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Toyota’s Powertrain Strategy Extending Beyond Hybrids
To date, the Japanese automaker, the world’s leader in gas-electric hybrids, has introduced three new engines with forced induction – two gasoline and one diesel – on 11 Toyota and Lexus cars.
By Roger Schreffler • Oct. 21, 2016 -
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Report Touts Bigger Oz Role in Intelligent Mobility
The Australian Driverless Vehicle initiative is proposing a 5-year funding and incentive package focused on research, development, demonstration and deployment similar to the U.K.’s £100 million Intelligent Mobility Fund.
By Alan Harman • Oct. 20, 2016 -
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Right Time for Prime
Toyota’s latest plug-in version of its venerable Prius hybrid has great bang-for-the-buck, and comes at a time when plug-ins are the hottest green-car segment.
Oct. 20, 2016 -
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Lear Innovation Center Targets More than Automotive
Some 25 full-time Lear designers and engineers are moving into the Innovation Center to collaborate with students from the nearby College for Creative Studies and Wayne State University School of Engineering.
Oct. 19, 2016 -
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BMW’s Near-Perfect I-6 Gets Even Better
Why not go to an easier-to-package V-6 like everyone else? BMW’s head of inline gasoline engines reminds us the I-6 not only is inherently smoother, but it also is significantly lighter.
By Gary Witzenburg • Oct. 19, 2016 -
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Porsche’s Reality: More Speed, Fewer Pistons
The new 2.0L and 2.5L engines represent the first time Porsche, which has a rich legacy of horizontally opposed piston engines, has developed one that combines turbocharging and only four cylinders.
Oct. 18, 2016 -
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Audi Names First Production EV e-tron
The e-tron name will be carried without any specific model designation, a move evoking the naming of Audi’s original quattro launched back in 1980.
By Greg Kable • Oct. 18, 2016 -
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GM Courts Jilted VW Diesel Buyers
Although the Detroit automaker put a new diesel in its U.S. product plan several years ago, it is doubling down on the technology by adding it to the Cruze Hatch and Equinox.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 17, 2016 -
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Singapore Car-Sharing Program to Deploy Fleet of EVs
The Economic Development Board says by 2020, drivers will be able to share 1,000 EVs and 2,000 charging points across the island state.
By Alan Harman • Oct. 14, 2016 -
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GMʼs Opel Opens Propulsion-Systems R&D Center
Opel’s Global Propulsion Systems Center employs more than 800 engineers and technicians to develop future propulsion systems using state-of-the-art technology.
By Paul Myles • Oct. 13, 2016 -
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2016 Wards 10 Best UX Quick Hits
A summation of all 29 vehicles evaluated as part of the inaugural Wards 10 Best User Experiences competition. Many of these comments are taken directly from score sheets submitted by WardsAuto editors. Prices listed are sticker, as tested.
Oct. 13, 2016 -
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Technology, Engine Lineup Distinguish New 5-Series
Headlined by a 4-wheel-drive M550i xDrive M Performance model, the latest incarnation of the 5-Series follows an evolutionary path with an appearance less distinctly removed from its predecessor as 5-Series models have been in the recent past.
By Greg Kable • Oct. 12, 2016 -
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Nissan to Unleash High-Powered Nismo in Australia
The ʾ17 Nissan GT-R Nismo features a version of the VR38DETT engine making 591 hp and 481 lb-ft. of torque, and uses the same pair of high-flow, large-diameter turbochargers as the GT-R Nismo GT3 race car.
By Alan Harman • Oct. 12, 2016 -
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’17 Infiniti Q60: Good Looks, Great Personality
Nissan’s luxury brand is appealing to sports coupe buyers who appreciate beauty but look deeper than just that.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 11, 2016 -
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GMC Debuts Latest All-Terrain Truck, Duramax Diesel
GMC unveils the Sierra HD All Terrain X, a Duramax turbodiesel-powered addition to the brand’s off-road trim lineup. The new Duramax in the Sierra and Silverado HDs produces 445 hp and 910 lb.-ft. of torque.
By Bob Gritzinger • Oct. 10, 2016 -
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Video Goes Behind-the-Scenes for Chevy Colorado FCV Assembly
The imposing Colorado ZH2 stands more than 6.5 ft. tall and rides on 37-in. tires and modified suspension to tackle whatever terrain the Army might throw at it during field testing next year.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 7, 2016 -
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Mercedes-Benz Set to Join Formula E Racing Grid
Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix, the automaker’s U.K.-based motorsport offshoot, looks set to take up the option on one of two entry slots to be made available during the fifth Formula E season, which would boost the grid to 24 cars.
By Greg Kable • Oct. 7, 2016 -
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Toyota Puts Fun in Functionality With New Prius
Toyota claims the new Prius engine is the world’s first to achieve an amazing 40% maximum thermal efficiency, the measure of how much energy from the fuel actually reaches the drive wheels.
By Gary Witzenburg • Oct. 6, 2016 -
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BMW 750xi: Ultimate User Experience
The BMW excels on all fronts, from the first impression to the last. It starts with an optional iPhone-like key fob, a technological marvel that functions as a gateway to the 750xi.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 5, 2016 -
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Mazda to Add Engine Production at Russian Plant
The 50,000-unit-capacity plant in Vladivostok mainly will produce Mazda’s SkyActiv-G engines for export. Neither Mazda nor the government say whether output of Mazda6 and Mazda CX-5 models now built there will increase as part of the new investment.
By Eugene Gerden • Oct. 5, 2016 -
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Gorilla Glass and Airstream’s Love for Aluminum
A panel session focused on materials at the WardsAuto User Experience Conference includes an Ohio State researcher testing fabrics embedded with sensors capable of reading a person’s vital signs and adjusting seatbelt tension automatically.
Oct. 4, 2016 -
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Augmented Reality Next HUD Frontier
Projecting icons generated by advanced safety systems on the windshield is seen as a way to create safer driving.
Oct. 4, 2016 -
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User Experience Revolution Ahead, Experts Say
Displays, for example, will get larger and resolutions will become richer, while driver information will move from the dashboard and instrument panel to a sophisticated head-up display.
By James M. Amend • Oct. 4, 2016 -
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Mapping the Future of Navigation
Three panelists offer divergent points of view on how we’ll navigate in the future, but all agree that map data and how we use it will play a key role in our vehicles for years to come.
By Bob Gritzinger • Oct. 4, 2016 -
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VW Alltrack’s Amazing Feat: Making the Station Wagon Cool, Rugged
To some people the moniker “station wagon” is synonymous with loser cruiser, vintage 1955.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 3, 2016
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