Automotive technology is getting a lot more sophisticated. And I’m talking about more than just controlling your car with your iPhone. I’m talking about your car actually reading your mind. The manufacturer that is planning to blow your mind with this ability is Nissan. The company is partnering with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in [...]

What kind of vehicles do Generation Y auto buyers want? According to the LA Times, they want hybrid vehicles packed with technology. Generation Y is the name given to people age 18 to 31. These younger consumers have a distinction that older automobile buyers don’t have. First, they are more environmentally conscious so they are [...]

Blame it all on Ford. The automaker was the first to make use of the cloud for major in-car technology and the market bought it. Since then, every major automobile manufacturer has been innovating and experimenting, looking for new ways to take the latest technology to the next level with in-car in-dash power. And many [...]

Lately in the auto industry, there’s been a lot of talk about TrueCar.com. TrueCar founder, Scott Painter, wrote a letter to the auto dealer community presenting a valid case for the benefits of his service. And dealers across the nation have raised important issues about the problems too. Is there any middle ground? First, in [...]

Smart phones are incredible. There is virtually no limit to what you can do with them these days. And that includes control your car. That is, use your iPhone as a remote control for your vehicle controls. It’s not just a fantasy any more. All you need is an app and you can do things [...]

A recent study conducted by the insurance industry said one in seven drivers in America is uninsured. These uninsured drivers cost insured drivers an estimated $10.8 billion in 2007, though higher insurance premiums and administrative costs. Even though most states have laws requiring drivers to carry insurance, about 13.8% of drivers nationwide still have no [...]

In May this year, Autoconverse reported that eBay Motors has teamed up with the upstart InspectMyRide.com to provide third-party vehicle inspections. Now, the company is entering into another partnership. Experian Automotive has agreed to provide consumers with AutoCheck® vehicle history report summaries under the InspectMyRide name. What’s this mean for automobile consumers? In a nutshell, [...]

Kelley Blue Book has announced the most researched vehicles of 2011. To some of us, it won’t come as any surprise. Honda has four vehicles in the top 20 most researched vehicles of the year and three of those are in the top 5. Both Ford and Toyota have 5 vehicles in the top 20 [...]

Every year, the auto industry chooses a North American car of the year. They also select a North American truck of the year. The winner is announced in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the U.S. center of automobile manufacturing. Finalists for the 2012 North American Car Of The Year are [...]

If you are planning on hitting the roads this holiday season, you will not be alone. November and December are the two busiest travel months, with millions of Americans taking to the highways to visit relatives and friends. One of the downsides of this trend is that holiday driving can be far more dangerous than [...]