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Retro Styling Kit Appears for the Toyota Tacoma

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The new kit is made solely for the American market, which makes sense since the Tacoma can be in short supply in Japan compared to Jacksonville. Given the prices those things tend to command, especially in the SoCal market, it’s not entirely clear how much the kit itself costs. Image: Flex] Become a TTAC insider.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

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Ford launched a $50,000 challenge for software developers to write innovative apps to help consumers better understand and improve their personal fuel efficiency. Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge.

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Stellantis acquires AI tech of CloudMade to boost software strategy

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According to the legacy automaker, CloudMade’s AI-powered framework with integrated graphical interfaces is an industry-leading cloud and software development kit for collecting and analyzing automotive data sets. The company planned to build a software center in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

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Chevrolet previews Spark EV Tech Performance concept, other performance concepts including Cruze Diesel for SEMA

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The Spark EV Tech Performance concept builds on Spark EV’s performance with a unique power-delivery algorithm that enhances acceleration. Features include: A Stage Kit, cold-air induction and a high-flow exhaust system allow the 1.4L A Personalization Sonic concept puts a larger emphasis on personalization. Earlier post.)

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Golf Cart for Electric Kit Car

Electric Cars are for Girls

Is there any 8-person golf cart which can go at least 50 mph, so you can use all the parts and build an electric kit car?

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35 Years Ago, Researchers Used Brain Waves to Control a Robot

Cars That Think

The three researchers used a Movit Line Tracer II robot they built from a kit from Japanese appliance shop Elehobby, now called Elekit. The frequency increases when a person is relaxed and not moving. The Laboratory of Intelligent Machines and Bioinformation Systems, where the Milestone was achieved, is in the building.

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Honda offers customers chance to build their own Fit

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It takes a special kind of person to want to build a car themselves at home. Now Honda is taking the kit car-building spirit to a new level; launching the first ever production car you can build yourself. Taking its popular supermini Fit model (known as the Jazz in the UK), Honda is now offering t[.].

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