As the Mini-e drove over the winner’s circle on the 18th green at the Lodge at Pebble Beach, I watched intently. MINI keeps its British humor but cleans up the tailpipe. I am in the market for an electric vehicle. I have solar panels, so I don’t pay for electricity. In fact, I [...]
Ian Robertson, a Board member for BMW, stood in front of the world premiere of the BMW i Vision Dynamics and talked about the new models and concept vehicles at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt am Main. This four-door Gran Coupe study with pure-electric drive system combines electric mobility with the BMW brand [...]
The automated car is a vision to many, but many are working all aspects of the vehicle, including what to do in the car when you no longer have to drive. One of those companies is Harman Kardon. Inside more than 50 million automobiles on the road today you will find brands of Harman Kardon [...]
Technology World News At the Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA) there will be many World Premieres of cars from many manufacturers. Before those cars can be built, each car company has to decide what technology will go into the car of the future. Watching the technology that the auto suppliers bring out will give you an [...]
2015 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) Porsche We’re one week away from the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show (LAAS), the beginning of the auto shows in the United States. Here’s a last look at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) Porsche. What can we expect Porsche to show next week at the LA Auto [...]
Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA) Torsten Mlasko, Bosch Soft-Tech talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation about myspin. People are accessing their smartphones so much that there is a new spinal ailment called Text Neck, an ailment caused by bending your neck forward to read your smartphone. That continues even when people are driving [...]
Listen to the John Batchelor radio show The descriptive words from the 66th IAA Frankfurt International Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) motor show were connectivity, mobility, and disruptive technology. As discussed on the John Batchelor radio show, connectivity can be seen in the app WAZE and will be further enhanced when we get to car-to-car technology [...]
2011 Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA) Frankfurt, Germany - I sat down with Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee, Vice Chairman & CEO, Kia Motors Corp. Of the things we talked about one area was how well Kia was doing in Brazil. I had talked to some Brazilians and they had said that both China and Korea were doing [...]
Frankfurt, Germany - It's been a concern since it happened. Why did General Motors sell the one percent controlling interest of GM-China to Shanghai Automotive (SAIC)? Nick Reilly, who heads GM in Europe, used to work in GM-China. Reilly explained why GM-China sold the one percent controlling interest to SAIC. Reilly said that SAIC will [...]
Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA) Ford Verve concept unveiled on Driving the Nation at the auto show. The Verve is already sold in Europe, will they bring it to America? “Customers are smart. They value vehicles “ the more efficient, the better,” said Jim Farley, Ford group vice president of Marketing and Communications. “Ford gets it.