“You are seeing a globalization of design in general,” GM International design chief Mike Simcoe says. “Media has been the big leveler, so Asian designers can see what’s happening in the West, the West is seeing what’s happening in Asia and we’re seeing a cross-fertilization.”
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Ford says its old testing equipment isn’t up to the challenge posed by the ’17 Super Duty, so engineers had to build a new, super-strong towed dynamometer to put the truck through its hill-climbing paces.
Services that may spring forth from Toyota Connected include smart telematics systems that learn driver behavior and preferences, connected vehicle networks and use-based insurance pricing models.
2016 WARDS 10 BEST ENGINES Last year, Hyundai was the first automaker in the world to sell a vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Hyundai Vice Chairman Woong-chul Yang makes it clear the automaker plans to be a trailblazer in hybrids as well as fuel cells.
CEO Elon Musk says the company's first mass-market car, which doesn' go into production until late 2017, has a base price of $35,000, but analysts say extra equipment could push the bill up as high as $60,000.
The five automakers that built almost 99% of the cars built in the region last year all use steel produced at Tata's Port Talbot, Wales, operation, and already are looking for alternative sources.
