The driverless truck is no longer a fanciful idea that will materialise in some future world. The technology has advanced rapidly over recent years, and I believe that we’ll see these automated vehicles on our highways in the near ...
Tags: driverless truck, automated vehicles, weather-related delays
Daimler has trialed a semi-autonomous Mercedes-Benz bus on a 20km drive through Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The Future Bus undertook a manned trip via a section of a bus rapid transit (BRT) line at speeds of about 70km/h using the ...
Tags: Daimler, Semi-Autonomous, Mercedes-Benz Bus
FCA US has secured orders to deliver 580 Dodge Charger Pursuit police sedans to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The sedans will replace aging sedans and utility vehicles in CHP's fleet. FCA will deliver the vehicles in the next two ...
Mazda Motor has introduced SKYACTIV-VEHICLE DYNAMICS, a series of new-generation vehicle motion control technologies in its model ranges. The first in the series, G-Vectoring Control, will be introduced across Mazda's entire model range, ...
Tags: Mazda, New-Generation Vehicle
Nissan Motor has introduced driver-assist features that allow its new Serena minivan to manage highway driving on its own. More than 1.5 million Serenas have been sold since it first went on sale in 1991. The new Serena comes equipped ...
Tags: Nissan Motor, Serena
The Association of Global Automakers and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA) have called upon Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to focus on safety first while changing the rules of 5.9 GHz Safety Spectrum band. ...
Tags: ITSA, public safety, lifesaving technology
Nissan has unveiled 2017 Pathfinder, which features new 284-Horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine with Direct Injection Gasoline (DIG) system. The new 2017 Pathfinder still resembles the 2016 model with the profile looking the same but the front ...
Tags: Nissan, 2017 Pathfinder, DIG system
Germany based Knorr-Bremse has signed a deal with Bosch to acquire its on-highway CVS transmission components business in Japan. Following the acquisition, Knorr-Bremse will develop and manufacture gear shift units and clutch actuators as ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Bosch
The iconic Fiat 124 Spider Roadsters are back in US after 30 years. The first shipments of the all-new 2017 roadster have arrived at the Port of Baltimore and the Port of San Diego, and will be available at FIAT studios in North America ...
Tags: Spider Roadsters, Fiat
Honda Accord 2017 sedan and coupe arrive in showrooms with new Sport Special Edition and is ready to hit the three-year streak as the most popular car in US with individual rental car buyers. Retaining many of the popular enhancements ...
Tags: Accord Sedan, Hybrid power
The all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is poised to deliver durability and reliability as it arrives in dealer showrooms this spring. Thousands of simulated and laboratory tests conducted on Pacifica set the foundation for the regimented ...
Tags: Chrysler Pacifica, durability, reliability
Electric car-maker Tesla Motors is introducing two low-cost versions of Model S Sedan, starting at $66,000 in US. The existing Model S starts about $76,000 and is delivered to customers at nearly $100,000. The rear-wheel drive Model ...
Tags: Tesla Motors, Electric car
Mobileye announced, during a joint symposium with the Chinese Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Transport, key findings from a 2015 test of their advanced collision avoidance technology conducted by the Chinese Research Institute of ...
Vienna-based brewery and restaurant Caboose Brewing Company will take over Mosaic's Strawberry Park from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate its first anniversary. The company is also planning to open its second location in the neighborhood. ...
Tags: Caboose Brewing, Strawberry
Ford will be releasing its new vehicles which will be quieter thanks to a new testing method called aeroacoustic mobile wind tunnel testing. With this testing method, Ford says that unnecessary or unwanted wind noise could be eliminated ...