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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

But behind the layers of finance and paperwork, Guidestar GPS was developed. Acura followed with hard drive navigation in the 1996 3.5 Oldsmobile’s advanced concepts manager Vic Ide (retired 1999) said he wanted the system’s price to be cut to under $1,000 ($1,988 adj.) Of those, 1,000 were the units purchased by Avis.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura. The X Prologue will be the first Toyota EV concept released outside China. Honda will offer more details later this year, he said. – March 12, via Associated Press.

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Cadillac’s ambitious move to an all-electric luxury brand by 2030

Charged EVs

Among cutting-edge automotive buyers—the glitterati of Los Angeles, the tech millionaires of Silicon Valley, the finance titans of Wall Street—only one Cadillac is widely recognized. In July, GM unveiled the Celestiq concept to the world—and confirmed very low-volume production to start in model year 2025.