Volvo on the Silk Road
Volvo has been building cars in Gothenburg, Sweden, since 1927. Volvo has been owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding since 2010. Volvo still builds cars in Gothenburg. But it also builds cars in China. In Chengdu since 2013. And Daqing since 2014. And yesterday a number of S90 sedans—approximately 120–arrived at a distribution center in Zeebrugge, […]
The View of Autoline 15 Years On
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There’s Small and Then There Are Quadracycles
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Toyota Research Institute: Creating the Future
Although the auto industry today is certainly a high-tech industry, let’s face it: It isn’t something that would be unfamiliar to Henry Ford. Cars, by and large, operate on petroleum-based fuel. Cars and controlled by pedals, levers and a steering mechanism. What wouldn’t he recognize on today’s automobiles? Some companies are pushing change. Change characteristic […]
The Local Motors Approach
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The Sound of the Porsche Panamera
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The Sounds of OEM Audio
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The U.S. Military Finds New Roads: Fuel Cell Powered Pickups
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The Vehicular Art of. . .LEGO
A couple years ago I took my elementary-school-aged nephew from Hawaii to The Henry Ford Museum. As his father had grown up in Detroit, I figured that he’d be exceedingly interested (well, as much as someone his age could be) in the remarkable display of cars through the ages that are on display: Roper, Duryea, […]
The Future of Buick
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