by Fast Machines | Jan 12, 2017 | Spares
Environmental regulators accused automaker Fiat Chrysler of installing software on 100,000 diesel-powered cars and trucks in order to cheat emissions tests. The accusation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board (CARB)is...
by Fast Machines | Jan 12, 2017 | Exterior
Renault-Nissan Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn doesn’t expect the majority of consumers to give up on buying cars in the next five to 10 years, despite advances in vehicle automation and the continued growth of ride-sharing and ride-hailing services. “Car ownership is not...
by Fast Machines | Jan 12, 2017 | Auto News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a notice of violation to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) advising them that certain vehicles with 3.0-liter diesel engines house software meant to trick emissions test, allowing the vehicles to spew an illegal...
by Fast Machines | Jan 12, 2017 | Fast And Dangerous
Do diesel cars have a long-term future? That depends which senior auto executive you back into a corner and ask the question to. You’ll get some radically different answers suggesting the future is being viewed through a particularly opaque mirror. Volvo has...
by Fast Machines | Jan 12, 2017 | Exterior
We generally support the notion that adding power improves any vehicle, even if every car need not rearrange your innards with g-forces in order to be fun. A case in point is the updated 2017 Kia Soul, which finally is available with a perky turbocharged engine that...