Audi TT S Coupé customers in the UK can now test drive the car using Samsung Gear VR headset powered by Oculus technology without entering into the vehicle, as part of a partnership with Samsung. As part of the deal, the South ...
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Visteon Corporation has completed the sale of its interiors operations in India to Reydel Automotive Holdings B.V. The transaction is part of the previously announced divestiture of the majority of Visteon's interiors business to Reydel. ...
BMW is planning to unveil a BMW 3 Series plug-in hybrid prototype along with the next generation hybrid vehicle concepts incorporating technologies used in BMW i models in Miramas, France. The plug-in hybrid models are expected to feature ...
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BMW has unveiled 220d and 225i Active Tourer models with xDrive technology, debuting the technology on a front-wheel drive vehicle with transversally installed engines. The xDrive technology is designed to provide enhanced cornering ...
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Mercedes-Benz has announced that it is expanding its Sprinter based driver assistance systems to campers vans. The technology includes lane keeping assist, blind spot assist, highbeam assist, collision prevention assist and Crosswind ...
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Honda has started selling its Grace hybrid compact sedan in Japan which is designed to provide enhanced fuel economy. The car is powered by Honda's SPORT HYBRID i-DCD (intelligent Dual Clutch Driv) motor which combines a 1.5L Atkinson ...
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Raytheon UK’s semiconductor business unit in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK has been selected by a “leading automotive manufacturer” to develop a silicon carbide (SiC)-based metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor ...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 200,000th electric vehicle and has a leading 58% market share for zero-emission cars. Together, Renault and Nissan EVs have driven approximately 4 billion zero-emission kilometers - enough to ...
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Toyota Motor has announced recall of around 57,000 vehicles worldwide, to replace the potentially failed Takata's air bag inflators. Since 2008, over 16 million vehicles have been recalled by several car manufacturers due to problems ...
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Toyota Motor will add new adaptive high beam technology to its vehicles that enables more precise control of light distribution through independent LED control. The new LED Array Adaptive High Beam System (LED Array AHS) uses multiple ...
Toyota Motor is set to introduce a newly-developed set of active safety technologies designed to help prevent or mitigate collisions across a range of vehicle speeds from 2015. Offered in the form of two 'Toyota Safety Sense' packages, ...
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ZAP (ZAAP), an Electric Vehicle (EV) automotive company incorporated in California Bay Area, and Jonway Auto are exhibiting the URBEE at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Los Angeles Auto Show is from November 21st to November 30th this ...
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Hyundai will launch its Tuscon hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in Canada in 2015 but only in Vancouver. The car will be made available on a three-year lease for $3,600 deposit and $599 a month. Fuel supply and vehicle ...
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Mercedes-Benz has launched the updated version of B-Class Sports Tourer. "For the best of what's coming up" - so says the advertising slogan for the new B-Class. The market launch of the new model will shortly no longer be one of the ...
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National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) chief executive Sal Petroccitto and the recently elected president of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) Mayor Troy Pickard have committed to supporting local governments in their role ...
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