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VinFast and Pininfarina detail designs of VF 8 and VF 9 EVs

Green Car Congress

In terms of exterior, Pininfarina utilized a modern design language to optimize aerodynamics and reduce energy consumption, while embracing the importance of aesthetics to promote the unique personalities of the vehicles. The VF 8 and VF 9 were introduced to the global audience at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis.

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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

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The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter A user enables the system through a two-step authentication process designed to protect personal information.

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Toyota unveils Driver Awareness Research Vehicle

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DAR-V’s personalized information display on the side window. Toyota used the Los Angeles Auto Show as the forum at which to unveil a Driver Awareness Research Vehicle (DAR-V). Click to enlarge. For example, the project will help to understand how a driver responds to a sudden “takeover now!”

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

Cars That Think

As we drive down a street in downtown Los Angeles, our system’s synthesized voice provides navigation instructions. And indeed, the auto industry is beginning to embrace technology that works in the manner of a virtual assistant. Then the system conveys that information to the driver in plain language.

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2024 Hyundai Santa Fe – Heading in a New Direction

The Truth About Cars

Around that same time, I was booking flights to fly to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to see the completely transformed Santa Fe in person. We also learned that there’s still more information to come – Hyundai kept mum on key details, telling us to check back during the Los Angeles Auto Show so often that it became a running gag.

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Kia Motors integrating Google Maps into 2nd-generation UVO eServices telematics system

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Kia Motors America (KMA) will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker’s UVO (“Your Voice”) eServices telematics system, introduced in November 2012 at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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