Self-Driving

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Crashing through Maine Woods in 518-hp Land Rover Defender 90 V8

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What happens when you take the latest version of the legendary Land Rover Defender 90 and add a 518-horsepower V-8? Well, one thing that happens is you have the subject of one of our road […]

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Are Battery-Electrics the Only Answer to Global Climate Change? Toyota Says No

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Toyota is charting its own course as the industry moves into a new, electrified era, and no one is more in touch with those plans than Cooper Ericksen, the company’s Senior Vice President, Product, BEV […]

2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Road Testing the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the Wilds of a Maine Winter

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One of the best family vehicles introduced in 2022 is the Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is now available in two configurations: the three-row Grand Cherokee L and the more recently introduced two-row Grand Cherokee. In […]

2021 Ford Ranger
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How AEye LiDar Will Help Your Car See Better So You Drive Safer

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Soon your car will be able to see better than you can. That is the message from Rick Tewell, COO of a company called AEye. His company develops LiDar technology, using lasers to enable your […]

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Will COVID-19 Hurt Development of Autonomous Vehicles?

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In this special episode of America on the Road we bring you two special interviews. In the first, host Jack Nerad talks with Kristin Kolodge, J.D. Power expert on autonomous vehicles, about the future of […]

CES 2020
All New Cars

Ford, Daimler, and Toyota take over CES

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Remember when CES used to be about nifty gadgets? Curved televisions, robot dogs, tiny drones that fit in your pocket. These days, however, the hottest new gadgets at CES weigh roughly two tons. Just ask […]

Future Auto

Will Your Next Car be Self-Driving?

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Some pundits suggest that private ownership of autonomous (self-driving) cars is right around the corner. But that’s not the conclusion of Bern Grush, a systems engineer, futurist and the author of a recently published study […]

Automated Fusion Hybrid Research Vehicle
Future Auto

Cars Talking to Cars is Next Safety Innovation

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If you want to save American consumers some gasoline, invent something that will prevent cars from crashing into each other. According to Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI) 2010 Urban Mobility Report, traffic congestion wastes nearly 3.9 […]