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2019 Wards 10 Best Interiors Video: Mercedes-Benz A220
Wards 10 Best Interiors winners received their trophies at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference on May 9 in Novi, MI. This video vignette was played during the awards ceremony.
By James M. Amend • June 20, 2019 -
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Pocket-Size 48V EVs Emerge
Europe and China, especially, with its government-driven push toward electrification and crowded city streets packed with garage-built electric minis, make refined 48V EVs a potential disruptor.
By James M. Amend • June 20, 2019 -
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Bosch Enhances Key Safety, Automation Offerings
Bosch also has begun development of a lidar system for automated driving. It wants to determine if it can build an automotive-grade unit and discover which form of the technology works best.
By James M. Amend • June 18, 2019 -
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2019 Wards 10 Best Interiors Video: Jeep Gladiator
Wards 10 Best Interiors winners received their trophies at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference on May 9 in Novi, MI. This video vignette was played during the awards ceremony.
By Tom Murphy • June 18, 2019 -
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2019 Wards 10 Best Interiors Video: Hyundai Santa Fe
Wards 10 Best Interiors winners received their trophies at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference on May 9 in Novi, MI. This video vignette was played during the awards ceremony.
By Drew Winter • June 17, 2019 -
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Can AWD Save Toyota’s Prius?
The ’19 Prius is now available with all-wheel drive, and more than 20% of customers are checking that box. Still, Prius sales remain abysmal.
By Tom Murphy • June 14, 2019 -
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Magna Seating Introduces Comfort-Enhancing Tech
The FreeForm technology allows more than 102 mm of concavity, which is nearly impossible with traditional cut-and-sew manufacturing techniques, Magna says.
By Drew Winter • June 13, 2019 -
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Third-Gen Ram EcoDiesel Joins Light-Duty Fray
FCA rolls out a redesigned 3.0L EcoDiesel V-6 that it claims is more powerful and more efficient than the competition – at least for now.
By Bob Gritzinger • June 12, 2019 -
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Toyota Mirai, Forklifts Share Fuel-Cell Technology
Toyota Industries’ focus on fuel-cell forklifts gives a glimpse into Toyota’s fuel-cell program and the next-generation Mirai due out in 2020 or 2021.
By Roger Schreffler • June 11, 2019 -
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2019 Wards 10 Best Interiors Awards Ceremony Intro
WardsAuto editors Tom Murphy and Christie Schweinsberg kick off this year's Wards 10 Best Interiors awards ceremony at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference May 9 in Novi, MI.
June 10, 2019 -
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OEM Strategy: Driving Profitability on Both Sides of the Ledger
Unlocking new revenue streams requires reinvention – from hardware to software provision – and significant investment, which isn’t coming easily. Choosing what to stop doing is as important as what to do next.
By Lukas Neckermann • June 10, 2019 -
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Chevy Silverado’s Duramax Diesel Late, Pricey
The new 3.0L, assembled in Flint, MI, represents GM’s first inline 6-cyl. light-duty truck diesel. Not only is GM late to market with the engine, it’s the last to the fullsize market among the Detroit Three automakers, who dominate the pickup segment.
By Tom Murphy • June 7, 2019 -
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Ford to Shutter Engine Plant in Wales
The head of Ford Europe says “changing customer demand and cost disadvantages, plus an absence of additional engine models for Bridgend going forward, make the plant economically unsustainable in the years ahead.”
By Jim Irwin • June 7, 2019 -
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China’s Great Wall to Open Russian Plant
The new Haval F7 fullsize 7-seat SUV will be built at a plant in Tula backed by a $500 million investment and expected to produce up to 150,000 units annually.
By Paul Myles • June 6, 2019 -
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2019 WardsAuto Interiors Conference: Ford Keynote Speech
Dennis Sartorello, Ford's chief designer-Global Strategic Design, says he and his team have been tearing up the playbook on interior design to foster a studio environment promoting free thinking and better communication with the outside world. The conference was held May 9 in Novi, MI.
June 4, 2019 -
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Cadillac Debuts Lighter Side of V-Series
Cadillac hopes small power bumps combined with big upgrades in interiors, technology and chassis will lure more buyers to the V brand.
By Bob Gritzinger • May 31, 2019 -
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GM EV1 Set Stage for Tesla, Modern EVs
Ultimately, just 500 ’97 EV1s were built and 400 leased, followed by about the same numbers of ’99 Gen II cars (no '98s). Lessees loved their EV1s, but today they enjoy much more and better choices.
By Gary Witzenburg • May 31, 2019 -
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Autonomous Cars Will Need Airbags and Seatbelts for Foreseeable Future
As reality settles in, autonomous-vehicle interiors are being designed to calm nervous passengers and withstand severe crashes.
By Drew Winter • May 31, 2019 -
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Ambient Lights Our Fire
The A220 has perhaps the best application of ambient lighting we’ve seen in an interior. It highlights the expected spots (seams of door- and instrument-panel trim), but also makes the car’s circular blade vents even more show-stopping.
By Christie Schweinsberg • May 29, 2019 -
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Honda Extends Warranty to Address 1.5L Gas-Oil Dilution Problem
Honda seeks to reassure owners of Civics and CR-Vs equipped with the automaker’s 1.5L turbocharged 4-cyl. by extending warranty coverage in case gasoline-oil dilution damages engine parts.
By Bob Gritzinger • May 24, 2019 -
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ZF, ams, Ibeo Link Up for Solid-State Lidar
The long-term goal is to make solid-state lidar available for less than $100 per unit. But even the least-expensive solid-state lidar nearing market arrival carries a price of several thousand dollars.
By Jim Irwin • May 23, 2019 -
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Great Grilles Grip Us
From Bentley to Kia, Lexus to Hyundai, speaker grilles go from blah to bling and become a focus in vehicle interior design.
By Christie Schweinsberg • May 22, 2019 -
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2019 Wards 10 Best Interiors Quick Hits
A summation of all 32 interiors evaluated in the 2019 competition. Many of these comments are taken directly from score sheets submitted by Wards editors. Sticker prices listed. Winners in red.
By Christie Schweinsberg, Tom Murphy • May 21, 2019 -
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New Color, More Juice for MIT’s EV Race Car
Team captain Serena Grown-Haeberli says the car’s expected 0-60 mph time is 2.6 seconds. Expected top speed is about 80 mph.
By Alan Harman • May 20, 2019 -
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2020 Toyota Supra: Sports-Car Supreme
Packing a strong and smooth BMW-built, 335-hp inline 6-cyl. and a chassis and aerodynamically tuned body built for speed, the ’20 Toyota Supra is an enthusiast’s dream come true.
By Bob Gritzinger • May 20, 2019
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