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Audi staging 550-mile piloted drive from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas for CES in Audi A7 Sportback concept

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Audi is staging a 550-mile (885 km) piloted drive from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas, Nevada for CES this week using the Audi A7 Sportback piloted driving concept car. The concept relieves the driver of driving duties from 0 to 70 mph (113 km/h). Earlier post.) The car can initiate lane changes and passing maneuvers.

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The Boring Company opens registrations to test ride the LVCC Loop

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The Boring Company has opened registrations for volunteers who want to test ride the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop. The Boring Company will be conducting a Vegas Loop Capacity Test with the volunteers. Drivers will operate the cars, but there are plans to run the Teslas autonomously in the future.

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Airless tires look like the future for robotaxis, EVs, and more

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But the top tire-maker in the world sees the future as completely airless. “We are convinced at Michelin that airless is the future technology that is necessary for many reasons,” Cyrille Roget, the company’s director of scientific and technical communications, said to Green Car Reports at a recent event that emphasized sustainability and EVs.

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The Boring Company’s LVCC Loop demo runs are seeds of an upcoming disruption

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The first rides of The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Convention Center Loop have been shared online. One such video shared by Las Vegas-based @themelissavegas showed a demo run in a Tesla Model Y. One such video shared by Las Vegas-based @themelissavegas showed a demo run in a Tesla Model Y.

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Horwin makes US electric motorbike debut – but at a price

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Horwin’s flashy flagship electric motorbike, the SENMENTI 0 production model, has just made its US debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 74 kW (100 hp) electric motor is powerful enough to offer a 0-60 mph time of just 2.8 That big battery helps dump some serious power into the drivetrain, too.

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BMW previews future driver assistance and connected vehicle developments at CES, including more automated driving

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BMW selected the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 in Las Vegas as a venue at which to preview future developments and new applications of connected vehicle technology for series-produced vehicles. The Traffic Jam Assistant operates at speeds from 0 to 40 km/h (25 mph) and offers optimal support in dense highway traffic.

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Audi unveils AI:ME self-driving EV concept at Shanghai

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mph) and will often have to remain mobile for hours at a time without charging. With Audi AI, models will be both intelligent and empathetic in the future. Audi demonstrated the possibilities that await us in the future with the Holoride system at the CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Automated driving at level 4.

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