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Sep 24, 2018, 8:31 PM

Porsche To Officially End Production Of Diesel Cars

Porsche has officially announced that it will no longer offer diesel vehicles. The Stuttgart-based luxury and sports carmaker said that it's intensifying its activities in the areas of hybrid technology and electromobility and will drop diesel powertrains for good.

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  car&bike Team | Sep 24, 2018

  Mahindra KUV100 Electric, Diesel AMT, And TUV300 Facelift To Be Launched By 2019

  Mahindra is currently planning to update its KUV100 and TUV300 model product range in India. The company is planning to introduce fully-electric KUV100 and updated TUV300 in 2019, while a diesel AMT version of the KUV100, will come by the end of this fiscal.

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  Sameer Contractor | Sep 24, 2018

  Google Maps Now Run On Apple CarPlay With iOS 12 Update

  Apple CarPlay and Android Auto have in ways revolutionalised the in-car infotainment system interface on modern-day cars. While Android Auto clearly offered a lot of compatible options with the car's infotainment unit right from the start, Apple has taken its time to make CarPlay more accessible in terms of features. With the iOS 12 update, the tech giant has resolved a major concern with Apple CarPlay by making Google maps now accessible. With the update, users will no longer have be forced to use Apple Maps for navigation.

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  Cyrus Dhabhar | Sep 20, 2018

  Toyota Invests In Renewable Energy To Power Future Factories, Electric Cars

  The Toyota Motor Company has invested in over $267 Million towards renewable energy development in Japan. The investment has been made in partnership with the SPARX Group in Japan and will be called the 'Mirai Renewable Energy Fund'. The fund has been set up to promote and increase the use of renewable clean energy across the island country in order to make Japan more self reliant towards its energy needs in the present and especially in the coming future. The find will essentially help promote the likes of solar and wind power apart from other sources like biomass, geothermal energy and hydropower.

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  car&bike Team | Sep 19, 2018

  Fly Free Smart Motorcycles Reveals Electric Scrambler

  The Smart Desert is a Scrambler-style motorcycle with 1960s design, but is an electric motorcycle which is completely customisable.

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  Sameer Contractor | Sep 19, 2018

  Renault EZ-PRO Concept Van Previews Delivery Vehicles Of The Future

  Autonomous driving technology is expected to revolutionise transportation as we know it, and while private vehicle will certainly see more inclusion of the technology on future cars, the tech is more likely to make an impact on commercial vehicles first, especially in urban markets. French car major, Renault is trying to provide a glimpse into this future and has unveiled the Renault EZ-PRO Concept, an urban delivery design study based on autonomous technology. The concept features a series of electric autonomous pods that can be customised to deliver a wide range of goods and services in congested areas.

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  car&bike Team | Sep 19, 2018

  2019 Volkswagen Jetta Sets New Record At The Bonneville Salt Flats

  The interior has been stripped and outfitted with full track safety equipment-such as a roll cage, racing seat and harness-and a fire suppression system.

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  car&bike Team | Sep 19, 2018

  Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi And Google Join Forces For Next-Gen Infotainment System

  The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, whose member companies last year sold 10.6 million vehicles in 200 markets, will integrate Google applications and services into the infotainment and cloud-based systems.

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  car&bike Team | Sep 19, 2018

  Range Rover, Range Rover Sport And Discovery Get New Connectivity Features Under JLR's InControl Package

  Jaguar Land Rover India has introduced new connectivity features across the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery SUVs in its line-up. The new connectivity features called Protect, Remote Premium and Secure Tracker are listed under the InControl Package by the company, and bring systems like secure tracker, optimised assistance, SOS emergency call function to the luxury SUVs. JLR says that the InControl Package has been further strengthened on the SUVs, which already comes with Wi-Fi hotspot and was first introduced in 2017.

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