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Honda to showcase new connected car and automated driving technologies at 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit; driver-to-driver “virtual tow”

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Honda will showcase several of its latest developments in intelligent transportation technology at the 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit, 7-11 September. Honda also will highlight other latest advancements in “V2X” technologies, including vehicle-to-pedestrian/bicycle (V2P/B) and vehicle-to-motorcycle (V2M).

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Honda to build new plant in Mexico for production of subcompact vehicles, starting in 2014

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HDM), Honda’s production and sales company in Mexico, will build an automobile plant for production of fuel-efficient subcompact vehicles for the Mexican and North American markets. Honda will invest approximately US$800 million to build the plant, which is scheduled to begin operation in 2014. million units in 2014.

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Toyota to deploy 5,000 vehicles with vehicle awareness devices in Ann Arbor; expanding AACVTE

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Begun in 2014, it expands the Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Model Deployment to include 9,000 equipped vehicles—including private automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians—over 27 square miles of equipped infrastructure covering the greater Ann Arbor area.

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Mitsubishi Motors running two new MiEV Evolution III electric racers in Pikes Peak Climb

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will enter two MiEV Evolution III all-electric racecars in the 2014 edition of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (23-29 June). Held annually in Colorado, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is an automobile and motorcycle hill climb.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I spent 33 years in the automobile business, the equivalent of 96 human years. I also worked with senior executives& of well-respected automobile companies who were total sleazebags. I last& heard he was at a luxury car& dealership in Arizona in 2014. & These are their stories. This can lead to problems.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Expects production around 2014.

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