A Tiny Brain for Your Tire   21 Dec 2007 20:32 GMT
Engineers have developed electronic tire-tracking systems that log important information that stays with the tires.
Source: NY Times

Europe Proposes Binding Limits on Auto Emissions   20 Dec 2007 07:01 GMT
E.U. officials told leading automakers to make deep cuts in emissions or face fines that could reach billions of euros. But automakers promised a fight.
Source: NY Times

Detroit Revival Vies With Industry’s Decline   19 Dec 2007 07:31 GMT
Even as Detroit shows encouraging signs of life, the automobile industry, the city’s life force, faces further declines in the coming year.
Source: NY Times

India’s Automaker of Many Faces May Land Jaguar   18 Dec 2007 04:28 GMT
The luxury brand Jaguar is poised to join Tata Motors, a widely diverse Indian auto company that makes tractor-trailers, full-size S.U.V.’s and the world’s cheapest car.
Source: NY Times

ETAI avoids data traffic jam with open source   17 Dec 2007 05:58 GMT
With 50,000 models and a million auto parts to catalog, ETAI's homegrown, internal database system wasn't running on all cylinders. Talend Open Studio got the auto parts manual vendor back on track.

Source: Computerworld

Rust In Peace: Whoops! There Goes the Trunk   15 Dec 2007 05:29 GMT
When Buick was designing its 1939 models, a cost reduction of 10 percent led to an unfortunate shortcut.
Source: NY Times

Glory of Cars, Even Parking   14 Dec 2007 23:32 GMT
Contributing writers provide a handful of book recommendations, all related to automobiles but most of them of interest to the general reader.
Source: NY Times

Behind The Wheel | 2008 Volvo XC70: A Wagon Survives the Slippery Slope   14 Dec 2007 23:26 GMT
While many manufacturers are ditching station wagons, Volvo is offering a rugged edition of its XC70.
Source: NY Times

Collecting: Frugal, Before Americans Cared   14 Dec 2007 21:24 GMT
The efforts of Powel Crosley Jr. followed a path taken by many automaker start-ups: creating a car for the masses, whether the masses wanted one or not.
Source: NY Times

Design: Getting an Early Start on Drawing the Future   14 Dec 2007 19:18 GMT
A design competition for elementary school students pushes them to stretch creatively and build team skills.
Source: NY Times