Uber acquires self-driving truck startup Otto
There’s been a lot of news on the autonomous vehicle front lately, including word that Volvo Cars and Uber have joined forces to put up to 100 self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs on the streets of...
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Volvo inks deal with Uber to develop autonomous cars
It’s been a big week for Volvo Cars here at Driveline Blog. We posted recently about our first drive in a new 2017 Volvo XC60 T5 AWD, and now we’re posting about the recently-announced...
Tesla to Produce Light Trucks, Compact SUVs, Semi Trucks, and Electric Buses
Way back in 2006, Tesla Founder and CEO Elon Musk authored a “Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan” and posted it publicly on the Tesla website. That post outlined Tesla’s plans for the next 10...
Line-X Coating Makes Things Hard to Break
One of the most common add-ons for truck owners is a truck bed liner, either in the form of a tough plastic insert (which tends to be less expensive) or a spray-on coating (which...
Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin Announce AM-RB 001 Concept
 Two of the biggest names in motorsports — Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing — have joined forces to produce an all-new supercar. The new vehicle has been dubbed the AM-RB 001, and...
Acura NSX Claims Class Victory at Pikes Peak Hill Climb
This year’s overall Pikes Peak 2016 Hill Climb event was won by Romain Dumas running a Norma M20 RD Limited chassis — finishing with an impressive time of 8:51.445 – that earned Dumas the second-fastest Pike Peak...
Ford Wins Class at 24 Hours of LeMans, Swaps Protests with Ferrari
The 2016 24 Hours of LeMans was held last week, and the biggest news of the race — other than Toyota snatching defeat from the jaws of victory with mere minutes to go, letting Porsche...
A Look at the Raven Supercar Concept
One of the more attractive concept cars to surface over the last few years is Russian car designer Dmitry Lazarev’s Raven concept vehicle. Lazarev originally pitched the concept to Russian automaker Lada, but Lada passed...
The Hellcat-powered Trailcat is the Jeep Wrangler your mother warned you about
Not content to leave the awe-inspiring 6.2 liter, 707-hp supercharged V8 Hellcat engine solely to the likes of Dodge Challenger and Charger drivers, Fiat-Chrysler has decided to create the Jeep Trailcat concept, a Wrangler...
Otto Startup Aims to Automate Commercial Trucking
There’s been a lot of discussion about autonomous vehicles in the press over the last few years. We covered the earliest attempts at the technology here on Driveline Blog more than 10 years ago —...
