‘Here we go!’ Buyers throng to sign up for Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 electric car BELLEVUE, Wash. – As the clock counted down to the big reveal for the Tesla Model 3 electric sedan, would-be… Read More
Will self-driving cars be good or bad for the planet? That all depends on the policies Experts expect self-driving cars to make the roads much safer, and driving much more convenient. But what will they do… Read More
A satellite antenna on your car: Toyota and Kymeta aim to make it so Redmond-based Kymeta Corp. and Toyota took the wraps off their collaboration on a satellite antenna system that can send data… Read More
Self-driving cars on highways in four years? Ford CEO Mark Fields aims to make it happen Have you ridden a self-driving Ford lately? They’re not on the market yet, but Ford President and CEO Mark Fields has… Read More
Electronic fleet tracking company Zonar Systems raises $50M, including cash from Daimler Trucks Zonar Systems, a Seattle area company that provides electronic fleet inspection and tracking systems for public and private fleets, has scored… Read More
Porsche invests $55M in traffic data startup INRIX, valuing Seattle-area company at $550M INRIX is getting a big financial boost from one of Europe’s leading car manufacturers. The Porsche family, a majority shareholder in… Read More
Purple power: Here’s the Chevy Malibu that UW students modified to win 2nd place in the EcoCar challenge This is one of the most important car races on Earth, but it’s not about speed. Nope, this competition is… Read More
Carmakers team up with Google to bring Android into vehicles Google took a step forward on Monday to get its Android software into more cars, announcing a new group called… Read More
Memo: Tesla’s Elon Musk responds to fiery Model S crash, says result could ‘have been far worse’ if gas car Shares of Tesla tumbled earlier this week after a fiery accident involving a Model S on a roadway in Kent,… Read More
Microsoft wants to patent gestures inside cars … no, not that kind Drivers have been making certain gestures from the front seat for decades, but Microsoft has a new idea for making… Read More
CarDomain Network sold to Source Interlink Media [Correction: This post has been updated to correct the identity of the sellers.] CarDomain Network Inc. has been sold to… Read More
Q&A: How Wikispeed makes 100 MPG cars using lessons from tech companies Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Joe Justice of Wikispeed, a project that’s aiming to disrupt… Read More
Kinect in the car: Microsoft sees gestures, facial tracking in next wave of auto tech Microsoft’s Kinect sensor has already expanded beyond the Xbox 360 to Windows PCs. Next stop? The car. People will be… Read More
Microsoft allies Ford and Toyota to collaborate on technology standards A new partnership announced between Ford and Toyota this morning is attracting lots of attention, primarily focused on the companies’ plans… Read More
Airbiquity lands $4M as company sees growth in ‘connected car’ services Another Seattle area company that’s building some of the underlying technologies for the “connected car” has scored a new round… Read More
Follow-up: What Microsoft and Toyota are actually doing, and how it’s different The news today that Microsoft and Toyota are working on a cloud computing system for cars — described by the… Read More
Microsoft + Toyota: Cars or the cloud … or both? Microsoft and Toyota will be announcing a “new collaboration between the companies” on Wednesday afternoon, and the involvement of CEOs… Read More
