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Deutsche Telekom and Un-Blinking Technologies introduce iCar M2M solution for US car dealers and their customers

Green Car Congress

This allows dealers to maintain an active relationship with their clients on an on-going basis—offering tangible customer benefits from automated reminders for the next oil change, to remote diagnostic information, and a wealth of other location-based services.

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Volkswagen making Car.Software an independent business unit; investing €7B by 2025

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International locations of the software organization include Seattle and Beijing. By 2025, more than 10,000 digital experts in the Car.Software organization will develop software for the vehicle and the digital ecosystems as well as customer-centric functions at dealers.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT and Rally

Clean Fleet Report

We were curious, when invited to Seattle to drive the 2024 Mustang Mach-E, what exactly what we would learn. Beyond the Rally and GT there are two other Mach-E models, Select and Performance Ready for the mud The journalists were treated to a day at DirtFish Rally School , about 30 miles east of Seattle, in Snoqualmie, Wash.

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Shell Project M, 'Clean Diesel' Disclaimer, Scion Says 'No' To Electric Cars: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Shell''s "Project M" seeks to design a fuel-efficient city car, why "clean diesels" may not be quite as clean as the name suggests, and Scion shrugs off hybrids and electric cars. Read about the Seattle Honda dealer that adopted Apple-style sales practices, and why the transition wasn''t easy. Find out.

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Chevrolet electric Camaro concept drag racer: eCOPO with 800V battery pack; electric crate motors

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in 1969, the first purpose-built Camaro drag-racing specialty car was designed to compete in the NHRA Stock Eliminator. The COPO nameplate is a nod to the Central Office Production Order system, which Chevrolet dealers used to build one-of-a-kind high-performance models. Chevrolet estimates quarter-mile times in the 9-second range.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIX)

The Truth About Cars

Arguably more bulbous, less cohesive, and with a trim design that highlighted the many instances where there was less than perfect build quality, the Mark VIII entered its final two years with a new look. And they were front-drive luxury cars according to The Seattle Times. & Lincoln relented and branded the new sedan as LS.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. These stations will be designed to be interoperable with other charging networks, pending agreements with other charging providers. —Supplement to the California ZEV Investment Plan Cycle 1.

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