Month: July 2023

California state regulators will review the data protection policies of car manufacturers as part of the state’s efforts on consumer privacy. The audit will focus on connected vehicles that tie in with drivers’ mobile phones to power popular infotainment features — like Apple Inc.’s CarPlay or Alphabet Inc.’s Android Auto. “Modern vehicles are effectively connected
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Companies that make parts for internal combustion engines are facing a harsh future.  Revenues for internal combustion engines, as well as fuel and exhaust systems, are expected to decline 44% through 2027, according to the 2023 Deloitte Automotive Supplier Study. Meanwhile, revenues for electric drivetrains and batteries or fuel cells are expected to rise 245%,
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Lewis Hamilton quoted from “Austin Powers: Goldmember” to poke fun at how dominant Max Verstappen is in Formula One this season. Verstappen breezed to an eighth straight race win at the Belgian Grand Prix, one away from Sebastian Vettel’s record of nine consecutive. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Asked Sunday evening if Verstappen is having it
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Hydrogen fuel cell and battery- electric vehicles are companions, not opponents. The technologies should be considered complementary rather competitive, experts following the transition to a zero-emission future say. While they can overlap, fuel cell and BEVs will mainly fill different transportation niches. Most expect hydrogen to be a replacement in large vehicles, such as heavy-duty
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We get our first look at Lamborghini’s newest and baddest Raging Bull, the Lamborghini LP700-4 Aventador, including a quick sound clip of its amazing new V-12 engine. Read full story here: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/exotic/1102_lamborghini_lp_700_4_aventador/index.html Also find Motor Trend on: Tweets by motor_trend http://facebook.com/MotorTrendMag
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Auto supplier Dana Inc. said net income rose strongly in the second quarter, offset somewhat by currency headwinds, customer demand volatility and supply chain disruptions. The company said in a call with investors Friday that net income climbed $22 million to $30 million in the second quarter, a strong showing but not quite a full
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The emergence of U.S. government industrial policy designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions will push the country’s most polluting and carbon-intensive sectors to hydrogen as their fuel choice. By subsidizing the production of clean hydrogen, the government is encouraging its use by the steel, cement, iron, ammonia, petrochemical and specialty fuel industries. Combined, heavy industry
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 30, 2023, 11:25 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Max Verstappen‘s march towards a third world championship continued at the Belgian Grand Prix with his 10th win of the season, his eighth in a row and a 22.3-second victory margin over
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Once considered a niche environmental play as the automotive industry focused on battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen internal combustion engines have gained renewed attention as a green vehicle technology. A pending European Union regulatory change would classify heavy-duty trucks using the engines — which burn hydrogen to push pistons — as zero-emission vehicles. That
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“Jay Leno’s Garage” has featured a wide variety of cars, but this 1923 McFarlan Model 154 Knickerbocker Cabriolet is truly one of a kind. The car is part of California’s Nethercutt Collection, and Vice President Cameron Richards believes it’s the only surviving example. Originally based in Connersville, Indiana, McFarlan was a carriage builder that moved
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“Humans are terrible drivers,” General Motors’ one-page advertisement in The New York Times and other papers last week claimed. The advertisement for Cruise, a GM-backed autonomous driving startup, argued that while “people cause millions of accidents every year in the U.S. … Cruise driverless cars are designed to save lives.” The advertisement prominently featured the
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WASHINGTON — Consumers will continue have a choice between electric and combustion powertrains for the next several years, but Audi‘s global head of marketing and sales says automakers need much more “edutainment” to salve consumer apprehension about electric vehicles. Hildegard Wortmann visited the U.S. this month as part of the German premium brand co-hosting the
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LOS ANGELES — Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their eager buyers, but the battery technology involved in the zero-emission automobiles is exposing under-prepared maritime shippers to the risk of hard-to-control fires, industry, insurance and emergency response officials said. That risk has been put under the spotlight by the burning car carrier drifting
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Associated Press Jul 29, 2023, 07:03 PM ET ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Wisconsin driver Sam Mayer won on his home-state track for his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, pulling ahead for good in the next-to-last lap of a wild second overtime session Saturday. Mayer won by 0.368 seconds over Parker Kligerman on the sprawling
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