Honda’s all-new midsize Ridgeline pickup will be priced from $30,375, including destination, when it goes on sale in June and will feature class-leading fuel economy, according to the automaker. The 2017 Ridgeline will come with front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive configurations, a 3.5-liter V-6 engine that produces 280 hp and 262 pounds-feet of torque and a six-speed […]
General Motors and Lyft will reportedly begin testing self-driving Chevrolet Bolt taxis on public roads within a year. The autonomous-testing program, reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal, will make use of technology developed by Cruise Automation Inc., the self-driving technology startup GM plans to buy for $1 billion. The move comes after GM in […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ordered a dramatic expansion of the Takata airbag inflator recalls, more than doubling the number of hazardous parts covered by the callbacks in a move that the auto industry will spend the next several years sorting out. NHTSA said in February it’s investigating all of the company’s inflators […]
Google will collaborate with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to put its self-driving car technology into 100 Pacifica minivans. The vehicles will be used to turbocharge Google’s seven-year-old autonomous car program. For Fiat Chrysler, the agreement provides a technological crash course in what it takes to transform a standard vehicle into an autonomous one. Google and other […]
Porsche will sell a wagon variant of its second-generation Panamera in the United States. The brand’s U.S. chief Klaus Zellmer confirmed the wagon plan at a recent press event. He did not detail timing of the wagon’s arrival other than to say it won’t be in 2017. The second-generation Panamera’s main body style, a sedan, […]
Michigan Senators introduced a new bill last week that would make it a felony to “willfully destroy, damage, impair, alter, or gain unauthorized control” of a vehicle. A second bill would amend Michigan’s criminal code for hacking, which would give car hacking a maximum sentence of life in prison. Car hacking would be the only […]
Ford has been making lots of design changes to the already top-selling F150 line, and now to show off how they’ve translated to the F-150 Raptor, they’ve released some new videos from what would be a dream vacation for us here at Takes on Tech, going off road in the same Mojave Desert terrain where […]
On Friday, automaker Fiat Chrysler issued a software update for selected 2013-2015 model cars to allow Siri Eyes Free, the precursor to the more fully-featured CarPlay, to be compatible with the vehicles’ infotainment systems, including steering wheel control. The 2013 through 2015 model Ram 1500/2500/3500, the 2013-2015 Dodge Viper, the 2014-2015 Dodge Durango, the 2014-2015 […]
Marvel Studios has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for the upcoming Captain America: Civil War focusing on their Berlin chase sequence where Black Panther goes after The Winter Soldier. Check it out in the player below and see most of the full clip by clicking here. Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War finds Steve Rogers leading […]
Some equipment and design upgrades are on the way for the 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport, some of which we’re a little bummed we couldn’t have for our Four Seasons Disco Sport. There are no mechanical changes, but buyers can now opt for a few bits of advanced tech, as well as a wider range […]
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