Google’s self-driving subsidiary Waymo is retiring its prototype autonomous vehicle, dubbed Firefly. The Firefly vehicle, which has no wheel and pedals, was developed as a platform to experiment and learn, but not for mass ...
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A car using driverless technology built by Apple has been snapped driving around California, according to a new report. Bloomberg has published an article showcasing photos of a Lexus RX450h SUV being driven on Californian roads. The ...
Reneas Electronics has developed a system that offers 360-degree vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications and is expected to identify applications related to autonomous driving. The company announced the global ...
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Lexus has announced that the 2016 Lexus RX crossovers are set to make their market debut this month after the vehicles made their public debut earlier this year. The automaker said that it has made improvements to the sheering's feel and ...
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French tire firm Michelin has made available its Premier LTX tire with EverGrip technology for light trucks, SUVs and crossovers at more than 10,000 authorized dealer locations in North America. The tires, available in 47 sizes from ...
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Faulty software in Toyota's popular Prius hybrids has forced the Japanese automaker to recall 1.9 million of such vehicles worldwide. The huge recall—representing more than half of all Prius cars ever sold—shows how Toyota has ...
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Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced its plans to voluntarily recall 960,000 vehicles in the US to address two separate software issues. Of the total, 700,000 are Prius vehicles of model year 2010-2014, while the remaining 260,000 are ...
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Toyota Motor Sales USA has issued two voluntary safety recalls for 235,000 vehicles of its Highlander and Lexus brands. About 133,000 MY 2006-2010 Highlander Hybrid and MY 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h vehicles, and approximately 102,000 MY ...
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Lexus has teased a new concept car due to premiere at next month’s Frankfurt motor show, with expectation leaning towards it being the forthcoming NX compact SUV. Attached to a brief release, the single teaser image shows very ...
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The first images of the new Toyota Harrier have been released, potentially hinting at the styling of the next-generation Lexus RX. Due to debut at November’s Tokyo motor show and go on sale exclusively in Japan by the end of 2013, ...
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A brand-new hybrid-powered compact SUV from Lexus is to be unveiled at next year’s Geneva motor show, according to a report. Industry journal Automotive News reports that the new compact hybrid Lexus will be based on the recently ...
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The past few years have shown dramatic fuel economy improvements in all types of cars in our testing. Rather than exotic technology, such as hybrids and vehicle electrification, most of the improvements have come the old-fashioned way: ...
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The Audi Q5 retained its title of Australia’s most popular luxury SUV but it was another narrow margin of victory. Audi’s mid-sized SUV grew only 1 per cent year on year to 2830 sales but it was sufficient to thwart the ...
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Lexus, a luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota, has launched the upgraded RX crossover in Malaysia. According to the carmaker, the new crossover is offered in four variants which include RX 270, the RX 350, the RX 350 F ...
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) is planning to invest more than $100m at its Cambridge, Ontario facility to increase the production of Lexus RX. As per the plan, the carmaker will hire 400 emplyees and increase the production ...
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