2020 Mazda CX-30 Review: The Best Sporty Subcompact SUV
2020 Mazda CX-30 The hits keep on coming: Mazda is on a roll again with the 2020 CX-30. The latest small SUV from Mazda rolls past the competition on fun-to-drive, handling, passenger comfort, and fit-and-finish. Virtually all the safety features and driver assists are standard. It may well be the leader in reliability. The CX-30 […]
NASA Chooses Asteroid Landing Zone for OSIRIS-REx Probe
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx space probe reached the asteroid Bennu just over a year ago, and now the agency has decided where it will descend to pick up a sample from the space rock. The site, known as Nightingale, is a gravel-strewn pit near the asteroid’s north pole. It’ll be a delicate operation to collect samples from […]
CEO of GM’s Cruise driverless vehicle unit hints at offering low-cost shared rides
The chief executive of autonomous vehicle company Cruise signaled on Wednesday the General Motors Co subsidiary intends to offer shared rides “at a radically lower cost” as part of a bid to move eventually “beyond the car.”
CEO of GM’s Cruise hints at offering low-cost shared rides
The chief executive of autonomous vehicle company Cruise signaled in a blog post on Wednesday that the General Motors Co subsidiary is shifting its focus to shared rides “at a radically lower cost.”
Factbox: Self-driving partnerships proliferate
Alliances and partnerships involving development and deployment of autonomous vehicles continue to mushroom.
2020 Hyundai Sonata Review: Car of the Year? (It’s That Good)
The 2020 Hyundai Sonata is a strong exception to the rule that “sedans are dying.” The car looks sleeker and sportier, significant safety gear comes standard, the upper trim line lets you press a key-fob button to summon your car out of the garage before you get in, blind spot detection cameras show video of […]
BMW Drops $80 Fee to Use Apple CarPlay on Its Pricey Bimmers
rr Score a small victory for common sense. BMW is dropping the $80 annual fee it charges owners to plug in and use their Apple iPhones via Apple CarPlay, a charge BMW extorts – sorry, extracts – even though Apple charges BMW no ongoing licensing fee BMW has to recoup. (In case there isn’t enough […]
Exclusive: Alibaba-backed startup AutoX applies for driver-less test permit in California
Chinese startup AutoX, backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has applied to test self-driving vehicles without an in-car backup driver in California, the first challenger to Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving venture Waymo to say it has done so.
Hyundai Motor eyes thrust on electric vehicles in $52 billion investment plan
Hyundai Motor plans to invest about 61.1 trillion won ($51.81 billion) between 2020 and 2025, the company said on Wednesday, with a third of the expenditure focused on electric and autonomous vehicles, but analysts want to see it deliver.
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor unveils plan to invest $52 billion over six years
Hyundai Motor plans to invest about 61.1 trillion won ($51.81 billion) between 2020 and 2025, about one-third of the expenditure focused on electric and autonomous vehicles, the company said on Wednesday.