A new national survey finding that teen drivers lack basic knowledge of automobile finance and total vehicle ownership costs has sparked Junior Achievement USA (JA) and American Honda Finance Corporation (AHFC) to create a new website, www.financialtestdrive.org, to help young drivers navigate the financial aspects of owning and maintaining a vehicle. JA and AHFC launched the new web tool …
Financial Test Drive Website to Educate Youth on Auto Finance and Ownership
October 16, 2015
Consumer Reports – Car Insurance Prices Are Unfair
October 16, 2015
The amounts drivers pay for their car insurance premiums are based on confounding algorithms that increasingly have more to do with socioeconomic factors than driving habits, according to extensive research conducted by Consumer Reports.
The organization, which believes that knowledge about the going rate of any product or service is a fundamental consumer right, has released the findings of a …
Echosmith Celebrates Safe Teen Driving and A Chance To Win a Private Concert
September 17, 2015
This fall, teens participating in a safe driving program have the opportunity to help their high school win a $100,000 grant and a private concert from acclaimed indie-pop siblings Echosmith, known for their hit single ‘Cool Kids’.
During the 2015-2016 high school year, State Farm is collaborating with Echosmith as part of its annual Celebrate My Drive program. The program, …
Automakers Spending Billions on Technologies That People Don’t Use
August 25, 2015
Automakers are investing billions of dollars to put technologies in their cars and light trucks that are not being used by many of the owners of those vehicles, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Driver Interactive Vehicle Experience (DrIVE) Report.SM
The 2015 DrIVE Report measures driver experiences with in-vehicle technology features during the first 90 days of ownership.
The
Self Driving Cars – Game
August 9, 2015
Here is Link to Play a fun online video game that illustrates the advantages of self driving cars in reducing traffic jams.
http://madewithmonsterlove.itch.io/error-prone
Created in 12 hours for #TrafikJam, the winning entry Error-Prone is cute little game of chaos and carnage made for 26 people to play around one keyboard. The end result illustrates perfectly how self driving cars