Bicycle detection systems are beginning to catch on in new vehicles — and could soon be a standard safety feature. Volvo’s new EX30 electric crossover comes standard with the equipment, which gives occupants visual and audio cues if they are about to throw open a door in front of an oncoming bicyclist or pedestrian. Cadillac
The transportation industry has been working for years to cut back on carbon emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles or eliminate them through electrification. Michigan startup Remora has a different solution: capturing emissions emitted by semi-trucks as they are driven. The company developed a retrofitting technology it says captures the carbon dioxide emitted from a truck’s exhaust,
Head-up displays are becoming common in new vehicles — but now they’re getting more advanced. Israeli startup Spectralics and Envisics of the U.K. are among the players developing ways to enhance head-up displays with augmented reality technology. A Spectralics system uses a thin optical film layered over a vehicle’s windshield to display images, safety alerts,
A new technology may give automakers the ability to shut down a vehicle’s power or turn off selected features, if warranted. Ford Motor Co. has received a patent for a technology that would allow it to shut off air conditioning, radio, cruise control, remote key fobs or other systems for whatever reason — a safety
A bidding war between steelmakers for American manufacturing icon U.S. Steel could have massive implications for the auto industry — especially if Cleveland-Cliffs wins out, analysts said. The Ohio company, the largest supplier of automotive steel in the U.S., rattled the manufacturing world on Sunday when it went public with a $7.25 billion offer to
Last week’s bankruptcy of one of the largest trucking companies in the U.S. serves as a reminder to suppliers of the still-fragile state of the supply chain, industry experts said. Trucking company Yellow Corp., a once-dominant player in the “less-than truckload” segment that hauls cargo for multiple customers on a single truck, filed for Chapter
Automakers removed 80,710 vehicles from their global production schedules because of the microchip shortage this week, according to the latest estimate by AutoForecast Solutions. European assembly plants were most impacted by the chip shortage, with companies there eliminating 48,813 vehicles from production plans. At Asian factories outside of China, 30,558 vehicles were eliminated, along with
AutoForecast Solutions added 104,792 vehicles to its year-to-date estimate of the number of vehicles automakers have removed from their production schedules because of the microchip shortage. The jump, one of the largest in recent months, is explained in part by “historical updates” that were added to the tally, which now stands at about 1.85 million
A Michigan Supreme Court opinion could help suppliers get what they’ve been longing for over the past few years: more leverage to extract price concessions from their customers. Michigan’s high court ruled this month that buyers must be explicit in contracts in saying what they intend to buy from a seller. Contracts between auto suppliers
Assembly plants in China and the rest of Asia were hit hardest by a lack of semiconductors this week, representing the majority of the 50,423 vehicles automakers cut from production plans worldwide because of the shortage, according to the latest AutoForecast Solutions estimate. Factories in China eliminated 25,469 vehicles because of the chip shortage, while
