NEWS

Ford Hopes to License Its Inflatable Shoulder Belt System

5/29/2014

Ford Motor Co. is offering to license its inflatable shoulder belt technology to other carmakers.

DeltaWing Sketches Four-Passenger Coupe

5/29/2014

DeltaWing Technologies Inc. has released a rendering to show how its wedge-shaped vehicle architecture might look as a four-passenger car.

Ford Names New Design Chief for Europe

5/28/2014

Joel Piaskowski has been chosen to lead Ford Motor Co.'s design group in Europe, effective July 1, Bloomberg News reports.

Roush to Build Google’s New Self-Driving Car?

5/28/2014

Roush Enterprises Inc. in Allen Park, Mich., has been hired by Google Inc. to assemble at least 100 self-driving minicars, according to Crain's Detroit Business, which cites unidentified sources.

New Mexico Opens Rail Hub with Mexico

5/28/2014

Union Pacific Railroad has opened a $400 million, 2,200-acre railroad hub in Santa Teresa, N.M., that will handle intermodal freight between Mexico and the U.S.

BMW: China Will Become World’s Largest EV Market by 2019

5/28/2014

BMW AG predicts government support will help turn China into the world's largest market for electric vehicles within five years.

Porsche Checks for Brake Flaw in Macan SUV

5/28/2014

Porsche AG is checking 2,500 of its just-introduced Macan small SUV to determine if their brake boosters were damaged during the assembly process.

GM to Export Indian-Made Minicar to Chile

5/28/2014

General Motors Co. says it will begin shipping left-hand-drive versions of its Chevrolet Beat minicar from India to Chile in the first quarter of 2015.

Truck Sales Rise 4% in Europe

5/28/2014

Demand for commercial trucks in the EU28 rose to 158,000 units in April from 151,400 units a year earlier, according to industry group ACEA.

Google Unveils Its Own Self-Driving Car

5/28/2014

Google Inc. plans to build a fleet of about 200 self-driving cars designed with an on/off button but no other controls, BBC News reports.