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They will develop cloud, infotainment, and communications services

Volvo and Ericsson will work together on creating infotainment, app, communication and cloud services for future vehicles. Volvo will focus on driver behavior and safety, and Ericsson will work on integration. Volvo is not saying when exactly ...

Auction will go towards a charity for military families

Sometimes a car's value is more about who owned it than what it is. There is nothing too special about a 2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch 4X4 SuperCrew. The F-Series pickup was the best-selling vehicle in the US in 2009 with 179,632 units ...

Rear panel is meant to take brunt of rear collisions and be replaceable

For the new Fusion, Ford considered repairability in addition to safety when designing the car. Its internal research shows that 19% of Fusion accidents occur in the rear of the car. Its new design including a replacable panel that Ford says will ...

New plan only calls for joint development

The original plan for General Motors and PSA Peugeot-Citroën to form a joint venture, which would have divested control of Opel and Vauxhall away from GM, was cancelled when PSA took a large French government loan that put government official...

InvestIndustrial built ties with Mercedes when it owned Ducati

One of the keys to InvestIndustrial's purchase of 37.5% of Aston Martin was that it would potentially provide a link to using Mercedes technology. While InvestIndustrial owned Ducati, it created a relationship with Mercedes that it hopes will ...

Money went to education in Jamaica

Nissan auctioned the Bolt Gold GT-R and other items signed by Bolt for a total of $193,191. The entire amount will go to the Usain Bolt Foundation that supports education in Jamaica. Taken alone, the Bolt Gold GT-R sold for $187,100...

Volkswagen Group takes three spots on the list

Adweek magazine has collected its annual list of the most-watched ads of the year on Youtube. The list focuses only on advertisements to see what people are choosing to watch the most. This year eight of the videos are from automakers and one...

Car number 500 was completed on December 14

The final Lexus LFA, car number 500, has been produced and left the factory on December 14. Production began in December 2010 meaning that it took roughly two years to build the 500 cars, which is less than a car a day. The Nürburgring P...

Will likely be revealed next May at anniversary celebration

Lamborghini will celebrate its 50th anniversary as an automaker with a party in Milan in May 2013 and plans to reveal a new car during the festivities.  Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann said that the company will build "a special c...

Workers will be able to work 34 hours a week for the same pay

Do you want to work fewer hours for the same pay and benefits? Then go knock on Porsche's door in Zuffenhausen. The company is lowering the workweek for its Zuffenhausen employees to 34 hours per week but paying them the same with the same ben...