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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

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The changes, announced on Thursday, apply to Zoox’s fleet of vehicles that it designed and built itself. Zoox also operates retrofitted self-driving Toyota Highlanders in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City, California.

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Tropicana Las Vegas Closing Tuesday to Make Way for a Baseball Stadium

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The famous Tropicana Las Vegas resort, which held the city’s longest-running cabaret and was known for its lavish midcentury décor, will close on Tuesday as it prepares for demolition to make way for a new Major League Baseball stadium. Specific designs are still being finalized, according to the resort.

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Shock! VinFast’s VF Wild electric pickup was designed in Melbourne!

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The VinFast VF Wild electric pickup concept unveiled at the 2024 CES tech extravaganza in Las Vegas this morning was designed in Australia. The sharp-lined VF Wild ute is the work of an independent design studio in Melbourne called GoMotiv, as is the VF 3 mini electric SUV rolled out alongside it at CES.

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Continental debuts world’s first automotive display embedded in Swarovski crystal – ET Auto

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New Delhi: Technology company Continental is showcasing its Crystal Center Display for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show 2024 in Las Vegas, USA. For this solution, the technology company Continental was honored with a CES Innovation Award Honoree for outstanding product design.

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Zoox expands routes, operational hours, and top speed of its bespoke driverless robotaxis

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The startup is unique in that rather than converting existing EVs into robotaxis like its competitors (a process facing its own number of issues ), Zoox has designed and begun implementing an entirely purpose-built EV without pedals or a steering wheel. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Mopar Teases Electric Crate Swap, Maybe

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The annual SEMA show in Las Vegas is rapidly approaching, meaning car companies will surely be dangling umpteen teaser images of what they’ve in store for this soirée in the desert. The 2023 SEMA Show is being held October 31 – November 3 in Las Vegas. Image: Mopar] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Toyota Previews Builds for SEMA 2023

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The announcements from auto manufacturers about what they’ve in the pipeline for this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas continue apace, with Toyota promising a quartet of builds – plus a few packages that consumers will be able to actually buy. Shown above is a rendering of the Tacoma X-Runner Concept.