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At Last, a Self-Driving Car That Can Explain Itself

Cars That Think

And indeed, the auto industry is beginning to embrace technology that works in the manner of a virtual assistant. The idea for building an intuitive navigation system based on an array of automotive sensors came up in 2012 during discussions with our colleagues at Mitsubishi Electric’s automotive business division in Sanda , Japan.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chief Executive Takeo Fukui: "My feeling is that the kind of plug-in hybrid currently proposed by different auto makers can be best described as a battery electric vehicle equipped with an unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank." On the other side are two allied car makers, Frances Renault SA and Japans Nissan Motor Co.,

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. For reference, in Europe, whose overall bus fleet size seems 2-3x smaller than China’s, somewhere around 2-2.5k Claim to fame: Peugeot-Citroen jumps into the fray — but Zoe takes the cake.

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