If there’s a common theme in Ford Motor Company’s approach to the future of transportation, it’s that there needs to be some rules. Perhaps it’s that it was caught flat-footed when numerous other automakers were investing in self-driving technology or partnering up with Silicon Valley tech companies left and right. Today, Ford thinks it’s on… Continue reading Ford plans to develop a connected car open-source platform
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Retromobile 2018: For 120 years, Renault has made your life easier!
Thursday 08 February 2018 by Charisse Babouche – Heritage Charisse Babouche Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Paris, February 8, 2018. At the 2018 Retromobile Show, Renault is exhibiting 20 vintage vehicles from the Renault Classic collection. The show looks back on 120 years of innovations that have made… Continue reading Retromobile 2018: For 120 years, Renault has made your life easier!
Controversy about the 911
Ingrid Steineck, the daughter of the then Porsche chief designer Erwin Komenda, has sued Porsche. From her father came the design of the 911, and also the lines of the 911-predecessor 356 came from his pen. e There are only two true German car icons. Both are from Porsche The VW Beetle and the Porsche… Continue reading Controversy about the 911
In the wake of the diesel fraudsters
I n Wolfsburg drops one defense line after the other. The thesis of transitional boss Müller, the board of VW had known nothing – had cheated only a few dozen engine developers – broke up in the air when the US Justice issued arrest warrants for his predecessor Winterkorn, who no longer leaves Germany, since… Continue reading In the wake of the diesel fraudsters
Gunfight on the banks of the Rhine
A The banks of the Rhine in the Wiesbaden district of Biebrich are seething: Apparently, the operators of two hookah bars are enemies. Highlight of the dispute last week could have been a sharp-firing attack. So far, it is not clear who shot. But: A 27 -year-old Frankfurter suffered a bullet wound on his leg… Continue reading Gunfight on the banks of the Rhine
Honda faces the real cost of Brexit in a former Spitfire plant
BMW UK plants: Mini, Oxford (4,000 staff); Rolls-Royce, Goodwood (1,700); engines, Hams Hall, Birmingham (800); bodywork, Swindon (850) Makes: Minis, all Rolls-Royce model HONDA UK plants: Cars and engines, Swindon (4,000 staff) Makes: Civic NISSAN UK plant: Cars and engines, Sunderland (7,000 employees) Makes: Qashqai, Leaf, Juke ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Such are the surreal options facing Honda… Continue reading Honda faces the real cost of Brexit in a former Spitfire
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Trump auto tariffs would make steel tariffs ‘look like a company picnic’: AutoNation CEO
President Donald Trump would certainly be facing a “real trade war” if he were to implement tariffs on European cars and SUVs being imported into the United States, AutoNation Chairman and CEO Mike Jackson told CNBC on Wednesday.
Ex-GM Exec Bob Lutz plays down auto tariff threat: Trump ‘not trying to destroy the system’
The Future of Cybersecurity Is the Quantum Random Number Generator
Illustration: Greg Mably In 1882, a banker in Sacramento, Calif., named Frank Miller developed an absolutely unbreakable encryption method. Nearly 140 years later, cryptographers have yet to come up with something better. Miller had learned about cryptography while serving as a military investigator during the U.S. Civil War. Sometime later, he grew interested in telegraphy and… Continue reading The Future of Cybersecurity Is the Quantum Random Number Generator
We Grew Algae and Asked Spectrum Editors to Taste It
Algae could be the environmentally-friendly superfood we’ve all been waiting for. But will anyone actually eat it? When was the last time you sipped algae? Chances are, you’ve never done that. But while working on a special report about potential climate-saving technologies, IEEE Spectrum decided to try to grow Spirulina, which proponents have pitched as… Continue reading We Grew Algae and Asked Spectrum Editors to Taste It