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Tesla Autopilot safety, 2017 Honda CR-V, Formula E relevance: Today's Car News

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Today, we take a closer look at the statistics used by Tesla CEO Elon Musk to defend the carmaker's Autopilot system, survey the upgraded 2017 Honda CR-V crossover, and look at how Formula E electric-car racing could make road cars better. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Porsche Taycan outsells all ICE cars in Norway, EVs take 83.7% market share in Jan.

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The Taycan outsold fossil-fueled vehicles like the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic. OFV noted that the lack of boatloads affected its statistics, as shown by Tesla’s sharp drop in registrations in January. More Porsche Taycans were sold in Norway than internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars in January 2022.

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Tesla sales grew 63% year-over-year in September

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Honda is once again the fastest shrinking automaker in US sales, down -15.3% TrueCar doesn’t publish EV-specific statistics, but with Tesla’s continued sales rise in September, U.S. Tesla follows in second place for sales growth, while Volkswagen takes third, growing sales by 31.9% Credit: TrueCar. year over year.

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Honda, ATR and Shimadzu Jointly Develop Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interface Technology Enabling Control of a Robot by Human Thought Alone

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The test process for Honda’s Brain-Machine Interface technology including conceptual diagram of the brain activity measuring device, example of obtained data, and example of distinguishing results. Honda Research Institute Japan Co., HRI-JP), a subsidiary of Honda R&D Co., Click to enlarge.

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Tesla Autopilot NHTSA probe moves forward, will be compared with OEM systems

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The documents were letters sent to automakers BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Setllantis, Kia, Volkswagen, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, and Subaru. The most recently posted data shows statistics from Q1 2021 and indicates that Tesla vehicles were driven 4.19 Credit: Tesla.

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NREL study probes emissions impact of butanol-gasoline blends in light-duty vehicles

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They tested these fuels in a 2009 Honda Odyssey (a Tier 2 Bin 5 vehicle) over triplicate LA92 cycles, and determined emissions of oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, non-methane organic gases (NMOG), unburned alcohols, carbonyls, and C 1 ?C C 8 hydrocarbons (particularly 1,3-butadiene and benzene).

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Honda begins production of natural gas vehicles

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Honda Manufacturing in Indiana has begun production of the 2009 Civic GX, which is the only natural gas vehicle built by a major automaker in the USA. Its fuel economy statistics are 24mpg in city driving and 36mpg on the highway. It develops 109lb-ft of torque at 4,300rpm and has an average range of more than 220 miles.

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