Last week Aston Martin introduced photos of the $149,995 2018 Vantage, a four-liter AMG twin-turbo V8 coupe that gets 503-horsepower and 505 pound-feet of torque. Its a bold new Aston Martin, one pointed toward younger buyers, those who want flashy colors and more-aggressive angles along its two-door body. Aston Martin typically doesn’t introduce cars at […]
Volvo and Uber have announced a deal that will see Volvo providing 24,000 SUVs over the coming years for Uber’s autonomous driving push. Volvo will provide Uber with top of the line XC90 SUVs along with some XC60 mid-size SUVs. Volvo doesn’t make self-driving cars at this time and notes that Uber will be […]
General Motors debuted the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 on Sunday for the Dubai International Motor Show. Chevrolet had previously released a teaser video of the new top-performing Corvette on social media amid online reports that the December issue of Car and Driver may have accidentally leaked images and information on the car, including its […]
Volkswagen IT experts use quantum computing: (from left) Dr. Christian Seidel, Senior Data Scientist from Volkswagen Group IT’s Data Lab in Munich, Robert „Bo” Ewald, President D-Wave International, Dr. Martin Hofmann, CIO of Volkswagen Group, Dr. Florian Neukart, Principal Data Scientist from Volkswagen Group IT’s Code Lab in San Francisco. Volkswagen announced that it will […]
Waymo Self-driving cars in Arizona are starting to navigate local roads without a human in the driver’s seat. Alphabet’s autonomous car unit, Waymo, is phasing out the need for a test driver in its vehicles. Save for the passengers inside, a subset of the company’s self-driving cars will operate by themselves on public roads in […]
Uber has struck a deal with the US National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) as part of its plans to roll out flying cars in cities around the world. It would work with the space agency to develop software for managing flying taxi routes, Uber’s chief product officer Jeff Holden announced at the Web Summit […]
Automakers are scrambling to defend the electric vehicle tax credit after House Republicans last week proposed eliminating it to help pay for their broader package of tax cuts. Lobbyists have quickly grouped to figure out how to save the tax credit, which the industry views as critical to promoting commercial adoption of electric vehicle technology. […]
Ahead of the film’s release next year, Lexus and Marvel have announced a new partnership with two brand-new cars specifically inspired by Black Panther: A 2018 LC Inspiration Series production car and a concept coupe dubbed the Black Panther Inspired LC. Though this car won’t actually be featured in the film, the 2018 Lexus LC 500 WILL appear in […]
Daimler AG is jumping the gun on Tesla Inc. by debuting a battery-powered heavy-duty truck weeks before the California electric-car maker’s own planned unveiling. The E-Fuso Vision One prototype can carry 11 tons of cargo as far as 350 kilometers (220 miles) before recharging, the world’s largest maker of commercial vehicles said Wednesday in a […]
Delphi Automotive said it plans to acquire Boston-based autonomous vehicle software supplier NuTonomy in a deal that could be valued at $450 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of this year, will nearly double Delphi’s 100-plus automated driving team with NuTonomy’s 100 employees, including 70 engineers and scientists. NuTonomy counts Lyft, as […]
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