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Lucid Air debuts in New York; completes first high speed stability test at 217 mph

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Lucid Motors made its global auto show debut at the New York International Auto Show, presenting the Lucid Air luxury electric sedan and also presenting its Alpha Speed Car test vehicle, which had just completed its first high-speed stability test at 217 mph (349.2 Earlier post.) The Air will be manufactured in Casa Grande, Arizona.

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Genovation’s GXE breaks street-legal all-electric land speed record: 205.6 mph

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Genovation broke the land speed record for a street-legal all-electric vehicle with the Genovation Extreme Electric car (GXE). mph (330.88 mph (300.63 The car has a range of 130 miles during normal driving operation with a near 50/50 weight distribution and is optimized for a low center of gravity. The GXE reached 205.6

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IIHS study suggests late-model SUVs are still more lethal to pedestrians than cars

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Though their designs have changed considerably over the past two decades, late-model SUVs still appear to be more likely to kill pedestrians than cars, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found. In the Michigan crashes, SUVs caused more serious injuries than cars when impacts occurred at speeds greater than 19 mph.

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Doroni unveils production-intent H1-X eVTOL, offering personal air travel up to 120 mph [Video]

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Doroni Aerospace was founded in 2016 by Doron Merdinger – a lifelong entrepreneur with 25 years of design, manufacturing, and firm management expertise. The result of those efforts is the HX-1, Doroni’s flagship “flying car,” better known as an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

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Volvo Car to make Gen 2 Pilot Assist standard on new S90 sedan

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Volvo Car is introducing an advanced version of the company’s semi-autonomous Pilot Assist software on the new Volvo S90 sedan and will make it standard on all S90s sold in the United States.

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NHTSA releases AEB system requirements to be implemented by 2029

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released automatic emergency braking (AEB) system requirements that will be required in new cars sold in the United States by September 2029. Under the new regulation, AEB systems in new cars must stop and avoid contact with vehicles in front of them up to 62 miles per hour.

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Audi to build production plant in Mexico; new SUV begins production in 2016

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The exact location for the new plant, which will manufacture an SUV model starting in 2016, will be chosen by AUDI AG later this year. It will be possible to supply customers worldwide with cars built in Mexico to Audi’s renowned standard of quality. The car accelerates from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 5.2

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