BMW plans for a future where nobody buys cars

BMW has turned Seattle into a testbed for how car companies can stay relevant in changing times. The German carmaker is experimenting with a range of mobility services to try to connect with people uninterested in buying a car. BMW isn’t the first automaker to...

Google’s Waymo worth more than GM, Tesla and Uber?

Self-driving cars may be the wave of the future. But analysts at Morgan Stanley think one driverless car tech company may already be worth more than all of the US auto industry’s established giants and newer competitors from Silicon Valley as well. Morgan...

Lotus has a new Chinese owner

One of Britain’s most historic automakers will soon be Chinese-owned. Control of Lotus will pass from Malaysia’s Proton to China’s Geely as part of a tie-up between the two Asian automakers. Geely (GELYF), which already owns the Swedish brand Volvo,...

Elon Musk says Tesla can’t yet launch in India

It looks like Tesla won’t be coming to India anytime soon. CEO Elon Musk suggested on Monday that plans to begin selling cars in India as soon as this summer have been delayed. “Maybe I’m misinformed, but I was told that 30% of parts must be locally...

A record 107 million Americans have car loans

Americans went on a massive shopping spree for cars and trucks in recent years. Many paid for their vehicles by taking out a loan. A record 107 million Americans have auto loan debt, according to data released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York....

Launching: All New Media Picker for Android

There’s this… thing… in the Android WordPress app that we refer to as the “seven-item menu.” It would show up when trying to add a photo to confront you with a list of choices and we confess, we couldn’t always remember what option we wanted, either. As of the 7.3...