Autos

Expert negotiators from each of the three countries have three sessions to hammer out a new NAFTA. Will America drive too hard a bargain on autos?

Next time you’re stuck in traffic and you feel a vibration under your seat, it’s not your cell phone. If you are driving in Montreal, Victoria, B.C., or Windsor, Ont., and an ambulance equipped with the Rumbler or the Howler comes by, you will feel the boom of a sound wave—as these Boston Globe videos demonstrate. The thumping effect is created by a pair of subwoofers attached to the bumper of the ambulance, making it seem like it’s one of those souped-up bass-pumping cars.

At the Detroit auto show, automakers are pitching style, flash and sports cars

Electric cars are hitting showrooms, but people aren’t buying

Problem with ignition may stall engine

$235 million project hoped to bring back jobs

Joint standards aim to reduce pollution, greenhouse gases

Space agency will examine electronic throttles

Auto sales have picked up, the big winners are‹you guessed it—pickups

Toyota bosses appear before House transport committee to answer questions about safety problems

Thanks to a highly integrated industry, massive recalls shouldn’t be a surprise

Toyota driver’s 90-mile-an-hour terror ride