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Cadillac teases new Opulent Velocity performance EV concept, is it too little too late?

Baua Electric

A more affordable Blazer EV is set to debut later this year. GM expects the Equinox EV to be “the most affordable” in its segment with up to 319 miles range. The teaser comes 20 years after the first V-Series model was launched at the Sebring International Raceway in March 2004.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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Mobileye unveils Gen4 system-on-chip EyeQ4; visual processing for ADAS and automated driving; design win for 2018

Green Car Congress

To reach affordable high-end functionality for autonomous driving requires a computing infrastructure capable of processing many cameras simultaneously while extracting from each camera high-level meaning such as location of multiple types of objects, lanes and drivable path information. million vehicles.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.)

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