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General Motors introduces omnichannel used car marketplace CarBravo

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Customers can receive guaranteed online offers, from the industry standard Black Book, to buy their vehicles even if they do not purchase a vehicle through CarBravo.

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Tesla quietly launches digital in-car Owner’s Manual

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The easily accessible owner’s manual feature will now allow drivers to access their vehicle’s book straight from the center touch screen, instead of having to pull out the physical copy from their glove compartment. Get to Know Your Tesla will give answers to popular topics involving features, functionality, and maintenance.

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Tesla wins Kelley Blue Book’s 2023 5-year Cost to Own Award for premium EVs

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Consumers are well aware that vehicle ownership involves not only the purchase price of cars but also the vehicle’s total cost of ownership. This includes everything from fuel to maintenance, insurance, and a car’s depreciation. Other notable electric vehicles also won spots in Kelley Blue Book’s awards.

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Eni launches its car sharing service “Enjoy” in Rome

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Enjoy, the car sharing service that Italy-based energy major Eni developed in partnership with Fiat and Trenitalia, will start operating in Rome tomorrow with a fleet of more than 300 Fiat 500 cars which will increase to 600 by September 2014. Drivers can also choose a car from the street, book it and use it immediately.

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Aurora enters long-term, global, strategic collaboration with Toyota and Denso for self-driving cars at scale

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Autonomous driving software company Aurora has entered a long-term, global, and strategic collaboration with Toyota and Denso, one of the largest global manufacturers and tier-one automotive suppliers, respectively, to build and globally deploy self-driving cars at scale. —Chris Urmson, Aurora CEO.

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Mercedes-Benz and Bosch showcase automated valet parking with EQS at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel

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The demonstration also highlights possibilities for additional services such as automated EV charging, car wash and vehicle servicing or maintenance where vehicles move in and out of service areas guided by the intelligent infrastructure.

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GS Yuasa books $30M in extraordinary losses for faulty batteries in Mitsubishi PEVs

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s recall of defective batteries used in its plug-in hybrids and electric cars (PEVs). Replacement and maintenance demand for the aircraft batteries is expected to get into full swing in fiscal 2016 and beyond. The Nikkei reported that GS Yuasa Corp. Earlier post.).