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Bentley Motors blends tech and coachbuilding in the 2022 Continental GT Speed
Bentley Motors stands bestride the old world and the modern era. For over a century, the automaker has been at the forefront of automotive luxury and performance, and while it has constantly adapted to change during the years, classic, tactile coachbuilding has always remained as its ethos. This romantic view of automotive manufacturing seems almost […]
J.B. Hunt will be Waymo’s first self-driving freight customer
Waymo Via, the autonomous vehicle company’s trucking and cargo transportation unit, is expanding its existing partnership with logistics company J.B. Hunt Transport Services from a pilot into a long-term strategic alliance. As part of the agreement, J.B. Hunt will be Waymo Via’s first launch customer for fully autonomous, driverless freight routes, which Waymo expects to […]
China’s robotaxis charged ahead in 2021
Autonomous driving startups in China are in an arms race to put passengers in their machine-driven vehicles. Every few weeks, news arrives that another major player has got the greenlight to launch a new pilot program or a small-scale service. These press releases, often dotted with regulatory jargon and flowery language to aggrandize the companies’ […]
EVage raises $28M to be a driving force in India’s commercial EV revolution
A congruence of factors in India — notably, climate change policies, fuel costs and skyrocketing demand for e-commerce — has set up ideal conditions for startups like all-electric commercial vehicle startup EVage. The startup already has five EV trucks on the road for a range of e-commerce customers including Amazon India’s Delivery Service Partner, with […]
Carmakers Launch Desperate Attempt To Delay Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Law
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Major car manufacturers aren’t giving up on their efforts to stymie Massachusetts’ right to repair legislation. Less than two years after residents in the state voted in favor of updated right to repair…
“自律走行車”を個人で保有する時代が訪れる？ 「CES 2022」で見えた自動車業界の新しいトレンド
これまで自律走行車は、自動運転タクシーのように個人が所有しないモビリティとして普及するとされてきた。ところが、自動車メーカーが戦略を修正する流れが、このほど開催された「CES 2022」で見えてきた。個人向けのクルマに完全自動運転の機能を搭載することで、技術の普及と収益化を図ろうというのだ。
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The GMC Hummer EV Could Pop Wheelies Before Engineers Intervened
New submitter X2b5Ysb8 shares a report from The Drive, written by Peter Holderith: Driving a 2022 GMC Hummer EV prototype back in Oct. 2021 was an eye-opening experience. […] I did a fair amount of driving and some riding along with the vehicle’s chi…
GM finally agrees California can set vehicle emissions rules as it preps to scale EVs
In what appears to be a politically and economically savvy move by General Motors, the automaker said Sunday it recognized California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to set its own vehicle emissions standards. GM previously backed the Trump administration’s efforts to bar the state from enforcing its own rules for new vehicles, a position […]
CES 2022：「自律走行車」が、一部の分野で現実のものになり始めた
世界最大級の家電見本市「CES 2022」では、さまざまな企業が自律走行車に関する取り組みを発表した。こうしたなか、自動運転技術の開発に取り組むふたりのキーパーソンへのインタヴューからは、すでに一部の分野において“自律走行”が現実のものになりつつあること、そして実用段階ゆえの課題が改めて浮き彫りになってくる。
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