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Good news for Google: Nevada approves self-driving car regulations
We’re one step closer to widespread availability of self-driving cars — at least, if you live in Nevada. The state passed regulations for self-driving cars today that were approved by insurance...
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Flying cars are real, and you can join the pre-order list now
Terrafugia, a Massachusetts company that’s making our dreams of flying cars a reality, has already taken 100 pre-orders for its second-generation flagship model The Transition. We’ll take two. The...
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Ford’s first all-electric car, the Focus Electric, gives a taste of the...
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Ford is in the process of making big changes to its overall strategy, and its first all-electric car, the Focus Electric, helps show how...
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Microchip Tech bets on car chips with $939M Standard Microsystems buy
Semiconductor maker Microchip Technology will acquire smaller rival Standard Microsystems for about $939 million, a move that will help Microchip enter the car tech market, the company said Thursday....
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Ford unveils “overclocked” turbocharger in 2013 Focus ST
Similar to the way that hardcore PC enthusiasts overclock their CPUs to squeeze out extra performance, Ford is preparing a car with an “overclocked” turbocharger. The 2013 Ford Focus ST will have a...
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Electric cars equal $1 a gallon gas for life + $1,200 cash a year
Car buyers are notoriously fond of focusing only on the purchase price of new vehicles, without much thinking about the total cost of ownership. For electric cars that may cost twice or more what a...
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Spotlight on hybrids: 4 of top 6 Le Mans contenders are hybrid race cars
[ UPDATED ] Sorry, NASCAR fans. Probably the most important motorsport event in the world is 24 Hours of Le Mans. It’s the world’s oldest continually-running car race, and somewhat surprisingly this...
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Tesla now building 10 Model S cars per week
Tesla likes to do things its own way. So while the company still refuses to report sales in the usual manner–at the end of every month like every other automaker–it does release bits and pieces of...
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Ford’s new hybrid Fusion inches close to the Prius with 47MPG fuel rating
NEW YORK — There’s a lot riding on Ford’s new Fusion sedan: Not only does the company need to reclaim lost mid-size market share from the likes of Toyota and Honda, but it also needs to prove that it...
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California passes law paving the way for driverless cars
California just added its name to the list of states allowing driverless cars to operate on public roads — and inadvertently made David Hasselhoff’s work on Knight Rider a bit more relevant to future...
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Tata Nano: The $3,500 car with 37 HP and a 4-gallon gas tank is coming to the...
The Tata Nano has never really taken off in India. Perhaps that’s because it’s perfect for the U.S. market. If so, however, Americans will have to warm up to a 4-seater bubble of a car with a 15-liter...
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Hacker checks open government data: Do police officers have quotas for...
We’ve likely all wondered, sometimes sourly as the officer is writing us up for yet another speeding violation, whether police officers have quotas for how many traffic tickets they issue. After all,...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk wades into fight with auto dealers
Tesla Motors is facing a formidable opponent it may not have sufficiently appreciated: the auto dealers of America, and their state associations. Tesla, you may remember, is selling its electric cars...
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Come on baby, do the Local Motion
The US is home to more than 250 million registered passenger vehicles, making it the largest market for cars and trucks in the world. Of these vehicles, how many are under-used? Left to wallow in dark...
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iPad mini is already popping up in car dashboards (video)
A day after Apple’s new iPad mini tablets hit retail shelves, people are already starting to do creative things with it. For example, the guys over at Soundman (who also do the Amplified web show on...
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U.S. government asks citizens how they feel about requiring black boxes in cars
Come 2013, the federal government may require cars manufacturers to install black boxes, the event data recorders that store information about your driving, into every vehicle made for sale. The...
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Google Maps & Places come to Kia cars in 2013
Kia Motors has signed a new agreement with Google that brings the search giant’s Maps and Places web services to its in-dash navigation system, the auto maker announced today. The Google services will...
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Cisco and NXP encourage car communication to make driving safer
Auto fatalities are on the decline in America. This trend is tied to advancements in car safety features like sensors, adaptive braking, notification systems, and visibility aids, but according to...
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Let the driverless race begin: Toyota and Audi prep self-driving cars for CES
For more stories from the Consumer Electronic Show 2013, see VentureBeat's full coverage of CES 2013. Not content to let Google receive all the hype for self-driving cars, both Toyota and Audi are...
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Pandora pumps up the volume on its automotive strategy with new Chrysler deal
Pandora announced a new agreement today that will put its streaming music service into automobile maker Chrysler’s line of vehicles, it announced today at the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show. While...
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