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Google teaching autonomous vehicles to share road safely with cyclists

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In the latest monthly report on its autonomous driving project, Google engineers outlined some of the steps they are taking to teach their self-driving cars to share the road safely with cyclists. Google currently has 24 Lexus RX450h SUVs and 34 prototype vehicles on the road with autonomous driving capability. Click to enlarge.

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Infiniti reimagines luxury SUVs with new three-row QX80 | Autocar Professional

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Nissan Motor Co’s luxury vehicle division Infiniti has revealed the all-new, three-row, 2025 Infiniti QX80, aiming to reset the full-size luxury SUV benchmark. The latest Infiniti in Touch system comes with Google built in so that Google Maps, Google Play, and Google Assistant are the latest available.

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Updated Audi Q7 SUV has 48V MHEV as standard, new PHEV option

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Audi’s updated Q7 SUV will have the company’s 48V mild-hybrid system (MHEV) as standard. The latter ranges from traffic information online, navigation with Google Earth, to the hybrid radio. The same applies to the Car-to-X service traffic light information, which is being rolled out in stages in selected European cities.

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Volvo C40 Recharge EV coming to US with $58,750 MSRP

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This newest addition to the Volvo electric line-up has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design. The Volvo C40 Recharge pure electric will start at an MSRP of $58,750 in the United States before tax credits.

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Renault Rafale midsize SUV to have as much as 300 hp, four wheel drive

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Its 4 settings – together with the power to darken best a part of it — will also be voice-controlled by way of Google Colleague. Pulsing lighting fixtures are embedded within the headrest, with their colour indistinguishable the ambient inner lights. Entrance seats are upholstered in 61 p.c

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First drive in the Maserati Grecale Folgore SUV: Italian luxury is going all-electric and we love it

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Italian luxury automaker Maserati is now entering its fourth year of its 100% electric strategy and sits on the precipice of launching its second BEV model – the Grecale Folgore SUV. As the Grecale Folgore approaches the start of sales soon, Maserati invited media out to its native Italy to test out the SUV first-hand.

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

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Cadillac’s Subcompact SUV The 2024 Cadillac XT4 is smack dab in the heat of the subcompact premium/luxury SUV category. It is the third best-selling SUV for Cadillac, coming in behind the larger Escalade and XT5, but ahead of the XT6 and Lyriq EV. All of them outsell the Cadillac luxury sedans. Let’s take a look.