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Mopar Teases Electric Crate Swap, Maybe

The Truth About Cars

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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The NTSB Wants More Speed-Limiting Tech in New Vehicles

The Truth About Cars

The NTSB asked 17 automakers to add anti-speeding tech to new vehicles going forward, following an extremely deadly crash in Las Vegas last year that left nine people dead. On top of that, the number of advanced safety features is set to increase as vehicles become more connected, not the other way around.

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Has Mercedes-Benz Forgotten What Constitutes Luxury?

The Truth About Cars

While it will undoubtedly create new revenue opportunities for the brand via connected services and subscription fees, the development costs to produce the updated version of Mercedes visual interface still had to be significant. But this likely wasn’t the case for the updated MBUX system. Credit should be given where credit is due.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. —Doug VanDagens, global director of Ford Connected Services. GM application framework.

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Stellantis Canceling CES Tech Show Presentation, Blames UAW Strike

The Truth About Cars

“As the costs of the ongoing UAW strikes against Stellantis continue to mount, the Company has decided to cancel its planned display and presentations at CES 2024, the world’s largest technology show, scheduled for January 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada,” the automaker explained on Tuesday.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

Cars That Think

The security posture of the first connected cars is better, but there are still glaring vulnerabilities and gaps that need to be addressed. Hackers managed to gain control over Tesla’s entire connected car fleet by exploiting a vulnerability in the communications protocol. Commercial Drone Professional (blog), September 30, 2021.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

Today, on this very special Blog Action Day Creative Greenius, I take you back to June of 2008 and ask you: What the hell have YOU been doing for the past 12 months? I’m acting because blogging on these issues, as I have done for over two years now, is just not enough anymore.