(May 30, 2014) Ford went beyond its labs to test a key part of the all-new Ford F-150. The company embedded six prototype pickups — each with an experimental aluminum-alloy cargo box — at some of its fleet customer job sites then quietly went about evaluating the design and engineering of the next-generation pickup in the toughest conditions.

Three longstanding Ford fleet customers, unaware of Ford’s experiment, took delivery of prototype F-150s with current steel bodies and all-new, high-strength, aluminum-alloy cargo boxes in 2011.

(May 29, 2014) General Motors has recalled nearly 14 million vehicles in North America, more than any other year and almost 20 times the number of recalls during the same period in 2013. The biggest recall involving 2.6 million vehicles is over a faulty ignition switch. To sum things up, GM has developed a chart of 2014 recalls so that you can keep score.

(May 29, 2014) CANTON, Miss. — Production of the all-new 2015 Nissan Murano crossover later this fall means 500 new jobs for Nissan's Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton, Miss.

The 2015 Murano will be the first Murano produced in the United States and the eighth model assembled at Nissan's Canton plant. The plant will be the global source for Murano production, creating export opportunities to more than 100 markets.

(May 28, 2014) BRASELTON, Ga. — DeltaWing Technologies today revealed how the groundbreaking DeltaWing architecture — a highly aerodynamic and lightweight design currently competing in IMSA sports car road races in the form of the DeltaWing race car — could look as a street-legal, four-passenger car.

(May 28, 2014) DALLAS — It’s fitting that another major milestone for the Nissan Leaf was created by a family — with the last name “Bolt” — that decided to drive electric.

“We needed a fourth car (with) three drivers, so we started doing the math and it just made sense,” said Todd Bolt, a pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas.

Todd and Lisa Bolt live in Dallas, and their purchase of a Nissan Leaf put the car over the 50,000-sales mark in the U.S.

(May 27, 2014) DETROIT— Dreaming up ideas that benefit drivers is interesting; commercializing those ideas into real product features is when customers take notice. An indicator of General Motors’ commitment to creating customer-driven innovation can be found in the results of two leading studies — the Patent Board and Clean Energy Patent Growth Index. Together they show that GM is a leader in overall patent filings and those focused on clean energy technology.

GM finished first in overall industry patent filings for the 11th consecutive quarter, according to the Patent Board.

(May 27, 2014) Mitsubishi Motors has announced a significant milestone passing 1,100,000 global sales for the current generation L200 pickup truck since launch in 2005.

“Over the last nine years, 1,148,000 L200s have been sold with Thai domestic sales totaling 263,000 units and export sales 885,000 units,” said Masahiko Ueki, president, Mitsubishi Motors Thailand.

(May 27, 2014) GOTEBORG, Sweden — One of Volvo's most anticipated car launches in years — the all-new XC90 — begins today. Volvo Cars has created a launch program that will unveil the car from the inside out, meaning that it will start by disclosing the many new interior features of the car and culminate in the full external reveal in August.

(May 27, 2014) CLAYCOMO, MO. — The all-new Ford Transit makes its North American debut with more durable paint, thanks to an industry-first paint technology now in use at Kansas City Assembly Plant. Ford celebrated the start of North American Transit production at Kansas City Assembly Plant on April 30, and vans will be available on U.S. and Canadian dealer lots this summer.

(May 26, 2014) LONDON — The Live Test campaign for Volvo Trucks’ new truck range received a Black Pencil and three Yellow Pencil awards at the revered D&AD Awards - the world’s toughest advertising competition. The honors are the latest accolades for the campaign which also received Best in Show at The One Show and The Black Cube award at the ADC Awards advertising competition.