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Tesla to charge for 'premium' internet on new cars starting from July 1st
Tesla to charge for 'premium' internet Since its inception, Tesla has offered cellular data access in its cars, and since 2014 they have indicated that they would begin charging for the service in 2018. Four years later, that moment is now at hand. An internal Tesla sales team email has indicated that Tesla is launching a paid Premium Connectivity package...
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Ford to pull out of 2019 Geneva International Motor Show
Ford will not attend the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show Ford is pulling out of next years 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. They are not the first to pull out of the iconic car show as they will join Volvo in skipping the annual event that marks the start of Europe's show calendar. The giant car manufacturer said the decision...
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Global Transportation to Change and Change Utterly
Global Transportation set to Change The global transportation economy and landscape is totally changing and within 15 years virtually all vehicular traffic will be by autonomous electric vehicles (A-EVs). This will inevitably and fundamentally change how society works and thankfully, largely for the better. EV’s are cheaper. Period, which means we are going to use them and this transition won’t...
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South Korean cars rank top in quality in the United States
An annual study of new car quality in the United States has revealed that the Genesis, Kia and Hyundai brands outdone Porsche to take the top three spots in J.D. Power's closely watched annual study. Hyundai's luxury line, Genesis, ranked No. 1, with 68 problems reported per 100 vehicles, with Kia and Hyundai trailing closely behind. The Initial Quality Study...
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WATCH: Driver crashes Ferrari 458 Italia minutes after renting the expensive supercar
A combination of bad fortune and poor weather led this driver to crash a Ferrari 458 Italia supercar, just minutes after renting it. The incident took place in the city of Wenling in China and shows the exotic sports car going out of control, slipping and sliding across the road before hitting a guardrail median and colliding with an oncoming...
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Italy Wants to Put a Million Electric Cars on the Road
Italy has the most sluggish market for electric cars in the whole of Europe and to catch up with the emerging EV market, they are rolling out an ambitious plan to put 1 million electric vehicles on Italy’s roads. It is estimated that cost of the plan will cost the state almost €10 billion in incentives. The incentives that are...
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Car investment slumps as Brexit uncertainty strikes the industry
According to some of the latest figures from the motoring industry in Britain, Investment in has fallen by half since Brexit preparations began. The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) in the UK said that Brexit uncertainty was "thwarting" decisions by all the biggest car manufacturers to invest more money into their UK factories. In the first half of...
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Saudi women celebrate as driving ban is finally lifted!
Saudi women celebrate as driving ban is finally lifted Saudi women are celebrating this week as the driving ban for women has been lifted. One Saudi lady exclaimed, 'I feel free like a bird'. Up until September 2017, Saudi Arabia was astonishingly the only country in the world where women were forbidden to drive cars. The women to drive movement...
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Ford and Volkswagen consider an alliance
The American and German car manufacturing giants, Ford and Volkswagen are considering entering into an Alliance. The traditional automakers have been increasingly facing pressure in recent years from changed driving habits and especially in the past few years with the swift development of technology and emerging rivals from Silicon Valley. Manufacturers are concerned that they will be overtaken by the...
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Saboteur discovered in Tesla
Elon Musk has emailed all Tesla employees last Sunday night about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by an employee It is alleged that this employee tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorisation. At the moment, Tesla is laying off employees as part of its profitability drive. Last week, Tesla announced a broad restructuring, slashing at least...