up you use the accelerator. If you need to slow down or stop,…
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi of Blue Springs has announced a one-time $100,000 grant to help support local organizations in four focus areas: anti-bullying programs, poverty awareness, LGBT awareness, and reading readiness initiatives. The grant allows organizations which are ineligible for the plant’s standard biannual grant program to gain much-needed funding to support their causes. “These…
How to Talk to a Friend about Drunk Driving Photo: Daniel Olnes You may be wondering how to approach someone about their drinking and driving habits – when you know someone who drinks and drives, it can be a heavy burden to bear. You may be afraid of how your loved one, friend, or acquaintance…
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