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2020 Detroit Auto Show cancels amid COVID-19 pandemic; expected conversion of TCF Center to field hospital

Green Car Congress

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will cancel its June 2020 show in Detroit in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping across the world and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s expected plans to repurpose TCF Center into a temporary field hospital. NAIAS will hold its next annual show in June 2021.

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Shanghai auto show: Here's what you can expect from NIO

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NIO revealed 9 highlights of what it will be sharing at the event on the eve of the Shanghai auto show. | NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG NIO (NYSE: NIO) has announced on the eve of the Shanghai auto show what it will share at the event, showing what you can expect. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Opinion: GM Shouldn’t Kill Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

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General Motors announced its intention to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on its upcoming EVs earlier this year. Tim Babbitt, GM's head of product for infotainment, said the following to MT: “CarPlay and Android Auto have stability issues that manifest themselves as bad connections, poor rendering, slow responses, and dropped connections.

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EV Standouts at the 2021 LA Auto Show

EV Match

Below is an overview of the November 2021 LA auto show, where electric vehicles (EVs) stole the spotlight! It’s an awesome conversation starter, as well as the chariot that transports me and my family to work, school, playdates, and everything in between. Photo courtesty of dot.LA. What concept EV are you most excited about?

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Toyota Launching G Sports Conversion Series; Includes Hybrids

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Toyota plans to begin a gradual rollout in Japan in mid-2010 of its newly developed “G Sports” (G) sports conversion car series. TMC has directly designed this sports conversion series, instead of the conventional approach of outsourcing development to a customization firm. Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 Prius G Sports Concept.

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Day not far when India becomes global semiconductor hub: PM Modi – ET Auto

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There is a whole range of sectors which need chips,” Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said on the sidelines of the event. When you create these big investments, what you also do is bring ecosystem players such as water treatment, gases and very precision industries,” Chandrasekhar said in a telephonic conversation.

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See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, all April

Baua Electric

It’s that time of year again, time for events across the country to show off electric vehicles at Drive Electric Earth Month. It started as Drive Electric Earth Day , but since not every event can happen on the same day, they went ahead and extended it to encompass “Earth Month” events that happen across the month of April.