Here is the latest Auto News from Forbes Magazine.
Arcimoto SRK Three-Wheeled Electric Vehicle
A Conversation With Mark Frohnmeyer, Founder And President Of Arcimoto
Electric vehicles come in many shapes and sizes. Arcimoto thinks that they?ve landed on the shape of things to come.
When Big Apple Meets Little Orange
I co-authored this article with my colleagues Edward Tse, CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company (read this version), and Alan Chan, Senior Consultant
10 Cheapest Cars To Insure For 2016
2016 Mazda CX-9
New CX-9 Is Milestone In Mazda’s Attempt To Become Premium Brand
In the United States, Mazda now wants to be perceived as an upscale mainstream brand similar to Acura, with a marketing message stressing enthusiasm for driving and vehicles with more of a premium ambiance.
NXP Wants To Set The Standard For Both Self-Driving Computing And ADAS With BlueBox
NXP hopes its new BlueBox self-driving computer will become an autonomous-vehicle industry standard and simultaneously help the company gain market share in the ADAS market.
The Rideshare Uprising Around The World
The Volvo XC90
Tesla Model 3
Will Global Diesel Demand Growth Surprise To The Upside?
U.S. distillate inventory, which includes diesel fuel, dropped unexpectedly in April, causing an oil price rally. Will future months see additional surprises?
2016 Mazda CX-9
Mazda Makes A Play For The Luxury Market With Its Flagship CX-9 SUV
Mazda’s flagship vehicle, the second-generation Mazda CX-9, is going upscale with high-end materials and safety technology.
Insiders: Opel Likely To Get Away With Dieselgate Cheating, Fiat Won’t
Both GM’s Opel and Fiat Chrysler have become the targets of serious dieselgate accusations. The companies have been in the media for months. Last week, the matter became official, and both carmakers were held accountable by German regulators. Opel met with the Germans, and most likely will get away with a stern finger-wagging, industry experts agree. Fiat stood up officials in Berlin, and the book is being thrown at the Italian maker.
Auto Insurers Increasingly Use Tech To Set Premiums
Earlier last month Progressive reached a deal with UBER to insure their drivers in Texas, and it will use a novel technique to price their coverage. As part of their agreement, the insurer will use its Snapshot device to monitor the rideshare drivers. During a May 6 question-and-answer session, Progressive CEO Glenn Renwick told analysts that with this technology “we know what the vehicle is doing, where it’s going, route intensity, braking intensity.” Together, these data points can help Progressive to better model the risk of insuring drivers, which can allow them to better decide what premiums to charge.
Six Stats That Reveal The State Of The U.S. Trucking Industry
There are more large trucks on the road traveling more miles and transporting more cargo. However, there are also more crashes involving trucks and it’s costing more money, according to the FMCSA.
Top 10 Reasons The Volvo XC90 Is Unlike Any Other SUV You Can Buy
The 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 is one of the most advanced automobiles you can buy. It’s combination of performance, efficiency, luxury and safety makes it a unique offering, as well as a technological tour de force that has many competitors scrambling to catch-up. Here are the Top 10 reasons it’s such a special SUV.
With Mitsubishi, Ghosn Strengthens Nissan But Perhaps Not Renault
Carlos Ghosn may just have pulled off one of those transformational deals as Nissan is set to obtain a 34 per cent stake in Mitsubishi Motors for some two billion euro at a time that Mitsubishi’s reputation has taken a blow due to irregularities with test results. The deal could make Nissan more important in the alliance with Renault and reduce the power of the French company and limit the influence of the French state.
Dieselgate: Why Volkswagen’s Geheime Konzernpolizei Can’t Find Cooperative Witnesses
“Silence” is a smaller budget movie by Martin Scorsese, to be released by the end of this year, if all goes well. The movie might be preempted by a big budget reality show with the German title “Das Schweigen.” It’s the drama of Volkswagen’s fruitless search for the dieselgate truth. Half a year since the scandal broke, very little truth was found, or so they say. What makes it so hard?
Meet The Father Of The Auto ‘Skateboard’ Chassis Used By Tesla: Chris Borroni-Bird
Elon Musk deserves a great deal of credit for popularizing battery powered cars. Yet there are those who work in far more anonymity than Musk while exerting much greater influence on the long-term future of that business. One of them is Chris Borroni-Bird, who at GM developed the concept for a drive-by-wire platform on which different body types could be mounted, a key component in Tesla’s vehicle architecture.
SUV Crazy: 13 New Compact SUVs From China
There is a new trend on the Chinese car market: cheap but trendy compact SUVs for young first-car buyers, aged 25 to 30, living in the cities and busy at work.
An Interview With Ryan Kim, Dodge SRT Brand Manager
Buy a new Dodge SRT vehicle and get a day at the Bob Bondurant School of Performance Driving. Dodge SRT Brand Manager Ryan Kim explains why.
Tesla’s Stock Defies Gravity Or At Least Dilution Again
Tesla?s stock increased over 4% after the shareholders were diluted by 5%. This is the second time in less than a year this has happened.
Will Millennials Just Uber Their Life?
For the past few years, the car industry has faced a dilemma due to the reduction in car purchases by Millennials. Some blamed it on the new demand economy, which created Uber; however, recent studies have uncovered a different culprit.
Maserati Master Driving Courses In The U.S. This June And July
Ferrari’s stewardship of Maserati has resulted in several interesting cars, powered by Ferrari-engineered and -assembled V6s and V8s that yowl and scream the way an Italian engine should. Maserati is Ferrari’s alter ego, purveyor of spirited but comfortable sedans, GTs and now SUVs.
What Scares Billionaire Racing Magnate Roger Penske?
Last time, billionaire racing team owner Roger Penske discussed his sentimental favorite for this year’s 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 – Helio Castroneves in the throwback yellow submarine Pennzoil car – Indy pole speed and speeds in general for the Verizon IndyCar series, his four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears and whether he thinks about his ranking on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans. Here, the Captain talks about what keeps him motivated, what scares him, what a 17th victory at Indy on May 29 would mean and past infighting of the 1990s in the Indy racing series.
Interview: Roger Penske Says Castroneves Is Emotional Favorite For 100th Running Of Indy 500
Saturday, May 21, is pole-qualifying for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Who better to chat with beforehand than Roger Penske, the billionaire owner of Team Penske Racing with an unprecedented 16 wins at the big race. Can he make it 17 on Sunday, May 29?
Givenchy Inspires a Limited-Edition Luxury Car, Designed to Enhance Women’s Beauty
DS Automobiles has unveiled a dolled up version of its freshest face: a limited edition of its New DS 3 geared specifically towards women, created in collaboration with Givenchy.
Dieselgate Turns Into CO2-gate: Huge Amounts Of Cheating Revealed
Are you easily embarrassed? In that case, a career in the automotive business is not for you. To get to the top in the heavy metal industry, you must know no shame. I came to this conclusion, when, after a week of covering daily dieselgate revelations, I read what Germany’s Spiegel Magazin will publish tomorrow. The Kraftfahrtbundesamt, Germany’s equivalent of the United States’ NHTSA, conducted a retest of type-approved cars, only to find that 30 of them exceed their stated carbon dioxise emissions, some to a drastic degree, the magazine will claim in its Saturday edition.
Tesla Considering China Assembly Line
Tesla 3 sales in China are second only to those in the U.S. Once they beat, and they likely will, then Tesla will build an assembly line to serve the local market.
Tesla Model 3
Japan’s Design Enfant Terrible Launches Car Of The Cloth
Kota Nezu, the man who caused dropped jaws around the world with his wooden car, is at it again. Today, the dyed-red-haired Japanese car designer showed a “car” made from an even more pliable material: Fabric material.
Volvo’s New Small SUV, Sedan Likely To Appear Next Year
Volvo Cars unveiled two new small SUV and hatchback design concepts as it bids to crank up long-term output and compete with the Germans, while Moody’s Investors Service said Volvo’s profitability will improve through 2017.
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