• Auto Tech
    Now Your Car’s Been Studying You Closely and Everyone Wants the Data

    Fire up a new model and it updates more than 100,000 data points, including rather personal details like the front-seat passenger’s weight. The navigation system tracks every mile and remembers your route to work. The vehicular brain is smart enough to help avoid traffic jams or score parking spaces, and soon will be able to […]

  • American Car
    The Cars Talk to Each Other In Bill Ford’s Future

    The great-grandson of both Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, now executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., certainly knows his way around cars. What he doesn’t know is how they’re going to get around in an increasingly congested world. Bill Ford’s seen the future, and it’s crowded. “Some of it’s just mathematics,” Ford says. “We’re going from […]

  • Cars Brands
    After U.S. Sales Mixed, Auto Industry on Watch for Headwinds

    General Motors Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Honda Motor Co. said Friday that June U.S. sales trailed analysts’ estimates, while Nissan Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co. beat projections. Industrywide sales rose 2.5 percent to 1.51 million vehicles, researcher Autodata Corp. reported. The industry’s annual sales pace, adjusted for seasonal trends, was […]