Fiat to Bring Its Tiny Topolino EV to the US Just a week after President Trump expressed interest in kei cars, Stellantis announced that the adorable Fiat Topolino (Italian for "Little Mouse”) is headed to the U.S. for the first time. Details are coming next year, but the specs are delightfully tiny: 95 inches long, 60 inches high, 55 inches wide, an 8-hp motor, and a 5.5-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. Before you get super excited, though, the Topolino will likely be

Newly Approved Female Crash Test Dummy Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the National Highway Traffic Administration has approved new specifications for a female crash test dummy — its first update in over 20 years. Despite this "progress," NHSTA likely won't begin using her until 2027 or 2028. And a spokesperson for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety told the New York Times that their group doesn't have any plans to adopt her. One lingering concern:

A decade ago, it was looking like a lot of companies were making rapid progress on maturing automated driving technology. Executives of companies like Uber and Lyft, Wall Street financial analysts, and Elon Musk and his rabid fan base got overly excited about the prospect of printing mountains of money by simply eliminating the highest cost in ride-hailing: paying the driver. However, as usual, it was never going to be that simple. Waymo has by far the largest robotaxi operat

Nissan Introduces Its First Plug-In Hybrid in the U.S. Nissan introduced the new 2026 Rogue Plug-In Hybrid this week, marking the brand's first PHEV for American buyers. It's designed to "meet the needs of modern families," and offers 38 miles of electric-only driving range for short trips and an estimated 420 miles of total range with its full hybrid powertrain. The Rogue PHEV will be on display at the LA Auto Show from November 21st to 30th.  Audi to Build SUV at Scout Faci

GM Plans Eyes-Off Autonomy by 2028 At an event in New York City this week, GM announced its next major step beyond Super Cruise: a hands-off, eyes-off automation system scheduled to launch in 2028 on the Cadillac Escalade IQ.   Toyota bZ and Subaru Solterra Get Supercharger Access Owners of 2023-2025 Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra models will soon gain access to Tesla's Supercharger network via adapters. Toyota will provide them for free, while Subaru will charge. Both 2026

General Motors has been working on automated driving systems (ADS) since at least the 1950s, when it produced a film featuring its Firebird II concept car. In 2017, GM launched the industry’s first-ever hands-free driving assistance system, Super Cruise, which remains one of the best systems of the type. At an event in New York City today, GM made a number of technology-related announcements, including the next major step beyond Super Cruise, a hands-off, eyes-off automation

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In the last decade, General Motors has invested heavily in a variety of startup businesses, some of which were created outside of the automaker and some within. These have included the Maven car-sharing business, Brightdrop for electric commercial vehicles, and Cruise for automated driving. To say that none of these have become world-conquering success stories would be an understatement. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t still opportunities in at least some of these efforts.

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Pretty much as soon as people started using generative AI to write content, people began sharing ways to "spot" it. At first, I appreciated the effort. But very quickly, it started to feel like McCarthyism — with people accusing others of using AI at the first sight of an em dash (supposedly the tell-tale sign something was written by robot). This article explores the appropriate use of an em dash and why you shouldn't scrape it from your content to avoid AI allegations.

Public relations has always had one core responsibility: to shape public opinion through Craig Daitch, founder & CEO of Telemetry...

Following Ford's announcement that they are retooling their Louisville Assembly Plant to build electric vehicles based on the company’s new Universal EV Platform, I’ve been getting some questions about the first product. That has been announced as a midsize electric pickup truck. So far, Ford has provided only scant technical details, most of which are related to the overall vehicle architecture. Sam Abuelsamid speculates about what we can expect from Ford.

By Sam Abuelsamid, VP of Market Research George McGee's Tesla after the 2019 crash.US District Court for the Southern District of...

Product launches fail at staggering rates. Companies invest millions developing breakthrough technologies, only to discover fatal...

By: Sam Abuelsamid, VP of Market Research My colleague Craig Daitch has written about the results of a YouGov study that examines the...