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Report: Honda and Acura to Join Tesla's NACS Standard

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Honda and Acura leaned on General Motors’ Ultium technology to accelerate electric vehicle development, so it’s unsurprising to see the Japanese automakers following their American counterpart’s lead in some areas. The coalition includes some who’ve already signed on with Tesla, including General Motors and Mercedes-Benz.

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BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce adopt Tesla’s NACS charging port

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Honda joined automakers adopting the hardware last month, along with several other automakers that have joined throughout the latter part of this year.

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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

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The data comes by way of CR’s 2023 Annual Auto Survey, where members were asked as part of a much broader survey how much they had spent in total maintenance over the previous 12 months. Brands here included Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Cadillac, Ram, Lexus, GMC, Subaru, Mini, and Acura.

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Tesla sweeps Cars.com’s 2023 American-Made Index, with Model Y on top again

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Vehicles that are part of the index are judged on five criteria: assembly location, parts content, engine origin, transmission origin, and US manufacturing workforce. The other vehicles in the rankings, such as the Honda Passport, Honda Odyssey, and Acura RDX, are still powered by the internal combustion engine.

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

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The accused companies include Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, Volkswagen, BMW, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and Kia — which reportedly told lawmakers that they would supply data to police and other government agencies whenever subpoenaed. Earlier this year, similar allegations were being leveled at General Motors, Honda, Acura, Kia, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi.

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Ricardo and A2Mac1 renew partnership to expand benchmarking and competitive analysis of EVs and PHEVs; online database

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part weights, measurements, materials, supplier, country of manufacturer, etc. MY2016 Mercedes GLE 550e. MY2014 Honda Civic Hybrid. MY2014 Acura RLX Hybrid. Systems benchmarked include the high voltage battery pack; inverter; motor; DC/DC converter; on-board charger; HV junction box; HV cables; and HVAC system.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Three other brands, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz, finished midpack. When compared to the average non-turbo engine among 2016-2018 models, overall, Lexus makes the most reliable turbo powertrain, followed by Honda and Porsche. Mercedes-Benz declined three spots to number 17. Audi and BMW both declined from last year.

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