Author: Automotive News Feed

Billions of dollars are being spent on autonomoous vehicle technology, but where is the consumer demand?

Delmia Automation won a PACE Award in 2009 for letting factory planners create a virtual prototype of a manufacturing floor without testing real equipment.

Developing technologies could mean many more years of life for the internal combustion engine.

Bentley has revamped its Continental GT convertable, which debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show last week.

Toyota, which introduced the world to gasoline-electric hybrids some 15 years ago, is exploring some new branding language for its alternative powertrains to better convey the nuances of the technologies and the vehicles’ evolving driving dynamics.

Charges of financial impropriety against Carlos Ghosn raise questions about whether the auto leader had too much power.

With his aw-shucks charm, Kansas boy Alan Mulally exudes small-town America. But since retiring as Ford’s CEO in 2014, he has clearly spent a lot of time thinking about urban transportation issues.

Lincoln Motor Co. President Joy Falotico told Automotive News last week the company is no longer projecting a sales goal of 300,000 by the end of the decade, amid uncertainties created by the U.S,.-China trade war.

Japan’s jail system treats Carlos Ghosn, one of the auto industry’s most powerful executives, like any other criminal suspect.

Dealers featured this week include Ellen Parsons, president of Kent Parsons Ford in Martinsburg, W.Va., and Fred Parsons, vice president of Kent Parsons Ford; and Paul Tysver, dealer principal of Quality Toyota in Fergus Falls, Minn.