Every April, Consumer Reports gives advice for new and used buyers in its annual auto issue. This year, a trio of Asian and European names top the tally: Audi, Subaru and Lexus. They scored an 80, 8 and 76, respectively, on a 100-point scale that measures the overall score, road-test score, and predicted reliability results [...]
GM has hopes of speeding the development of self-driving cars, has now acquired a small software company and has been testing vehicles on the streets of San Francisco, and other cities. The Detroit automaker says it purchased Cruise Automation, a 40-person firm that was founded just three years ago. The move, coupled with GM’s in-house [...]
The Ford Motor Co. has established a Silicon Valley-based subsidiary to build and invest in new mobility options like car-sharing and ride-hailing services. Ford Smart Mobility LLC will be chaired by former Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett, who has been a member of Ford’s board since 2013. Hackett resigned his board seat last week to lead [...]
Governor Nathan Deal and the state DOT's leadership recently unveiled a myriad of projects that will be built with the $900 million per year allotment that was voted in by legislators. There are 45 road-widening projects on GA state highways. Important freight corridors such as US27 in the west Georgia and US 441 in the [...]
