Lately, it has become more apparent than ever that autonomous cars are coming for real and they are coming soon. But are people actually going to buy cars they won't drive?

"For us, autonomous vehicles are an important step on the way to accident-free driving," Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said. "They will bring greater comfort and safety for all road users. That's because autonomous vehicles also react when the driver is inattentive or fails to spot something. On top of that, they relieve…

I think it has to do with the size of the market. California and Texas are numbers 1 & 2 respectively in US state economies, carrying roughly 20% of the US GDP. California is also the world's 8th largest economy. Texas ranks 14th. California beats India and Canada on the world market, and Texas beats Indonesia and…

This makes me wonder: if you stand too close to it when it starts, will this happen:

On this day in 2007, Volkswagen of America announces that it is moving its headquarters from Auburn Hills, Michigan to Herndon, Virginia. The company made the move, it said, to be closer to the East-Coasters who buy most of its cars. "You want to work in an environment where you see your customers," Volkswagen CEO…

Rules for engaging police in DC Metro area:

You're probably right, and it's most likely just my own bias, but also given a new Honda vs a new Volvo (if things like toys and price were equal), I'd probably still go for the Volvo.

Jesus. This dyno needs a safe word...

Neutral: Would You Buy A Honda? What About A Volvo? Why is Honda doing so well? What will it take to make Volvo succeed?

That's it! From now on I'm making every passenger in my car choose a safe word...

Unless she's listed as a part of Skeen's team. If that's the case, then the team can be fined under the rules or they could apply the fine directly to her.

This guy. This guy right here is the one who goes ape-shit first.

I'll be in NH for two weeks later this month. Who wants to set the record for lapping Lake Winnipesaukee with me???!

Short answer: they're not. The Veyron is a purely technical exercise. Each car costs around $5M to manufacture and is sold for much less than half that. The Veyron, LFA, and others are what happens when engineers are let loose in a room and told to create.

Kinja gets confusing sometimes. I forget what blog hat I'm wearing at any given moment so I've had my fair share of embarrassing posts. Try throwing a masculine-aggressive auto-centric post on Jezebel and see what happens...

Was it inspired by this guy?

I've been obsessed with this since I was a kid, but I've never seen an authentic one in person.

Neutral: How close is your MPG to the EPA number? You doing better or worse than the EPA says you should do? Is it your car? Your drive? Your under inflated tires?

If dieting can be boiled down to Calories in need to be less than Calories out, then finance can be boiled down to dollars in need to be greater than dollars out. How you get there is mostly a matter of preference.

This isn't Operant Conditioning. This is Classical Conditioning.