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Ford, Lyft Will Partner To Deploy Self-Driving Cars
Lyft will offer an open platform for companies to deploy self-driving vehicles on its network, and has partnerships with self-driving vehicle technology startup Drive.ai and Alphabet Inc's Waymo self-driving car unit.
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Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Women Driving
For more than 25 years, women activists have campaigned to be allowed to drive, defiantly taking to the road, petitioning the king and posting videos of themselves behind the wheel on social media.
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Volkswagen, Navistar To Collaborate On Electric Truck; Launch In 2019
The new electric truck for North America will be a Class 6 or 7 truck based on a Navistar vehicle, and aimed at urban delivery customers.
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Diesel's Disgrace Brings Hybrids-For-All In Race To Electrify
These "mild" hybrids, which add some electric power to existing petrol models without a costly redesign, are now being deployed without fanfare by brands from VW to Volvo. It is diesel's disgrace and decline, executives and analysts say, that has finally set the stage for mass electrification.
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China's Baidu Launches $1.5 Billion Autonomous Driving Fund
In the latest update to its platform, Baidu says partners can access new obstacle perception technology and high-definition maps, among other features.
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New Diesel Cars No Better For Environment Than Petrol Cars, Says Report
The car industry is Germany's biggest exporter and employs more than 800,000 people. It was plunged into crisis two years ago when Volkswagen admitted to cheating U.S. diesel emissions tests.
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Bosch Partners With Startup Nikola On Electric Long-Haul Truck
The vehicle uses a hydrogen fuel cell to power the electric motor. Hydrogen fuel cells are easier and quicker to charge than batteries and have a longer range.
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Ford To Cut Production At Five North American Vehicle Plants
The Cuautitlan assembly plant that builds the Fiesta would be idled for three weeks. The Hermosillo, Mexico plant that builds the Fusion and MKZ and the Flat Rock, Michigan, factory that assembles Continentals and Mustangs will be idled for two weeks each. The Michigan Assembly plant that builds the Focus will be idled for one week and the Kansas City assembly line that builds Transit vans will be down for two weeks.
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France Plans New Incentives To Phase Out Polluting Vehicles
Hulot denied that President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reduce red tape in the building industry would lead to lowering insulation requirements for new buildings.
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General Motors To Recall 2.5 Million Vehicles In China
GM and its joint venture partner Shanghai GM will start withdrawing vehicles fitted with the potentially faulty airbags beginning next month and will include Chevrolet and Buick cars. They will replace the faulty airbags for free.
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BMW Car Keys May Be Replaced By Mobile Phone Apps
The fact that customers now all carry a smartphone and the availability of a BMW App which allows customers to unlock their vehicle, has made old fashioned keys less relevant.
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Aim 10 Billion Euro Synergy By 2022
Under its Alliance 2022 plan, the three member companies aim to collectively launch 12 electric vehicle (EV) models and 40 vehicles with different levels of autonomous drive (AD) technologies.
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Hyundai Launches New Genesis Sports Sedan
Starting from $33,000, the sporty four-door offers bang for the buck as it takes on rivals including affiliate Kia Motor's Stinger sedan and BMW's 3 series.
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VW's Skoda Open To Partnerships On India Low-Cost Car
Skoda, commissioned by Volkswagen (VW) to explore an entry-level car platform with a focus on India, and Tata last month said talks had ended after their cooperation failed to hit cost-savings goals.
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Samsung Enters Autonomous Driving Race With New Business, Funding
Samsung is a consumer electronics giant that leads markets in products as varied as phones and TVs, displays and memory chips.
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Tesla Semi Truck Unveil Scheduled For Next Month
The entrepreneur has tantalized the trucking industry with the prospect of a battery-powered heavy-duty vehicle that can compete with conventional diesels, which can travel up to 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel.
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Volkswagen Recalls 4.86 Million Vehicles In China Over Takata Air Bags
The watchdog estimated over 20 million cars in China had air bags made by Takata, which have been linked to at least 16 deaths and 180 injuries globally.
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U.S. Official Backs Voluntary Rules For Self-Driving Cars
The Trump administration would give preference in its forthcoming infrastructure plan to projects that promise technology innovation that could improve safety or advance the deployment of autonomous vehicles.
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BMW CEO Sticks To Return On Sales Goal Even With Electric Cars
The share of BMW's sales in Europe accounted for by diesel engines had dropped to 69.3 percent from 74.3 percent, but saw no need for writedowns on the value of the cars in the leasing fleet.
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Carmakers Face Electric Reality As Combustion Engine Outlook Dims
Volkswagen, for its part, said it was seeking new global supplier contracts to source 50 billion euros ($60 billion) of electric car content including batteries, which are not yet manufactured competitively in Europe.
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