Google is designing and developing its own autonomous car, according to reports in the US. The reports stem from an initial story by a former Wall Street Journal writerAmir Efrati who claims inside knowledge of Google’s plan for its ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motors is planning to unveil its hybrid concept vehicle, the Yaris Hybrid-R at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show to be held in September 2013 in Germany. The vehicle is said to be based on the Toyota TS030 ...
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The Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R concept headed for next month’s Frankfurt motor show will employ Le Mans racing technology to help it produce more than 298kW. Said to be a marker of Toyota’s “past achievements and future ...
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A talk promising to reveal security shortcomings of modern cars’ electronic network systems will be presented at the DefCon 21 hacking conference in Las Vegas next month. To be presented by Twitter security engineer Charlie Miller ...
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Ford and Toyota have announced the end of their planned joint development of a hybrid platform for SUVs and small utes before the project had even begun. Ford and Toyota entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2011, and over ...
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Autonomous cars will start testing on public roads in the UK by the end of 2013 as part of a government plan to reduce traffic congestion in Britain. Planned as part of a £28 billion ($46.4 billion) investment by the Department for ...
The price of the Ford Focus EV car has been cut US$4000 ($4400) – 10 per cent of its former price – in response to sluggish sales. The compact electric vehicle, now listed at US$35,995 ($39,300), struggled to meet initial ...
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Hybrids get great mileage, but some leave their owners disappointed because their window stickers promise better fuel economy than the cars deliver. We analyzed more than 315 cars and compared the results of our own tests with EPA window ...
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Hyundai has no plans to launch the cas a separate entity according to the company’s Chief American designer. Speaking to the Australian media at a tour of the company’s design centre in Irvine, California, Christopher Chapman ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation is celebrating another milestone with global sales of the Toyota Prius surpassing the 3 million-vehicle mark almost 16 years after the model first launched. Spread across the expanded Toyota Prius range, inclusive ...
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Toyota Australia has reported an after-tax profit of $149.1 million for the 2012-2013 financial year ending March 31. The positive fiscal result represents a $181.7 million turnaround from the natural disaster-affected 2011-2012 financial ...
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A Moscow-based luxury taxi start-up is hoping to expand beyond Russia, targeting London as its next destination in a determined, technology-driven business plan. Wheely already operates a fleet of Mercedes around Russia's capital, ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota will recall about 87,000vehicles in the US over a problem with the defective brakes. The recall affects 2010 model year Toyota Prius and the Lexus HS 250h vehicles manufactured between March and October 2009. ...
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A video showing the Toyota FT-HT Yuejia concept has been released, highlighting the MPV’s flexibility and giving us our first look at its interior. Releasedmore than a month after the Toyota FT-HT Yuejia concept car debuted at the ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota is planning to boost the production of lithium ion batteries for deployments in its Prius gasoline-electric hybrid sedan. Currently, Toyota's majority of hybrid vehicles deploy nickel-metal hydride batteries ...
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