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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FCA US will supply an additional 500 of its Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to Waymo’s self-driving program. Last year, the automobile company delivered 100 modified minivans to Waymo. Production of the 500 minivansi s expected ...
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Honda has invested about $150m to start US production of new 10-speed automatic transmission. Honda launched global production of a new, state-of-the-art 10-speed automatic transmission at Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, LLC (HPPG) in ...
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Production the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has been started at the FCA US Windsor Assembly Plant (Ont.). The launch of the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid marks another milestone for the Windsor plant as it is the first electric vehicle to be ...
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Nissan Motor has introduced driver-assist features that allow its new Serena minivan to manage highway driving on its own. More than 1.5 million Serenas have been sold since it first went on sale in 1991. The new Serena comes equipped ...
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Honda Motor has co-developed the world's first hybrid vehicle motor magnet that uses no heavy rare earth elements. The automaker said the technology, developed with Daido Steel Co, will be used in the next Freed minivan due to go on sale ...
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The all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is poised to deliver durability and reliability as it arrives in dealer showrooms this spring. Thousands of simulated and laboratory tests conducted on Pacifica set the foundation for the regimented ...
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The Ontario government is providing up to $85.8m ($66.5m) in funding to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Canada (FCA Canada) for an expansion of the automaker's minivan assembly plant in Windsor. The funding will support improved research at the ...
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) has started the mass production of its new 2017 Ridgeline pickup truck. The pickup truck is anticipated to go on-sale soon at Honda dealerships nationwide. It will be manufactured in the same ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Google’s Self-Driving Car Project announced a collaboration to work on the development of autonomous vehicles. As part of the collaboration, Google's self-driving technology will be integrated ...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) said that all its future vehicles that include Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems will feature sensor-fusion technology. FCA is one of the 19 automakers who agreed to install automatic emergency ...
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Fiat Chrysler has announced that its 2017 Chrysler Pacifica offers better fuel efficiency with 28-mpg on highways. The company says that it earned this rating from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a benchmark that has been ...
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FCA US announced that the production of the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica at its Windsor (Ont.) Assembly Plant. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica revolutionizes the minivan segment with nearly 40 new minivan firsts designed to offer comfort, ...
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LG Chem has announced that the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivan would be using its lithium-ion battery pack of 16 kWh and controls. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery maker LG Chem announced it will supply the 16-kWh Li-ion battery pack ...
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Ford Chrysler on Thursday said that it has invested $2bn and hired 1200 additional workers at its Windsor assembly plant in Ontario, Canada to produce its next generation minivan, the Pacifica. With this new hiring, Windsor plant will ...