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Volkswagen has announced plans to gut its sprawling product range as it fights the worst crisis in its history. The carmaker will cut its model lineup by up to half over the coming years, CNBC reports. The group will also shrink production capacity to nine million vehicles a year. That is well below the 12 million […]
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Volkswagen will halve its model range, but stays silent on the 100,000 job cuts Read More »
Polestar owners left ‘holding the bag’ after EV brand pulls out of the US Read More »
This week, two of the world’s biggest car regulators looked at the same question and reached opposite answers. The question is simple. What should sit between a human and a moving vehicle? In the United States, the top auto-safety official floated pulling the steering wheel out altogether. In Europe, new rules took effect that point […]
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The US wants to delete the steering wheel. The EU wants a camera on your face Read More »
For more than a decade, the biggest fight in self-driving cars has played out in boardrooms and engineering labs. New Jersey now wants to settle it in law. A bill moving through the state legislature would force any company running fully driverless cars in New Jersey to fit them with a camera system plus two […]
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New Jersey could ban Tesla’s Robotaxi with one line about sensors Read More »
Two 15-year-olds in San Mateo learned this week that a driverless taxi can still tell on you. The pair were drinking alcohol and shooting Orbeez, soft water-filled pellets, out of a moving Waymo on Monday afternoon. The car’s remote monitors spotted it, called 911, and pulled the vehicle over to wait for police, the Associated […]
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A Waymo called the cops on two teens drinking and shooting toy guns Read More »
Aidoptation can now test a fully self-driving car at highway speed on Belgian public roads. It is the first Level 4 permit of its kind in the European Union. The company announced the approval, which covers 100 km of the E313 and E314 motorways in Limburg. Level 4 means the car handles everything, with no […]
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This EU-first robocar tests at 120 km/h, and uses no AI to drive Read More »
A new wave of mandatory safety technology took effect for cars and vans across the EU on 7 July. Every newly manufactured passenger car and van must now carry advanced driver aids, the European Commission has confirmed. The headline additions are an advanced emergency brake that detects pedestrians and cyclists, and a driver distraction warning system. […]
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Every new EU car now needs a camera that watches the driver Read More »
Xiaomi has opened a second front in its rapid march into carmaking, confirming on Thursday a new SUV series called Sky Nomad and offering the first proper look at the boxy family hauler that will lead it. The move pushes the smartphone maker squarely into China’s most lucrative vehicle segment, and away from the sports-saloon […]
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Xiaomi unveils Sky Nomad, a boxy SUV series to chase China’s family-car money Read More »