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Now in its third generation the Honda Fit, remains my pick for best small car

Now in its third generation the Honda Fit, remains my pick for best small car

Now better than ever, the 2015 +Honda Fit is what I recommend when people ask what small car to get with great handling, fuel efficiency and amazing interior room. ?

2015 Honda Fit EX-L – It’s Bigger On the Inside | Sam’s Thoughts

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Have you noticed that you never see self-driving cars running in anything but su…

Have you noticed that you never see self-driving cars running in anything but sunshine?

Here in Michigan where cars become encrusted in road salt several months of the year, many of the sensors simply don't work.?

Do You Want a Self-Driving Car That Can’t Deal With Weather? | Sam’s Thoughts

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Engineers need to find a balance between enhanced situational awareness and overwhelming…

Engineers need to find a balance between enhanced situational awareness and overwhelming drivers with too many alerts

Constantly barraging the driver with warnings can lead them to become desensitized or just turning the systems off entirely, thus defeating the purpose.?

The Beeping Hyundai: Getting a Handle on Nanny State Cars
The Beeping Hyundai: Getting a Handle on Nanny State Cars

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My former EiC at +Autoblog, John Neff is writing auto buying guides for +The Wir… 9

My former EiC at +Autoblog, John Neff is writing auto buying guides for +The Wirecutter now

John's newest guide focuses on hybrid cars and unsurprisingly, the +TOYOTA Prius is the top overall pick. Check out the guide to find out why.?

The Best Hybrid Car
After spending dozens of hours considering every hybrid that’s currently on sale (and driving and living with the better ones), we found the best choice for m

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My one regret of the timing of my departure from the Ford content factory was missing…

My one regret of the timing of my departure from the Ford content factory was missing out on telling this story

+Ford Motor Company 

Reshared post from +Ford Motor Company

Not everyone will get to own one

Enjoy an exclusive first look at the new Forza Motorsport cover car – The #FordGT?

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Eight years ago today, the Chevy Volt concept was the subject of my first story to… 1

Eight years ago today, the Chevy Volt concept was the subject of my first story to go really huge

Back then, Digg.com was still relevant and this was my first story to hit the top of the front page thanks in part to links from sites like DailyKos. As an engineer and a tech geek, I was hugely excited by what +Chevrolet was proposing with the E-Flex powertrain and thought this car had so much potential. Over the next four years I went on to write hundreds more articles on the development of the Volt and many other green vehicles that I compiled into an e-book.
http://www.amazon.com/Recharging-Car-Sam-Abuelsamid-ebook/dp/B005GY0SZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420627913&sr=8-1&keywords=recharging+the+car

This morning I'm heading out get an early look at the second-generation Volt before it gets a full public reveal next week at the Detroit Auto Show. Hopefully some of that original unrealized potential from eight years ago will come to fruition this time. ?

Detroit Auto Show: It’s here. GM’s plug-in hybrid is the Chevy Volt Concept
September 2008 Update: To see the production version of the Volt, click here.

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Someone will launch an autonomous vehicle this decade but it won't be Ford, says… 6

Someone will launch an autonomous vehicle this decade but it won't be Ford, says its CEO

+Ford Motor Company will keep focusing on bringing advanced driver assist systems to a wider audience. I would guess that one of the German automakers will be first out of the gate with a vehicle capable of fully autonomous operation, but it will probably be in very low volumes. ?

Ford CEO Fields Predicts Driverless Cars on Roads in Five Years
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields said that an automaker probably will introduce a self- driving vehicle within half a decade, but it won’t be his company, which is focusing on less expensive features that assist in driving.

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