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Driving Dystopia: Eight Automakers Accused of Lying About Customer Data Protections

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The brands stated during a congressional inquiry that they would provide information to government officials upon their request, despite having previously signed onto the Consumer Privacy Protection Principles in 2014 where they vowed only to hand over customer data when given a formal court order or search warrant.

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Fiat Revives 500e As Limited Edition Luxury Item

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You might recall the little electric as the model the late Sergio Marchionne begged Americans not to buy back when Stellantis was still Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. If you are considering buying a 500e I hope you don't buy it, because every time I sell one it costs me $14,000,” Marchionne said in 2014.

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Top Vehicles for Ungrateful Whelps

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Several schools of thought exist about buying a set of wheels for a teenager or new driver. Try the Mazda 3 sedan or hatchback, specifically model years 2014 to 2020, since there should be ample choices under ten grand. Same goes for a Subaru Legacy from the mid-2010s.

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Volvo Ending Sedan/Wagon Sales in UK, Could North America Be Next?

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With the exception of 2022, this resulted in an overall increase in annual sales every year since 2014. Someone who wasn’t totally committed to buying an S90 or S60 could be satisfied with an XC-badged equivalent. Meanwhile, its SUV and crossover volumes have effectively doubled within the same period.

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

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The certification issue looms as a major unknown over the entire eVTOL enterprise, at least in the United States, because, as the blog Jetlaw.com noted last August , “the FAA has no clear timeline or direction on when it will finalize a permanent certification process for eVTOL.”. So who might buy it?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And by 2014, you could drive a Tesla cross-country and built into that car's navigation system is what I described earlier the ability to say "Take me from where I am now to this destination. Now it's much simpler, but if you buy Apple stuff, it all works together. But it's a bigger challenge if you are outside of the Tesla ecosystem.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And by 2014, you could drive a Tesla cross-country and built into that car's navigation system is what I described earlier the ability to say "Take me from where I am now to this destination. Now it's much simpler, but if you buy Apple stuff, it all works together. But it's a bigger challenge if you are outside of the Tesla ecosystem.