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2023 Toyota bZ4X Good, Not Great
Toyota’s first high-volume battery-electric vehicle is fun-to-drive and comfortable, but underwhelms on performance and interior materials.
By Christie Schweinsberg • April 12, 2022 -
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Smart Reveals Production #1 Battery-Electric City Car
The Chinese-built CUV is the first model from the city-car joint venture between Geely and Mercedes-Benz.
By Greg Kable • April 8, 2022 -
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Limitations of ADAS, V2V and V2X Communications
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.At the end of 2021, Dan Loop, vice-president and general manager of Automotive Edge Processing at NXP Semiconductors, wrote an article in Al...
By Graham Jarvis • April 8, 2022 -
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Used EVs Score Well on Manheim Battery Tests
“After we started the testing, we saw an immediate increase in EV bidding,” says Manheim President Grace Huang.
By Steve Finlay • April 6, 2022 -
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Auto Inspire Interview: Zulf Ali, Director-Interior Design, Rivian
Zulf Ali’s father disapproved of his dream to be an automotive designer. How he finally won his dad over is quite a tale.
By Drew Winter • April 5, 2022 -
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Hertz to Buy Up to 65,000 Polestar Electric Vehicles
Polestar 2 BEVs will be available at Hertz locations beginning this spring in Europe and late this year in North America and Australia. The Polestar 2 is the first volume model from the BEV-only subsidiary of Volvo.
By Wards Staff • April 5, 2022 -
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All-New ’23 Mazda CX-50 Takes to Highways and Offroad Trails With AWD and Aplomb
We test-drive the world premiere ’23 CX-50 from Mazda, a ride with responsiveness, drivability and intelligence. Power, style and comfort mark the debut of this affordable new CUV.
By Glenn Sanders • April 4, 2022 -
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UAW President: Union Adjusting As Auto Industry Electrifies
Ray Curry notes today’s reality is that new electric-vehicle assembly and battery plants are replacing factories that once built internal-combustion engines and ICE-powered cars.
By Joseph Szczesny • March 31, 2022 -
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Vietnam’s VinFast to Build BEVs, Batteries in North Carolina
Founded in 2017, VinFast intends to rival Tesla and EV startups such as Rivian, Lucid and Nio as a global producer of premium automobiles. The Hanoi-based automaker developed its first three car models in just 21 months.
By Joseph Szczesny • March 31, 2022 -
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Washington State Adopts Nation’s Earliest ICE-Phaseout Target
The 2030 target, aimed at phasing out the sale, purchase or registration of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel engines, is the nation’s earliest – coming five years ahead of 2035 deadlines established by California, New York and Massachusetts.
By Jim Irwin • March 29, 2022 -
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New Software Guides Car Dealers Through Unfamiliar Territory
“Acquiring inventory is the No.1 challenge facing dealers today, and will be for some time to come,” says vAuto founder Dale Pollak.
By Steve Finlay • March 29, 2022 -
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Bose Sound Technology Cancels Hummer BEV’s Silence
Bose’s Electric Vehicle Sound Enhancement technology, engineered for the mostly silent interior that comes with operating an electric vehicle, sends custom-designed propulsion sounds into the cabin of the GMC Hummer pickup.
By Wards Staff • March 28, 2022 -
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Polestar 2 Offers Lower-Cost, Single-Motor Variant in U.S.
The single-motor Polestar 2 is the lowest-priced vehicle in the Volvo BEV-only subsidiary’s lineup, but it offers the same standard features as the dual-motor Polestar 2.
By Jim Irwin • March 24, 2022 -
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Meritor Deal Raises Cummins’ Electrification Profile
The acquisition will give Columbus, IN-based Cummins control of Meritor’s drivetrain, mobility, braking, aftermarket and electric powertrain solutions for commercial vehicles and industrial applications.
By Joseph Szczesny • March 23, 2022 -
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Pirelli, Hankook Introduce Tires Tailored to EVs
Both Pirelli’s P Zero All Season Plus Elect and Hankook’s iON tires promise reduced rolling resistance, which lowers energy consumption and, in turn, improves electric-vehicle range.
By Jim Irwin • March 22, 2022 -
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Sweden’s Northvolt to Build Battery Plant in Northern Germany
Other companies that have recently built or are planning battery-production facilities in Germany include CATL, SVOLT, PSA Group and Tesla.
By Wards Staff • March 21, 2022 -
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Electrification Making Inroads in Commercial-Vehicle Sector
ACT Research predicts 24% of commercial-vehicle demand – Class 4 to Class 8 trucks in the U.S. and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in Europe, China and elsewhere in the world – will be all-electric by 2030, rising to 28% in 2031, then 53% by 2035.
By Roger Schreffler • March 21, 2022 -
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Leveraging Data to Drive Stronger Car-Shopper Engagement
With a marketing analytics platform capable of identifying target audiences and assessing how they react to campaigns in real time, marketers will be better equipped to measure the impact on consumers, and determine the incremental sales lift driven by their campaigns.
By Ameneh Atai • March 21, 2022 -
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Mercedes-Benz Plants Luxury BEV Flag With EQS SUV
Our brief encounter with a prototype of the new 7-seat EQS on the frozen surface of Mercedes-Benz’s winter testing facility has taught us that performance and dynamic finesse will be among the BEV’s stronger attributes.
By Greg Kable • March 15, 2022 -
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Dealers Out to Prove They’re EV-Friendly
“Dealers are excited; they are all-in with EVs,” says NADA President Mike Stanton.
By Steve Finlay • March 14, 2022 -
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I Can See Clearly Now: Keeping AV Sensors Clean in Inclement Conditions
Cleaning sensors is a dirty job but has to be done to provide accurate data so AV systems can operate safely and reliably in all weather conditions. This has prompted the development of several technologies to keep sensors clean.
By Glenn Sanders • March 9, 2022 -
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States With Most BEVs Wanting for Charging Infrastructure, Says Survey
New Jersey, Arizona and Hawaii account for a hefty amount of BEV registrations but have relatively paltry charging infrastructure.
By Christie Schweinsberg • March 8, 2022 -
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U.S. Auto Sector Weighs Anti-Impaired-Driving Technologies
The Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety program, a public-private partnership, advocates for breath or touch sensors that can detect when a driver is impaired with a blood-alcohol concentration at or above 0.08% (the legal limit in most U.S. states) and prevent a vehicle from moving.
By Carl A. Williams • March 7, 2022 -
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New Postal Service Fleet Favoring ICEs Under Fire
Of the 50,000 to 165,000 new delivery vehicles USPS plans to purchase, 90% would be ICE-powered and 10% would be electric. Environmental critics say the ICE vehicles’ emissions are unacceptable and the UAW objects to the contractor’s use of non-union labor.
By Joseph Szczesny • March 7, 2022 -
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Mack Battery-Electric Class 8 Refuse Truck Arrives on Market
The LR Electric’s twin electric motors generate 448 hp and 4,051 lb.-ft. of peak output torque from zero RPM.
By Jim Irwin • March 4, 2022
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