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Acura reveals Gen2 autonomous driving development vehicle

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Acura revealed its second-generation autonomous driving development vehicle in California, a modified version of the RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD luxury performance sedan. The development vehicle is designed to achieve high reliability by fusing overlapping information together from various sensors—i.e., sensor fusion.

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This year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb will see its first all-electric pace car: The Acura ZDX Type S

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The Acura ZDX Type S will lead the annual 12.42-mile It has become a prominent race for automakers to showcase their best performance vehicles. While there will be more EVs than ever competing at Pikes Peak 2024, this year will mark the first time an all-electric vehicle will lead the climb as the pace car.

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Acura ZDX will get Google Constructed In

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Because the advent of the automaker’s first new-era electrical crossovers attracts related with the Honda Prologue and the Acura ZDX, the corporate is simply as fascinated by digitizing the person revel in as it’s on launching its first two aggressive zero-emission cars.

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Honda piloting new road condition monitoring system to enhance safety

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Honda Research Institute USA is conducting a pilot program in Ohio to evaluate a system that uses GPS coordinates and sensors such as cameras to collect real-time road condition information that can be shared with road operators. Maintaining good road conditions helps keep everyone sharing the road safe.

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Tesla Now Selling More Vehicles In USA Than Lexus, Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, & Many Others

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I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course). I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left the topic of US EV […].

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Honda to offer three hybrid systems; new fuel cell vehicles for US, Japan, Europe in 2015

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First, Honda will further develop its lightweight and compact one-motor hybrid system (IMA) with the aim of achieving leading fuel economy among all hybrid vehicles. Honda is also developing a new more powerful two-motor hybrid system for mid-size vehicles. This model will be introduced to Japan, USA and Europe. Earlier post.).

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

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announced that its cumulative worldwide sales of hybrid vehicles surpassed 1 million units as of the end of September 2012. 15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles. hybrid vehicle sales. Acura ILX Hybrid (USA, Canada only).

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