San Francisco startup Uber’s ‘black-car’ mobile app has been a big hit with riders and drivers. But the company is running into a snarl of traffic as it tries to extend its service to New York City taxi-cabs.
Autos
Is It Time to Declare the Nissan Leaf a Flop?
The headline for a recent Detroit News story has it that the “20,000 sales target [is] unlikely” for the Nissan Leaf. But “unlikely” is probably understating things. It appears as if Nissan won’t get halfway to its 20,000-Leaf …
Self-Driving Cars Available by 2019, Report Says
Forget flying cars. The next innovation will be vehicles you don’t even have to drive. But would we actually put our lives in the hands of a computer-controlled car?
Europe’s Debt Crisis Seems Bad? Look at Its Car Industry
Think the bleak news flowing from Europe’s debt crisis is depressing? Check out the region’s auto industry, whose tumbling sales and excess production capacities have many experts anticipating a spate of mass layoffs and …
Does Mitt Romney Deserve Credit for Saving Detroit? Not Quite
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s claim that he deserves “a lot of credit” for saving the auto industry prompted an immediate reaction from critics — and they have a point. Although Romney is right that the vehicle …
After Best Quarter in Years, How Long Will Car Sales Keep Rolling?
Any lingering doubt about the U.S. auto industry’s recovery should have been dispelled Tuesday after virtually every major car-maker reported robust March sales, in another encouraging sign for the economy. The key question now …
China Makes iPads. So Why Does It Still Cut Corners For Its Own Consumers?
Consumers in China are all too familiar with the realities of shopping locally. In the kingdom of “caveat emptor,” the buyer who doesn’t beware faces a daily gamut of frustration and disappointment with substandard purchases — …
Shopping Spree: 10 Companies Doing Surprisingly Good Business
There are certain retailers and service providers that everyone knows are doing well in terms of sales. When Apple posts impressive sales figures, no one is surprised. Given the still shaky state of the economy, it’s also …
Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy a NASCAR Vehicle—Or at Least One That Looks Like That
In this week’s Daytona 500, the race consisted of 16 Chevy Impalas, 13 Ford Fusions, 11 Toyota Camrys, and 3 Dodge Chargers. But you’d have been hard-pressed to even tell them apart.
That’s because ever since 2007, when the …