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Consumer Expectations for Autonomous Vehicles Focus on Safety and Utility

Consumer Expectations for Autonomous Vehicles Focus on Safety and Utility

Forging a Positive Driver-Car Relationship with Self-Driving Vehicles offers AV technology developers a new look at consumer attitudes regarding the idealized autonomous experience, from comfort with various levels of AV-enabled experiences to expectations regarding the likely winners of the AV adoption race. ... Continue reading

BMW i Ventures Funds Made From Air Zero-net Carbon Gasoline Company

BMW i Ventures Funds Made From Air Zero-net Carbon Gasoline Company

First zero-net carbon gasoline that will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. ... Continue reading

Fuel Cells Are Happening - Daimler Establishes New Truck Fuel Cell Company

Fuel Cells Are Happening - Daimler Establishes New Truck Fuel Cell Company

Daimler Truck AG establishes new company Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co. KG – bringing together all of the Group’s fuel cell activities · Dr. ... Continue reading

Fuel Cells Are Happening; R&D Joint Venture for Commercial Vehicle Fuel Cell Systems Established for the Creation of a Hydrogen-based Society in China

Fuel Cells Are Happening; R&D Joint Venture for Commercial Vehicle Fuel Cell Systems Established for the Creation of a Hydrogen-based Society in China

United Fuel Cell System R&D (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (FCRD). FCRD's primary business will be the development of fuel cell systems for commercial vehicles to contribute to the realization of a clean mobility society in China. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Recap - Week Ending June 6, 2020

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Recap - Week Ending June 6, 2020

Last Week: Chinese Virus STILL Affecting Car Production, New Car Introductions, Sales, Future Mobility, Motorsports, Auto Events, Insurance Rebates, MB-F1, Bicycles: UAW Turmoil, Autonomous Car Safety Fairy-tale, VW Dieselgate, VW Invests In China AI, Ford Turns Up Heat On Covid; Nissan Recall, Drive-in Resurgence, 202 ... Continue reading

Coalition Urges Support EV Charging Private Investment

Coalition Urges Support EV Charging Private Investment

ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 5, 2020; The best way to increase proliferation of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure throughout the United States is through private sector investment by businesses that currently serve the motoring public, according to a coalition representing cities and communities across America and ... Continue reading

Nutsons' Weekly Automotive News Digest - May 24 - May 31, 2020

Nutsons' Weekly Automotive News Digest - May 24 - May 31, 2020

This Week: Small Cars Kill IIHS Report; Chinese Virus STILL Affecting Car Production; New Normal - This Weeks Virtual Vehicle Press Intros: Ford Edge ST Line, MINI Countryman; Acura TLX, Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe and Convertible; Ford Mustang MACH 1 Revealed; New Aston Martin ... Continue reading

Take a "RoadTrip" with The Auto Channel

Take a "RoadTrip" with The Auto Channel

An archive of RoadTrip programs ... Continue reading

IIHS: Small Cars Kill - Are Higher MPG And A Smaller Monthly Payment Worth Your Family's Lives?

IIHS: Small Cars Kill - Are Higher MPG And A Smaller Monthly Payment Worth Your Family's Lives?

Driver death rates are highest in small cars and minicars which accounted for 15 of the 20 models with the highest death rates for model year 2017, while nearly half of the 20 models with the lowest death rates were luxury SUVs. ... Continue reading

First Time In 100 Years U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption Surpasses Coal

First Time In 100 Years U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption Surpasses Coal

In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation ... Continue reading

Packing Heat: Ford Turns Up The Heat (To Beyond 133 Degrees Fahrenheit) In Police Cruisers To Neutralize Wuhan Virus

Packing Heat: Ford Turns Up The Heat (To Beyond 133 Degrees Fahrenheit) In Police Cruisers To Neutralize Wuhan Virus

Ford has designed a new heat software enhancement to pilot with its Police Interceptor Utility – one that law enforcement agencies across the country can utilize to help reduce the footprint of the COVID-19 virus. ... Continue reading

Using E10 (and E15) in Your Boat - A Lesson Learned

Using E10 (and E15) in Your Boat - A Lesson Learned

Back in May, Paul Driessen wrote an anti-ethanol editorial for the Foundation for Economic Education website titled "Ethanol Is a Never-Ending Gravy Train for Corn Farmers and Ethanol Producers. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - Week Ending May 23, 2020

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - Week Ending May 23, 2020

* Important or pithy automotive news, Opinion and back stories in expert-created easy to digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

TACH Automotive News Library Indexed By Single Topics (1993-2023)

TACH Automotive News Library Indexed By Single Topics (1993-2023)

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