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Technology
Startup Rivian built around lean-manufacturing mindset
To launch his tradition-breaking auto company, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is leaning on a proven industry culture.
Cars & Concepts
Rivian ready to reveal first products in L.A.
The suburban Detroit electric-vehicle aspirant Rivian Automotive, spearheaded by car geek and MIT graduate RJ Scaringe, will show its first two models next month.
Technology
Autos may lose grip on radio frequency
The Federal Communications Commission may re-evaluate the auto industry's claim to spectrum that enables wireless vehicle-to-vehicle technology.
Los Angeles Auto Show
Luxury EV startup plans for AutoMobility LA debut
Rivian Automotive, an upstart electric vehicle maker headquartered in suburban Detroit, plans to introduce its first pair of electric, off-road vehicles -- a crossover and a pickup -- in November at AutoMobility LA.
Cars & Concepts
Volvo shifts safety strategy for self-driving future
Volvo, with a bevy of new tools to ensure passenger safety, is shifting its safety strategy from passenger protection to accident prediction and avoidance, says the director of the Swedish carmaker's Car Safety Center.
Executives
Volvo CEO fine-tuning after transformation
With the redesigned and, now, American-made S60 sedan hitting dealership lots in the coming months and the V60 wagon arriving early next year, the company's product lineup is nearly completely refreshed.
Mobility Report
DOT, NHTSA roll out latest AV testing guidance
The U.S. Department of Transportation rolled out the latest installment of its autonomous-vehicle policy guidance, pledging to review motor vehicle safety standards and streamline the testing of self-driving cars.
SHIFT
Who wears a white hat?
Sometimes the tricky world of white-hat hacking gets mixed up in the minefield that is global politics, and it can get messy.
Technology
In Columbus, a showdown over shuttles
The controversy pits the Transport Workers Union of America and its 850 Columbus members against an array of public and private transportation groups.
Futurismo Podcast
We visit an upstart lidar maker in our season finale
In “Rainbow Road,” the Season 3 finale of Automotive News' “Futurismo” podcast, host Shiraz Ahmed journeys to Orlando to see how one company, lidar startup Luminar Technologies, is preparing for the next chapter of the autonomous vehicle age.
Dealers
Volvo to open employee training center in S.C.
One of the fastest-growing automotive brands in the U.S. plans a training center — Volvo Cars University — in South Carolina, with a focus on technical and service training, and career development for employees.
Futurismo Podcast
When self-driving cars come to small towns
In “Going Home,” the seventh episode of Season 3 of “Futurismo,” we talk with Saginaw city leaders about the role advanced transportation technologies will play in the future of small-town America.
Cars & Concepts
Volvo product push rolls on with U.S.-built S60
Volvo Cars is amid a product overhaul, with the carmaker's first U.S.-built vehicle, the S60 compact sedan, set to roll off the production line in South Carolina this fall.
Cars & Concepts
JLR, Volvo stick to path for utilities, electrification
Jaguar Land Rover is hitting a few potholes as it enters its second decade as part of India's Tata Motors. Jaguar sales are sinking in the vital U.S. market, and Land Rover, is facing big challenges and new competition in the SUV segment.
Cars & Concepts
Volvo's Polestar refines its strategy as first product nears
The Polestar 1, positioned as a low-volume halo car, has over 5,000 hand-raisers in the U.S., and 200 have put down deposits.