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Audi launches Traffic Light Information V2I service in the US starting in Las Vegas

Green Car Congress

Audi is the first manufacturer to launch Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) technology in the US, with the deployment of Traffic Light Information in select 2017 Audi A4, Q7 and allroad models in Las Vegas. Earlier post.). —Audi of America President Scott Keogh. —Tina Quigley, RTC General Manager.

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Faraday Future posts "For Sale" signs, as Evergrande backer announces first EV

Green Car Reports

Faraday Future has been selling like crazy lately. The company announced last week that it is seeking a buyer for its original factory site in Las Vegas, where it announced at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show that it would build its future FF91 and FF81. Only, not its cars.

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BMW to show HoloActive Touch HMI system at CES 2017

Green Car Congress

At the upcoming CES 2017 show in Las Vegas, the BMW Group will unveil the BMW HoloActive Touch system. BMW HoloActive Touch is part of the BMW i Inside Future study, which gives visitors to the CES an impression of the mobility experience set to be offered by seamlessly connected and autonomously-driving cars in the future.

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Airless tires look like the future for robotaxis, EVs, and more

Baua Electric

But the top tire-maker in the world sees the future as completely airless. “We are convinced at Michelin that airless is the future technology that is necessary for many reasons,” Cyrille Roget, the company’s director of scientific and technical communications, said to Green Car Reports at a recent event that emphasized sustainability and EVs.

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Faraday Future halts factory work, hopes to resume early 2017

Green Car Reports

Faraday Future's ambitious plans to launch a production electric car in less than two years appear to have hit a snag. Before the Chinese-backed startup can begin production, it needs to complete a new factory in North Las Vegas, Nevada, which has a stated cost of $1 billion.

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Faraday Future sues investor claiming takeover "plot"

Green Car Reports

The story of Faraday Future keeps getting stranger.

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Why Faraday Future's luxury electric car is named FF 91

Green Car Reports

Faraday Future unveiled its FF 91 electric car at a special event held during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. It's a crossover-utility vehicle with a claimed 1,050 horsepower and 378-mile range, the latter courtesy of a 130-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack.