The automaker will help with research at developer Solid Power, which is targeting its solid-state battery technology to be available in EVs in the 2027-2028 timeframe.
Twenty automakers agreed last year to make automatic emergency braking standard on 99% of light vehicles sold in the U.S. by September 2022, but the technology was installed in only 19% of new vehicles sold in the 2017 model year....More
Euro NCAP Secretary General Michiel van Ratingen says the ratings continue to represent outstanding engineering achievements. “Euro NCAP’s rating regime now includes over 15 different tests and hundreds of individual requirements, which are strengthened all the time,” he says....More
The 5-month test drives on five continents started in September at the Frankfurt auto show as a way to adapt more highly automated driving functions to national traffic and user practices....More
The automaker will help with research at developer Solid Power, which is targeting its solid-state battery technology to be available in EVs in the 2027-2028 timeframe....More
The brand hopes the QX80 will continue to sell roughly 1,000 units per month in the U.S., given the updates to the SUV and how it will be priced....More
Figuring out how and when the two automakers will share features and technology still is being determined, although some non-vehicle changes already have occurred....More
Ford’s fullsize Expedition SUV gets a complete makeover for ’18 including an aluminum body, a 10-speed transmission and impressive on- and off-road capabilities....More
Under the new system, the EU’s 27 member states (assuming the U.K. quits the bloc in 2019) will have to conduct checks on at least one in every 40,000 newly registered vehicles. These governments will have to test at least 500 models of cars of various ages every year....More
The brand hopes the QX80 will continue to sell roughly 1,000 units per month in the U.S., given the updates to the SUV and how it will be priced....More
This year’s list sees the return of the fuel cell, as well as the V-8. Jaguar and Kia win their first trophies. Half the winners are turbocharged. Toyota wins for a hybrid that’s not a Prius....More
