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Microsoft takes stake in new Toyota connected car subsidiary that utilizes Azure

NEW ORLEANS, LA. — Toyota today announced a partnership with Microsoft to create a subsidiary called Toyota Connected that aims to catalyze… Read More

BMW tests car-sharing service in Seattle, taking on Car2Go in first U.S. move since halting S.F. pilot

BMW appears to be expanding its DriveNow car-sharing service in Seattle, taking direct aim at Car2Go in one of its most successful… Read More

Video Review: Apple CarPlay brings iOS to the 2016 Chevy Colorado Z71

Apple hopes to fix the issue of distracted driving with CarPlay. Apple CarPlay is a smarter, safer way to use the features of… Read More

Full text: Volkswagen CEO apologizes to the American people, promises big changes ahead

LAS VEGAS— Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess didn’t waste much time addressing the elephant in the room when he appeared at the… Read More

Toyota’s research chief just told a CES crowd that there’s a long way to go before self-driving cars safely hit the road

LAS VEGAS — Nearly everywhere you turn at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show people are talking about self-driving cars. But… Read More

Ford CEO Mark Fields sees ‘massive opportunity’ to push car maker into $5.4T transportation services market

LAS VEGAS — Ford may be best known as an innovative car manufacturer. But the creator of the Mustang, Escape… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Joule wants to disrupt car ownership with ‘vehicles as a service’ model

In a city like Seattle, with its high density and geographically limited infrastructure, owning a car comes with a unique… Read More

The most important technology of 2018? Tech, business and science leaders predict the future

At our recent GeekWire Summit, we made a point of asking two consistent questions as part of our broader conversations… Read More

Meet Booster Fuels: Stealthy startup refuels your car while you work, eliminates trips to gas station

A new Seattle startup wants to eliminate the gas station errand. Founded less than a year ago, Booster Fuels is seeing… Read More

Most consumers are worried their cars could be hacked; many would pay for automotive anti-virus

Consumers are becoming more and more aware that hacking isn’t just a gadget nuisance any more. Computer security problems, like… Read More

Toyota taps Telenav for phone-linked navigation, moving away from Apple’s CarPlay and Android Auto

Linking up your phone and your car for anything more than playing music is a problem that has yet to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Leasify simplifies the leasing process for new car-buyers

Editor’s note: Leasify ceased operations in 2016. If you’ve ever shopped for a car, you know dealers will do just about… Read More

Seattle is booming, and so is the Ferrari club

Here’s a good indication of the strong economic boom going on in Seattle, and it goes beyond the many construction… Read More

Here’s the Chevy Camaro that UW students are re-engineering to improve fuel efficency

How do you make a muscle car more fuel efficient, but not lose any performance? That’s a challenge 16 North American… Read More

Mobile dealership Tred raises another $1M to help used car owners make more money

It took a few pivots, but Tred appears to have settled on new business model that its investors feel optimistic… Read More

Intellectual Ventures licenses patents to Ford, pushing into auto industry

Intellectual Ventures has licensed its portfolio of 40,000 patents and patent applications to Ford Motor Co., according to an announcement… Read More

Audi expands INRIX partnership with real-time traffic data in North America

LAS VEGAS — Audi is expanding its partnership with INRIX, announcing plans to integrate the Kirkland-based traffic technology company’s real-time traffic… Read More

Study: Apple’s Siri is far more distracting than tuning the radio dial

Siri may seem like the safest way to interact with information while driving, but according to a new report from… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: The connected car, and the future of your dashboard

How will technology transform the experience of driving? Will your Internet connectivity come through your smartphone or an embedded chip in… 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

Tracking traffic made easy: INRIX launches digital reporting suite for media

As the Kirkland-based company inches closer to an IPO, INRIX just released a turn-key set of applications that can help… Read More

TechStars Spotlight: Tred aims to help dealers, shoppers with test drives

[Editor’s note: GeekWire is running a series of profiles on the startups participating in this year’s class in the TechStars… 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

Craig McCaw pays $35M for classic Ferrari — most expensive car ever sold

If you’ve ever driven off a car lot feeling like you spent more than you should have, you can take… Read More

Your car is a device: Verizon buying Hughes Telematics for $612M

Verizon Communications this morning announced an agreement to acquire automotive technology company Hughes Telematics for $612 million in cash —… Read More

Tesla Motors sets grand opening for Bellevue store, plans to close Seattle showroom

A few weeks ago, we told you about Tesla Motors’ plans to open a new store on the second floor… Read More

Tesla Motors to open new store at Bellevue Square mall

The high-end electric sports cars from Tesla Motors are a favorite among tech geeks. And given that love affair, what… 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 join forces on cloud computing for cars

Microsoft and Toyota have entered a new strategic partnership to build a next-gen information and telecommunications platform for Toyota’s vehicles… 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