When Ford’s Microsoft-powered Sync technology debuted on 2008-model-year vehicles, it ushered in a new generation of automotive infotainment systems. With MyFord Touch, the Sync software has been given even more functionality, thanks to the combination of touch-screen controls and the...
The advent of the Winding Road Comfort Index has had some interesting results here in our Ypsilanti office. In addition to causing us take a different approach to our time in test vehicles (we’ve seriously never lavished so much time on getting into and out of the back seats of cars), the...
For many years, transportation by-products—congestion, pollution, the costs of roads and transportation infrastructure—have been the focus of transportation policy. But as technology advances to address those by-products, it is also bumping up against debates over suburban sprawl and the...