Any nation that can't provide the basics, such as an educated workforce, especially in STEM fields, surely stands to lose out in this globally competitive economy.
Like most federal government mandated fixes, raising the CAFE standards seems short sighted in light of increasingly stringent safety requirements. They just can't have it both ways.
Making cars in China has been used to scare voters and even Chrysler workers in the presidential campaign's waning days, but the reality is Chinese-as...
DETROIT -- Amphibious vehicles could soon be zooming out of James Bond's garage – or pond – and into yours. The Quadski – a one-per...
Holding on to an old car from the '80s or '90s isn't going to help you re-live your glory days; it just makes you look like Uncle Rico. Dude, let it go already.
In the recession's aftermath some of the nation's most prominent industries are going to be left behind. The automotive, restaurant and newspaper ...
By Tom Bergin LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The biggest oil companies in the world have calculated that few, if any, of today's drivers ...
In a stroke of genius, GM invented the annual model change. Sloan borrowed this idea from fashion where styles changed every year and applied it to automobiles starting in the 1920s.
First it was a craft business, then driven by relentless technology innovation and then a price war as economies of scale drove production. No, it's not Apple and the iPhone. It was General Motors and the auto industry.
In the video below, an engineer at the General Motors Tech Center in Michigan explains how wind tunnel testing helps improve aerodynamics and fuel eco...
Of all the turns taken by the U.S. economy this year, few of the have been for the better. But at the beginning of it, many were expecting big things....
DETROIT -- Toyota Motor Corp. is telling U.S. dealers that new vehicles could be in short supply this summer. In a memo to dealers obtained Monday by...
When gas prices go up, it's natural for consumers to start looking at their vehicle's fuel efficiency and ask what the auto industry is doing to impro...
DETROIT (Reuters) - A shortage of auto parts stemming from Japan's earthquake may cut global vehicle output by 30 percent within six weeks in a wo...
The financial crisis is hurting Americans, but months before the hit fuel costs were already gouging into people's pockets. Some were forced to carpoo...
This year's competition structure demanded breakthrough thinking that would literally disrupt the industry and produce an accelerated wave to push it ahead in leaps and bounds.
There's still a chance that the U.S. could get back the money it invested in saving General Motors from collapse during the recent financial crisis, b...
As the world's largest carmaker tries to rebuild its reputation for quality following record recalls, President Akio Toyoda, a racing fan, has said he...
Instead of being blamed for chasing investment away from industrial states, the United Auto Workers may become the place to turn to ensure a company's success.
This confidence that Toyota will get it right in the end is due, in large part, to goodwill -- and Toyota enjoys two types of enduring goodwill.
If you're an automotive company dealing with a massive recall, pray for a bad economy to soften the blow.
You could save some money and feel like you've done well by the impovershed nations of the world who can't afford a Prius let alone a 1986 hot pink Camaro.
This article originally appeared on PSFK.com. While 2008 left nearly every other automaker stranded on the side of the road, Audi managed to record i...
If the centralized, organized mouthpiece for labor is destroyed, then so is the only advocacy vehicle available to the nonunion worker.
We should be selling cars like clothes: big family? You need a big car. Small family? You don't get to drive a Hummer for one person.
