Car of the Year 2025 shortlist announced

The Car of the Year (CotY) shortlist for 2025 is dominated by small electric cars. Among the seven shortlisted models are the Alfa Romeo Junior, Citroën ë-C3, Hyundai Inster and Renault 5. The shortlist is completed by the Cupra Terramar, Dacia Duster and Kia EV3. The winner will be announced at the Brussels motor show on 10 January. Sixty jurors from 23 countries selected seven… Continue reading Car of the Year 2025 shortlist announced

Why the Suzuki Swift is the perfect detox to modern motoring

For the past few years, I’ve compiled a feature looking at the year’s road test stats in one of the Christmas double issues of our magazine. It was quite striking in 2023 how the average star rating had gone down from four to 3.5, and there were no five-star verdicts. Not a great vintage, then,… Continue reading Why the Suzuki Swift is the perfect detox to modern motoring

Clean Technica: Best Value for Money EVs — Midsize (D Segment)003711

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! This is the fourth of a five-part series of articles (you can check the others here: part one, part two and part three), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for… Continue reading Clean Technica: Best Value for Money EVs — Midsize (D Segment)003711

OpenAI Alarmed When Its Shiny New AI Model Isn’t as Smart as It Was Supposed to Be

“The AGI bubble is bursting a little bit.” Cooling Off OpenAI’s next large language model may not be as powerful as many hoped. Code-named Orion, the AI model is sorely underperforming behind the scenes, Bloomberg reports, showing less improvement over its predecessor than GPT-4 did over GPT-3. A similar report from The Information this week… Continue reading OpenAI Alarmed When Its Shiny New AI Model Isn’t as Smart as It Was Supposed to Be

Can European car makers counter China by “working smarter”?

Penny for the thoughts of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares when the bombshell news broke of the Volkswagen Group’s decision to close factories in Germany for the first time.  The seismic VW restructure is the result of slowing demand for electric vehicles, coupled with a spiralling cost base. In its development of electric vehicles, VW has… Continue reading Can European car makers counter China by “working smarter”?

@Ford: Kristin J. Jones

Kristin J. Jones is chief privacy officer and associate general counsel for data and privacy reporting to Steve Croley, Ford chief policy officer and general counsel. In this role, she oversees Ford’s global privacy team, working cross-functionally with leadership and key stakeholders to establish and maintain robust privacy processes and policies. Kristin is instrumental in… Continue reading @Ford: Kristin J. Jones

@Ford: Kristin J. Jones

Kristin J. Jones is chief privacy officer and associate general counsel for data and privacy reporting to Steve Croley, Ford chief policy officer and general counsel. In this role, she oversees Ford’s global privacy team, working cross-functionally with leadership and key stakeholders to establish and maintain robust privacy processes and policies. Kristin is instrumental in… Continue reading @Ford: Kristin J. Jones