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Kia Wins Kudos for Quality, Nurtures Green Vehicles
In the 2018 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, Kia came in second with the second-highest score ever. In the advanced powertrain field, the automaker is moving aggressively into hybrids.
By Roger Schreffler • July 16, 2018 -
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2018 Wards 10 Best Interiors Award Ceremony
Managing Editor Tom Murphy explains the process of selecting the Wards 10 Best Interiors as part of the award ceremony at this year's WardsAuto Interiors Conference.
July 16, 2018 -
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Jaguar I-Pace Induces Smiles for Miles
The I-Pace is dumbfounding, too, for how a relatively tiny U.K. engineering outfit could deliver the goods ahead of R&D juggernauts in Germany, Japan and, especially, Detroit.
By James M. Amend • July 13, 2018 -
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Once Targeting AMG and M, Polestar Now Sets Sights on Tesla and Porsche
The Polestar CEO hopes to see an end to the acceleration wars, saying, “As soon as you’re beyond the 4.0-second (mark) and zero to 100, all that feels just flipping fast anyway and you’re not able to detect the difference anymore.”
July 12, 2018 -
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Key Features of ’19 Nissan Altima’s VC Engine
Infiniti’s world-first variable-compression-ratio turbo 4-cyl. engine is migrating to high-volume Nissan vehicles, starting with up-market versions of the Altima sedan.
By Gary Witzenburg • July 10, 2018 -
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Mercedes-Benz Reveals Look of Concept Electric Vehicle
The latest in a series of flamboyant concepts conceived under the guidance of Mercedes-Benz design boss Gorden Wagener, the Electric Silver Arrow is to act as a one-off figurehead for the company’s new EQ sub-brand.
By Greg Kable • July 9, 2018 -
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What Makes Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous?
An artificial neural network is trained by showing it a driving situation and telling it the desired response. It then adjusts each node so the response of the neural network mimics the desired response.
By Jay Campbell • July 9, 2018 -
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What’s Vehicle Profiling and How It Makes Us Safer
As connected vehicles become more common, the need for a way to check vehicles for the presence of malware becomes even more important.
By Yossi Vardi • July 6, 2018 -
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Lighting-Systems Maker Varroc Acquires Turkish Firm
The transaction gives Plymouth, MI-based Varroc manufacturing and production capacity with a 107,640-sq.-ft. manufacturing and technology center near Istanbul and a new plant under construction in Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria.
July 6, 2018 -
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Connectivity Must be Available Everywhere For In-Vehicle Emergency Calling to be Effective
Automated in-vehicle emergency calling is gaining traction but current solutions fail to provide blanket coverage.
By Greg Ewert • July 5, 2018 -
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Russia Raising Tariffs on Vehicle Imports From U.S.
The amount of the planned duties on U.S.-built vehicles has not been disclosed, but sources close to the Russian government say they may reach 30%-40% of the cars’ total cost.
By Eugene Gerden • July 3, 2018 -
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Electric Vehicles Pose New Challenges to Suppliers
Electric vehicles already are having an impact on the industry despite their slender market share, say speakers at the Tech Crawl 2018 event sponsored by Autocom of Bloomfield Hills, MI.
By Joseph Szczesny • July 3, 2018 -
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Are Self-Driving Cars Misunderstood?
There can be a lot to gain from trusting autonomous vehicles a little more.
By Joanna McNeil • July 2, 2018 -
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ZF Sees CVs as First to Embrace Automation, Electric Power
ZF CEO Wolf-Hennig Scheider predicts 30% of all buses and vans and 20% of heavy-duty trucks will run on some form of electric power by 2025, and that Level 4 automated-driving technology will come more quickly to trucks and buses than passenger cars.
By Jim Mele • July 2, 2018 -
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JLR Tests Connected Cars on U.K. Roads
Connected and autonomous vehicles are testing the impact of V2X communications infrastructure on road safety, traffic flow and the ability to provide other services such as Wi-Fi and cybersecurity.
By Alan Harman • July 2, 2018 -
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New Honda Insight Avoids Hybrid Label
The third-generation Insight isn’t a space pod or Prius wannabe. It is a beautiful, bullet-proof Honda that will look good in anybody’s driveway and starts at less than $23,000. That’s a value proposition that will put dents in CUV sales charts.
June 29, 2018 -
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Dürr Group Tapped to Build Paint Shop for Chinese EV
The new paint shop is designed to initially handle 150,000 Byton-branded vehicles per year at electric-vehicle maker FMC’s plant in Nanjing, and capacity can be doubled when demand requires, Dürr says.
June 28, 2018 -
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Cosworth Demonstrates Lidar at New North American HQ
Cosworth’s advanced manufacturing center will be able to produce full electronic and powertrain value streams, solid-state sensors, engineering software and hybrid-engine technologies, as well as provide consultative services.
June 27, 2018 -
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EVs Challenge Tenneco Engineers to Keep Things Quiet
Tennecoʼs deep knowledge in engineering rubber used in suspension bushings, mounts and subframes has made their adaptation to electric vehicles easier. Meanwhile, Tenneco will close its Federal-Mogul acquisition by year’s end.
By Alan L. Adler • June 27, 2018 -
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Hyundai Veloster Is Sleeker and Back With Singular Mission
The redone second-generation ’19 model looks (and feels) more like a sporty coupe than a quasi-CUV.
By Steven Finlay • June 27, 2018 -
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May Mobility Puts Autonomous Vehicles Into Service in Detroit
The shuttles will be used to ferry employees of a property management company between offices, parking sites and other destinations.
By David Zoia Editor • June 26, 2018 -
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French Minister Calls for Europe-Exclusive EV Battery
A project to develop a new battery would allow Europe to compete with China and the U.S. on electrical vehicles, the official says.
By William Diem • June 26, 2018 -
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Autonomy for Dummies: Tests Use Riderless Motorcycle
AB Dynamics, a supplier of advanced automotive test systems, worked with AutoRD, partially funded by Innovate UK and the U.K. government, to develop the technology needed to make a bike go without rider input – and build a prototype to demonstrate it.
By Alan Harman • June 25, 2018 -
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Opel/Vauxhall Plant Tapped for New PSA Engines
With Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot, Citroën, and DS Automobiles all under one roof, PSA is pooling its strengths and creating synergies to maximize the brands’ potential.
By Alan Harman • June 21, 2018 -
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Jaguar I-Pace Vaults Automaker Among EV Leaders
The I-Pace project arguably vaults the relatively tiny JLR engineering group to among the leaders in EV R&D.
By James Amend • June 21, 2018
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