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Self-Driving Cars by 2025

Jen Alic | Posted 04.04.2013 | Green
Jen Alic

Autonomous cars will give drivers the right to claim that they are not liable for traffic incidents, but determining who is liable will be a bit tricky. Responsibility will somehow have to be shared by the driver and the maker of the technology and the car.

Columbia University Student Sues Ad Agency For $23 Million, Claiming Ad Makes Her Look Like An Escort

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 08.17.2012 | College

Model and recent Columbia University psychology graduate, Carolyn Giles, 30, is suing Volvo, Hertz and her modeling company, Ford Models, for $23 mill...

Bankrupt Automaker Finds A Buyer

Reuters | Posted 08.12.2012 | Business

* Bankrupt Saab finds buyer in Chinese-Japanese investment group * Investor to produce electric cars * First product in...

At Autoshow, Apparently Size Matters

AP | COLLEEN BARRY and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.05.2012 | Business

GENEVA — Automakers are thinking small – in size, not ambition. After years marked by environmental concerns, then the economic downturn ...

BMW Tops Mercedes As Most Popular Luxury Auto Brand

Posted 01.05.2012 | Business

BMW grabbed the top spot in the U.S. luxury auto market in 2011, edging out Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz brand, as both German automakers took advan...

Volvo Sales Back To Pre-Financial Crisis Levels

AP | By KARL RITTER | Posted 09.21.2011 | Business

STOCKHOLM -- Truck maker Volvo AB's second-quarter profit surged 63 percent as sales returned to levels last seen before the financial crisis, the Swe...

Brothers, 3 And 4, Found Dead In Car In Wisconsin

AP | By TODD RICHMOND | Posted 09.05.2011 | Crime

MADISON, Wis. -- The dead bodies of 3- and 4-year-old Wisconsin brothers were found in a parked car early Wednesday morning and the boyfriend of the c...

Volvo's Social Media #Fail

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 06.03.2011 | Technology
Steve Rosenbaum

It used to be that in marketing, the brand with the most cash won. Hands down. You could 'carpet bomb' a market, you could 'own' the conversation, you...

'Road Train' Cars Drive Themselves While You Sleep

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Imagine you're driving down the highway, when you pass a column of cars cruising in tandem. You notice with awe that the steering wheel in each car mo...

Ford Reports Record First-Half China Sales

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. sold a record 301,524 vehicles in China during the first six months of the year, up 53 percent from the same period in ...

Geely Buys Volvo: Goldman Gets The Upside, You Get The Downside

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Simon Johnson

Goldman Sachs' private equity owns a significant stake in Geely, with the explicit goal of helping that company expand internationally.

Volvo To China: Ford Sells Swedish Automaker To Zhejiang Geely Holding Group

AP | LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

STOCKHOLM — Zhejiang Geely Holding Group signed a binding deal Sunday to buy Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo Cars unit for $1.8 billion, representing a c...

Toyota finds it's the cover-up, not the crime - McLaren Ferrari-fighter a bargain $229,000

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

Toyota is finding out it's not the crime, but the cover-up, which screws you. They should have studied Richard Nixon's presidency.

An Interview With Liam Gillick

Zefrey Throwell | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Zefrey Throwell

Find out what Liam Gillick's hobby is, hear him say the words, "unicorns, planets, and falling down" and much more in this audio interview.

Wikipedia Bans Volvo's IT Over Racist Rants

channelregister.co.uk | Cade Metz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Wikipedia has banned editing from machines inside Volvo Information Technology - the outfit that operates the Swedish auto maker's IT infrastructure -...

Ford, GM, IBM and China: A Match Made in the Han Dynasty

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
John Wagner Givens

For cultural and historical reasons, China has relatively less experience in brand building, so the US currently seems to have a comparative advantage in internationally known brands.

Volvo: Geely Group Near Deal To Buy Volvo Brand From Ford

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

STOCKHOLM (AP -- LOUISE NORDSTROM) -- Ford Motor Co. moved closer Wednesday to selling its loss-making Volvo unit to China's Geely Group, saying a fin...

Five Things Mr. Obama Must Say About Detroit -- and Fast

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

While GM and Chrysler both remain on life support (and Ford has also been talking with the government about a credit line or loan), the car and truck business around the world is not doing much better than Detroit.

Sweden's Auto Bailout: $3.4 Billion

AP | LOUISE NORDSTROM and MALIN RISING | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Swedish government on Thursday unveiled a 28 billion kronor ($3.4 billion) support package for the nation's ailing auto ...

US Automakers Consider Selling Saab, Volvo

AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Swedish government confirmed Monday it is in talks with General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. after a report that the ...

Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.

Precipitous fifteen-year drop in US car sales; Need one? You probably can't get one

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

They say "start out bad news with a joke," so: In Peter Gent's "North Dallas Forty," a football coach is talking with the team owner's son about his f...

THE LATEST: $25 BILLION FOR DETROIT; PRODUCTION CHEVY VOLT PLUG-IN HYBRID UNVEILED

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Steve Parker

Today's Detroit News newspaper reports that, because big investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase own huge amounts of GM and Ford cor...

$50 Billion for the Detroit Three: Yea or Nay?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

Should Chrysler, or two of the car-makers or even all three go bust, then, this time, the American people will pay the price, both literally and figuratively.

Is Your Car's Interior Killing You?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Steve Parker

Ever wondered about that dreary film which builds-up inside the windshield of your car or truck? Not outside, which can be taken care of easily enough; inside.