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Apr 28, 2022, 7:01 AM

Tech Alliances Firm Up In The Self-Driving Car Wars

Three chip firms - Intel Corp's Mobileye, Qualcomm Inc and Nvidia Corp - have emerged from a raft of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the leaders in locking down the brains of self-driving cars for the next decade.

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  car&bike Team | Apr 28, 2022

  EV Maker Link To Invest $265 Million In Mexican Plant

  Link EV Electric Vehicles plans to build an assembly plant in the central Mexican state of Puebla with an investment of around $265 million.

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  car&bike Team | Apr 28, 2022

  U.S. Seeks More Information From Tesla On Distracted Drive Game Probe

  In December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a preliminary evaluation into 2017-2022 Tesla Model 3, S, X, and Y vehicles over the vehicle's "Passenger Play" feature.

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  car&bike Team | Apr 28, 2022

  Nonprofit Groups To Rate U.S. Vehicle Driver Monitoring Systems

  The announcements come amid scrutiny of Tesla's driver assistance system Autopilot, which handles some driving tasks and allows drivers to keep their hands off the wheel at times.

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  Shubham Parashar | Apr 28, 2022

  Hyundai IONIQ To Be Updated With Bigger 77.4 kWh Battery Pack

  The 77.4-kWh battery pack replaces the 72.6 kWh battery pack on the current model and sends power to all four wheels.

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  car&bike Team | Apr 27, 2022

  Hertz To Buy Up To 65,000 Electric Vehicles From Polestar

  Rental car firm Hertz Global Holdings will buy up to 65,000 electric vehicles over five years from Swedish EV maker Polestar

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  car&bike Team | Apr 27, 2022

  Lucid Says Saudi Arabia Will Purchase Up To 100,000 Vehicles Over 10 Years

  Lucid Group Inc on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with the government of Saudi Arabia under which the latter will purchase 50,000 vehicles, with an option to buy an additional 50,000 vehicles during the ten-year time frame.

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  Sahil Gupta | Apr 27, 2022

  Electric RAM 1500 Pick Up Truck Teased

  Stellantis group's RAM teased an electric version of its RAM 1500 pickup truck which is scheduled to hit the market by 2024.

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  car&bike Team | Apr 27, 2022

  Thailand Approves Enhanced Incentives To Boost EV Use

  Smaller charging stations will now be eligible for three-year tax benefits, an extra incentive on top of a five-year corporate income tax exemption available to investments in charging stations.

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