Automakers Rushing to Build More Product to Meet Demand
Auto sales in the past year have exceeded expectations, but the industry hasn’t even seen the tip of the iceberg and automakers are rushing to stay ahead of the curve, according to Karl Brauer, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book. Overall, U.S. automakers plan to spend $434 million to boost vehicle production capacity, according to […]
NHTSA Wants OEMs to Provide Recall Online Search
NHTSA will require automakers and motorcycle manufacturers to provide owners a free, online way to search for recall information by punching in their vehicle identification numbers.GM, Ford and Chrysler and others already offer such a service. By linking to those and other databases maintained by the manufacturers themselves, however, regulators agreed that a separate government-run […]
Iowa DOT Creating Teen Driver Safety App
The Iowa Department of Transportation is in the process of choosing a firm to create a teen driver safety app, which is expected to become available in early 2014. The plan is for parents to have a portal on a desktop or laptop computer to monitor some of their teen’s driving behaviors. Teens’ use of […]
Teenagers Insecure About Safe Driving Abilities, Study Says
What’s going on with today’s teenage drivers? A new nationwide study, released today by Driving-Tests.org – a leading online driver education provider – reveals that teenage drivers are not only aware of the dangers involved with driving a motor vehicle, they are surprisingly insecure about their own limited ability to manage those risks.
Are There Hyperloop Concepts in Other Transportation Modes?
With his Hyperloop fast-transit proposal, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk isn’t the only entrepreneur proposing ways to rev up American transportation. The Digital Age is spurring debate and creating ideas on how human being are supposed to travel. Visionary plans cross all the transportation modes, including a two-seater jet that can fly as fast as […]
