Ford bet big on its ability to change Americans’ driving habits with the 2022 Maverick compact pickup Tuesday. Attractively priced, with a 40-mpg hybrid starting at $19,995 and going on sale this fall, the Maverick is intended to get a whole new class of customers into pickups, marketing boss Trevor Scott told me in an… Continue reading Ford aims to create new pickup fans with the new roomy hybrid 2022 Maverick
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Ford Maverick: What Can a Compact Pickup Do for Fleets?
Ford brought a display model to its Irvine, California offices to allow journalists to photograph, crawl through, and ask questions. Driving impressions will have to wait until the fall. Photo by Chris Brown. How many work vehicles are over spec’d simply because there are no models that match their applications? Ford is essentially reinventing a… Continue reading Ford Maverick: What Can a Compact Pickup Do for Fleets?
GAINSystems Named a 2021 Top 10 Supply Chain Management Solution Provider
This effort was inspired by a resolve to help guide supply chain management teams currently grappling with erratic demand, ongoing disruptions and increasing logistics costs. The list identifies technology leaders who are reducing uncertainty and increasing automation to help companies gain agility and resiliency as businesses recover from the global pandemic. GAINSystems is known for… Continue reading GAINSystems Named a 2021 Top 10 Supply Chain Management Solution Provider
@Ford: 40 MPG City. Standard Hybrid. Seats Five. Starts Under $20K. All-New 2022 Ford Maverick: Did We Mention It’s a Truck?
  All-new Ford Maverick is the first standard full-hybrid pickup in America and the most fuel-efficient truck on the market with a targeted EPA-estimated rating of 40 mpg in the city*; while its compact size makes it easy to maneuver and park, there’s room for five adults and plenty of storage space Maverick offers lots… Continue reading @Ford: 40 MPG City. Standard Hybrid. Seats Five. Starts Under $20K. All-New 2022 Ford Maverick: Did We Mention It’s a Truck?
Stock take: Legal groundwork laid for self-driving cars on UK roads
The UK government is developing legislation to permit autonomous cars to drive on public roads, which will address a range of issues such as insurance, liability and cybersecurity and establish a legal framework to govern driverless vehicles. Known as the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act (AEVA), the legislation is spearheaded by the Law Commission (the… Continue reading Stock take: Legal groundwork laid for self-driving cars on UK roads
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Mansour Ojjeh, one of the driving forces behind McLaren and a main shareholder since the early 1980s, has died at the age of 68. Although he shunned the limelight, the visionary Mansour helped to develop the McLaren brand into the powerful entity it is today. By providing input into all the key strategic decisions made… Continue reading @McLaren: Read more000110
Seen it all before: A deja vu-laden visit to Longcross Studios
It’s a tense moment: Keeley Hawes’ character in Finding Alice is parked up in a car, having a heart to heart with her on-screen daughter. Unfortunately, the tension of the scene is broken by yours truly suddenly exclaiming: “See that tree there? That’s where Sutcliffe spun a 16-valve Volkswagen Golf GTI backwards and ended up… Continue reading Seen it all before: A deja vu-laden visit to Longcross Studios
Why a silicon chip shortage has left carmakers in the slow lane | John Naughton
Here’s a tale of two industries – cars and computers. In February, major car manufacturers such as Nissan and Honda began to warn shareholders that revenues were likely to fall significantly below expectations. And the reason wasn’t Covid-19 – well, not directly anyway: the pandemic had already significantly depressed sales in 2020. No, the problem… Continue reading Why a silicon chip shortage has left carmakers in the slow lane | John Naughton
Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Microsoft and Honda, has secured a permit that will allow the company to shuttle passengers in its test vehicles without a human safety operator behind the wheel. The permit, issued by the California Public Utilities Commission as part of its… Continue reading Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California
Aurora brings in outsiders to boost safety efforts, public trust of driverless vehicles
Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company that acquired Uber ATG last year, has assembled a team of outside experts, shared new details about its operations in a self-assessment safety report and launched a website as part of a broader effort to win over consumers wary of the technology that they may someday share the road with, or… Continue reading Aurora brings in outsiders to boost safety efforts, public trust of driverless vehicles