According to a study from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling, shows that from “grave to gate” the automotive industry recycles about 90 percent of its aluminum. Read more at FutureCars.com.
In an automotive consumer study presented at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, IBM found that consumers expect to use cars differently and don’t necessarily want to own one in the traditional sense – especially when the car has “self-enabling” technologies. Meanwhile, Ford has taken the lead in …
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says that lower gasoline prices don’t translate into more demand. Read more at TorqueNews.com.
Few chief executives have as much to say and are as listened-to in the industry as is the Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn. When he talks, the industry listens and lately, he’s talking about self-driving cars. The problem, of course, isn’t lack of technology. Read more about it at TorqueNews.com.
Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn sat down for a video interview in which he detailed the company’s plans for 2014. Here’s a rundown of the highlights as well as the full video interview. Read more at TorqueNews.com.
Manufacturers are likely to begin taking notice as a new survey from AutoTrader.com shows that car buyers are basing their buying decisions on information gleaned before going in to look at the car and on the car’s “wow factor” when they take a test drive. The AutoTrader survey showed that …
About half of the vehicles purchased in the U.S. are bought by persons over age 45, according to a recent study. Why aren’t younger buyers more prevalent? Read more at Torque News
