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2023 Honda Accord features fourth-generation two-motor hybrid system; hybrids to account for 50% of sales

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The 11 th -generation 2023 Honda Accord will feature an available fourth-generation two-motor hybrid-electric system that’s more responsive for a sporty, exhilarating driving experience. With up to 247 lb-ft (335 N·m) of torque from Honda’s new 4th-generation two-motor hybrid system, the 2023 Accord hybrids are the most powerful ever.

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Kia Motors integrating Google Maps into 2nd-generation UVO eServices telematics system

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Kia Motors America (KMA) will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker’s UVO (“Your Voice”) eServices telematics system, introduced in November 2012 at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Acura ZDX will get Google Constructed In

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American Honda Motor Co.’s 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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GM and Qualcomm extend relationship; next-gen digital cockpit, telematics and advanced driver assistance systems

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and General Motors (GM) announced their continued relationship to deliver digital cockpits, next-generation telematics systems and future advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to upcoming vehicles. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Honda begins deliveries of 2013 Fit EV; first unit to City of Torrance

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Equipped with a 20 kWh lithium-ion battery and 92 kW coaxial electric motor, the Fit EV battery can be fully recharged in as little as 3 hours when connected to a 240-volt circuit. As part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program, Honda will test the Fit EV with Google Inc.

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GM hires Apple cloud services and products exec Mike Abbott to supremacy application group

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Basic Motors stated Tuesday that it has rented Mike Abbott, who led cloud services and products at Apple Inc., Abbott’s rent comes in a while then GM stated its after electrical automobiles would no longer do business in Apple CarPlay or Android Auto smartphone connectivity. to be its government vp of application.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

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One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. 3.3), as did Apple Siri (3.4,

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