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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

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At CES, Volkswagen announced it would begin offering a version of ChatGPT in its cars later this year, the result of a partnership with Cerence, a U.S. The transition to software-dominated cars is challenging. Digital technology companies often test technology on customers before it is ready for sale. software developer.

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IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises again in 2019 to 11.8 years

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This represents one of the highest annual increases the US auto industry has seen since IHS Markit began tracking VIO growth—second only to the 2.3% From 2018-2019, the average age of passenger cars increased 2.2% million (2.2%) since 2018. growth in 2016. is also increasing at different rates across vehicle segments.

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IHS: average age of vehicles on the road in US steady at 11.4 years; scrappage rate declining

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The average age is in line with the trend shift first seen in 2013, in which the combined fleet of cars and light trucks on the road is older than ever. New analysis, however, indicates the average age of light trucks has increased in the past year to the same age as passenger cars, both at 11.4

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IHS Markit: average age of light cars and trucks in US rises again in 2016 to 11.6 years; record number in operation

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years, according to IHS Markit, a provider of business information and analysis for the global automotive industry. Registrations for light VIO, including cars and light trucks (SUVs/CUVs as well) in the US also reached a record level of more than 264 million—an increase of more than 6.2 million (2.4%) since last year.

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Multi-nation survey reports consumers want electric cars. Now.

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There are no cars for sale. Consumers would be buying now if there were products,” says Gregor Matthies, a Munich-based partner at Bain who specializes in the auto industry. For years BMW disparaged electric cars, and poured money into liquid hydrogen ICE vehicles and promoted them ad nauseum. The only problem?

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Personal: One in a Million

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In fact, it might not even be possible for the auto industry to produce that many EVs, although the rate of expansion is dizzying. The cars Californians choose set the tone for EV sales for 2021. Here’s the top 10 and their sales (and links to our latest reviews/news): Tesla Model 3 EV – 67,262. Behind the Numbers.

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At Home with Bob Lutz

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The Lutz farm boasts not one but two garages for his collector cars, a couple of barns for the horses, a collection of dogs and a pair of swans who had just hatched their cygnets (I wouldn’t have known what to call them, but Bob delighted in stumping our entire crew). It was a nice way to spend a morning.

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