Distracted driving was on the agenda in the 1940s when Massachusetts state legislators wanted to ban automobile radios because people were singing in their cars. It was a concern in 1959 when Paul Evans’ pop tune reached No. 9 on the Billboard charts. And today distracted driving is becoming a critical issue, thanks to the […]
Visiting Manheim New England’s auto-auction facility during a sale has the feel of being at the track for a big stakes race.
A small fleet of V-6 and V-8 2015 Genesis sedans rolled into the Automotion garage for introduction to NEMPA on May 14. Story & photos by Bill Griffith, NEMPA Hyundai’s Joe Guy Collier brought a mini-fleet of the company’s second-generation 2015 Genesis premium sedans to NEMPA headquarters on May 14. Brandon Ramirez, Hyundai senior group […]
The canary-yellow taxi was sitting outside the Middleboro/Lakeville commuter rail station this raw and drizzly April night. It looked like it was hoping for a fare, but it was just being photographed by the media. A taxi? Well, yes—a brand-new Nissan taxicab, as adopted by New York. Sort of.
The 2014 NEMPA/MIT Technology Conference—the fourth in our annual series of discussions of leading-edge automotive issues by panels of experts—will take place on Thursday, May 29, at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Courtesy once again of the Ford Motor Company, NEMPA members gathered on Thursday evening (January 16) for the traditional Boston auto show dinner in John Henry’s suite at fabled Fenway Park. Shiny table decoration No. 3 was on tour somewhere in Red Sox Nation.
