http://www.eweek.com Automotive - RSS Feeds en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:04:33 -0400 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:04:33 -0400 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:06:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Cadillac-DTS-Review-A-Tech-Makeover/?kc=rss - Cadillac no longer is the Cadillac of automobiles; that would be Lexus, Mercedes, or BMW. But Cadillac continues to be the most technically innovative and exciting of the traditional upscale U.S. brands. The company gave a technological upgrade to its recrafted best-selling model, the DeVille, firml...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Cadillac-DTS-Review-A-Tech-Makeover/?kc=rss Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/MidCourse-Correction-for-BMWs-iDrive/?kc=rss - The BMW iDrive cockpit controller is like the flashing-12 display seen in home electronics: a symbol, correctly or not, of technology run amok. The Bavarian elves at BMW have been hearing cranky-owner complaints for five years. But the iDrive might have easier times ahead, with the arrival in Novemb...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/MidCourse-Correction-for-BMWs-iDrive/?kc=rss Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Lexus-Most-Dependable-Vehicle-Again/?kc=rss - Yawn! Chalk up another win for Lexus, on yet another J.D. Power survey: the 2006 Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) released today. Thats 12 in a row for the automaker. J.D. Power Associates surveyed 37 brands to determine problems found by owners of 2003 model-year cars. The survey showed a ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Lexus-Most-Dependable-Vehicle-Again/?kc=rss Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:30:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Tesla-Roadster-Electric-Car-Is-the-Time-Right/?kc=rss - On paper, the Tesla Roadster is the electric car thats finally going to revolutionize transportation. I want to see it happen. I hope it happens. If Tesla wants to change the course of history, it has to change the mixed history of electric vehicle (EV) cars. It certainly attracted a wide range of c...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Tesla-Roadster-Electric-Car-Is-the-Time-Right/?kc=rss Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:20:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/BMW-Leads-Top-Technology-Cars-List/?kc=rss - BMW integrates the most technology into its cars. So says the Telematics Research Group , a Minneapolis technology consultancy. The TRG scored individual models in 30 areas including telematics, phone, head unit and navigation, audio, radio, video, and driver assist. BMW placed four individual mo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/BMW-Leads-Top-Technology-Cars-List/?kc=rss Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:59:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Chrysler-MyGiG-Hard-Drive-for-Navigation-Music/?kc=rss - Chrysler raises the bar on in-car technology with the MyGiG: a 20GB hard drive embedded in the dashboard for ripping CDs and for storing navigation data. Included is a Gracenote lookup engine to provide artist, track, and title information; this is the first use of Gracenote in a new-car audio syste...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Chrysler-MyGiG-Hard-Drive-for-Navigation-Music/?kc=rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:52:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/The-Car-that-Drives-Itself/?kc=rss - If you liked Herbie the Love Bug, then youll love Volkswagens self-driving VW Golf GTi 53 plus 1. The German auto-maker took the concept of the lovable car with a mind of its own off the silver screen and onto the streets with this new prototype, initially built to help VW engineers test out vehicle...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/The-Car-that-Drives-Itself/?kc=rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:39:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/SelfParking-BMWs-by-2009/?kc=rss - Following the trend of human control giving way to automation, BMW has developed an automated parking system that lets its vehicles park themselves. With a push of a button, your Beamer will slot itself into the garage while you watch from outside. The Mercedes S-Class and some Lexus models also hav...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/SelfParking-BMWs-by-2009/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:23:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/The-10-Best-HighTech-Engines/?kc=rss - All engines get you where youre going, but some do it with better fuel efficiency, more power per liter, or better NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) characteristics. Each year the editors of Wards Auto World pick the best 10 engines. For 2006, four of the 10 have forced induction, meaning su...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/The-10-Best-HighTech-Engines/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:50:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Lexus-G-450h-Review-A-Wickedly-Fast-Hybrid/?kc=rss - Buying a $60,000 hybrid car to cut driving costs makes sense the way putting Mrs. H. Ross Perot into the workforce makes sense: The Perot family finances improve, but the improvement is the size of a rounding error. Still, there are plenty of other reasons to covet the Lexus GS 450h, not the l...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Lexus-G-450h-Review-A-Wickedly-Fast-Hybrid/?kc=rss Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:27:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Acura-RDX-Review-A-Small-SUV-Done-Right/?kc=rss - Whats old is new again. Acura gave the century-old technology of turbocharging a new twist in the RDX, an appealing small SUV with a wealth of technology goodies, all aimed at toppling the BMW X3 from its perch. Announced June 1 and due in dealer showrooms by late summer, the all-wheel-drive...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Acura-RDX-Review-A-Small-SUV-Done-Right/?kc=rss Mon, 29 May 2006 22:45:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/The-Honda-Fit-A-TechnoRide-on-the-Cheap/?kc=rss - Why dont we review more affordable cars? asked my editor-in-chief. Because they dont have as much technology as, say, the $100,000 Mercedes S-Class, I rejoined. It was a Mexican standoff, and I blinked. Besides, Jim had a good point. Click here to read the full review of the Honda Fit. ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/The-Honda-Fit-A-TechnoRide-on-the-Cheap/?kc=rss Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/PC-Magazines-First-Digital-Drive-Awards/?kc=rss - The average american spends weeks each year in a car. Its no wonder were demanding smarter, safer, and more entertaining automobiles. Yet for all the billions spent on development, the fusion-powered flying cars of science-fiction movies have stubbornly failed to appear. Cars still run on rubber...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/PC-Magazines-First-Digital-Drive-Awards/?kc=rss Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:19:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Siemens-Reinvents-the-Car-Brake/?kc=rss - FRANKFURT, Germany If your car uses fuel injectors as most modern vehicles do you are already driving by wire. Instead of using mechanical pressure to control a carburetor, a digital brain turns the motion of your foot on the accelerator via the throttle body into electronic signals that con...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Siemens-Reinvents-the-Car-Brake/?kc=rss Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Yellow-Corporation-Using-IT-to-Drive-Business/?kc=rss - Every Monday around noon, in a top-floor conference room in Yellow Corp.s suburban Kansas City office tower, CEO Bill Zollars and his 12 top lieutenants, including CIO Lynn Caddell, sit around a large conference table and take a hard look at their world from 20,000 feet, rain or shine. The four-hou...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Automotive/Yellow-Corporation-Using-IT-to-Drive-Business/?kc=rss