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GM builds new electric architecture for EVs, self-driving cars
As future cars go electric, self-driving, and more connected with the outside world, they're going to faster connectivity inside the vehicle. To that end, General Motors just introduced a new electronic platform for its vehicles that it says can carry 4.5 terabytes of processing power per hour... read more
Motor supplier sees mass-produced in-wheel motors around 2023
In-wheel motors have been the future for electric cars—including fuel-cell cars and series hybrids—for decades. Their benefits include simpler packaging and more... read more March 29, 2019 by Bengt Halvorson
2019 CES: Quiet year for green-car and self-driving news
As always, the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show held this week in Las Vegas was massive. Hundreds of thousands of attendees, workers, and support staff converged at multiple... read more January 13, 2019 by John Voelcker
Tesla sales, VW tech, electric Harley-Davidson: Today's Car News
With final sales reports out from the whole auto industry, we built some context around Tesla's end-of-the-year sales numbers. The Model 3 is setting the pace among luxury... read more January 8, 2019 by Eric C. Evarts
Toyota's newest self-driving test car is a Lexus LS luxury sedan
If you're going to develop a self-driving test vehicle, why not make it one that passengers would enjoy riding in? Perhaps that's the logic behind Toyota's choice of its new... read more January 4, 2019 by John Voelcker
2019 Audi e-tron side-camera system: Is the U.S. missing out?
Side-camera systems, replacing side mirrors, have been one of the de rigueur symbols of the future on auto-show concept cars for, well, pretty much this entire century so... read more December 13, 2018 by Bengt Halvorson
Elaborate engine: Variable-compression Infiniti yields small efficiency gains
Turbocharging has mostly not lived up to its billing of being the savior of internal-combustion engine technology. Earlier this decade, facing increasing fuel economy... read more November 6, 2018 by Eric C. Evarts
Engineers find new ways to improve efficiency of gas engines: Engineering Explained
As fast as electric cars are improving and expanding, there are some things that gas engines do better—many experts agree that gasoline engines will be around for... read more April 26, 2018 by Eric C. Evarts
1970 Clean Car Race: How college teams helped bring about emission limits on new cars (and show up Detroit) after the first Earth Day.
When it comes to changing the world, never count out a bunch of college students with pens and wrenches. In response to growing demands to clean up the air, particularly from... read more April 22, 2018 by Eric C. Evarts
Toyota details next-generation hybrids, more efficient gasoline engines
Cars with plugs may be the cleaner and greener future, but at the moment, they make up only about 1 percent of global sales approaching 100 million vehicles a year. That... read more March 5, 2018 by John Voelcker
What percent of US full-size pickup trucks will plug in by 2025? Twitter poll results
If the U.S. is serious about reducing carbon emissions from road vehicles—under the current administration, the jury remains out—pickup trucks are key. More than... read more January 30, 2018 by John Voelcker
What green tech best suits pickup trucks in 2030? Twitter poll results
U.S. car buyers have increasingly ignored passenger sedans and hatchbacks and replaced them with utility vehicles of various sorts, and that's a trend that shows no sign of... read more January 24, 2018 by John Voelcker
How Silicon Valley startup boosted MPG in 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup truck
It looks like GM's investment arm, GM Ventures, has borne some real-world, fuel-saving fruit. Sophisticated engine-control algorithms under the hood of the 2019 Chevrolet... read more January 22, 2018 by Mark Stevenson
Four of Wards' Top 10 Engines are actually electric or electrified powertrains
The industry trade journal WardsAuto has been giving out "Best Engine" awards for 24 years now, and this year's list includes some interesting choices. For starters, there... read more December 18, 2017 by Mark Stevenson
New approach to electric-car battery cooling: immerse cells in coolant
Regardless of how your vehicle is powered—whether it be an internal-combustion engine or a battery pack powering an electric motor—most powertrains have a common... read more December 8, 2017 by Mark Stevenson
Commercial tests of self-driving Chevy Bolt EV to launch in many cities in 2019
General Motors officials made a bold announcement on a Thursday conference call with investors: the automaker plans to launch commercial autonomous fleet operations beginning... read more December 1, 2017 by Mark Stevenson
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