GM Unveiling Redesigned Silverado and Sierra at Detroit Auto Show

General Motors will be showing its redesigned Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups at a Dec. 13 media event at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Silverado will have a “bold exterior design” that reflects enhanced capabilities of the truck, while new features such as the jewel-like, projector beam headlamps showcase […]

 

NHTSA Talking to Google and Automakers about Self-Driving Cars

Google Inc. and automakers met with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials in Washington to discuss self-driving cars, which Google has played a critical leadership role in developing. Self-driving cars may very well reduce the approximately 33,000 annual US highway safety deaths while making changes to how vehicle safety is regulated, said NHTSA Administrator David […]

 

GE Capital Fleet Services Adds Alternative Fuel Vehicles to IntelliGauge Tool

GE Capital Fleet Services has just rolled out some updates to its IntelliGauge tool, an online/mobile application that fleet managers can use to compare fuel costs and CO2 emissions for actual or theoretical fleets. The newest version of the application includes a wide range of alternative fuel vehicles for the first time – CNG, CNG […]

 

Nissan Rolling Out New Vehicles with Proactive Safety Features

Passive safety features like air bags and crash protection engineering design are commonplace in new cars today, but what about proactive safety features? Nissan is emphasizing this strategy as it rolls out upcoming new vehicles. Among the additions: electronically managed steering, vehicles smart enough to park themselves and some that swerve automatically to avoid pedestrians, […]

 

Upgraded System Offers Drivers Collision Avoidance of Car-Deer Crashes

Car-deer crashes is a major problem in states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and a few others. An intelligent, less expensive, next generation animal-vehicle collision avoidance systems that has additional transportation and roadside communications capabilities is now on the market. The DeerDeter system can also report on limited weather conditions and traffic data.