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IDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car

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Source: IDTechEx What are the main concerns when buying a laptop? The real computation power in modern and future vehicles will be used to drive autonomous systems. Modern smartphones, on the other hand, have chips that use a 4nm process, with smaller processes offering more computing power. This is where laptops come back in.

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Check out this bicycle-powered backyard rollercoaster that you can actually buy

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Meet the awesome human-powered backyard rollercoaster! more… The post Check out this bicycle-powered backyard rollercoaster that you can actually buy appeared first on Electrek. That’s the case with this week’s find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week.

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J.D. Power: EV consideration in US is up but skepticism still exists

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Auto shoppers in America are more likely than ever before to consider buying a fully electric vehicle (EV), and new EV entries are responsible for much of the added consideration. Power 2022 U.S. It also includes model-level consideration details such as cross-shopping and “why buy” findings, and analysis of reasons for EV rejection.

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J.D. Power study finds consumer EV consideration in Canada significantly lags US

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Power Canada Electric Vehicle Consideration (EVC) Study. Power Canada Following are key findings of the 2023 Canada study: Nearly two-thirds (66%) of automobile shoppers in Canada say they are either “very unlikely” or “somewhat unlikely” to consider an EV for their next vehicle purchase. —J.D.

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QOTD: Does J.D. Power Matter to Your Car-Buying Experience?

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About a week and a half ago, we asked you how the automotive media influences your car-buying process. Power, specifically. Power does produce some content, the company has made its bones based on customer satisfaction surveys. Power for insights into quality and reliability. Power numbers matter to you when car shopping?

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J.D. Power and Motorq collaborate to measure real world EV battery health

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Power and Motorq , a leading connected vehicle analytics and infrastructure company, have announced a strategic alliance to provide the automotive industry with insights based on connected vehicle data. Power validation that will give potential buyers confidence in the health of the EV battery.

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J.D. Power launches EV Index; measuring roadblocks to EV adoption, parity to gas-powered vehicles

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Power has introduced the J.D. Power EV Index, an analytics tool to track the growing EV market in the United States. This factor measures the proportion of new-vehicle buyers who have an EV purchase option that meets their buying needs, reflective of factors like price, manufacturer origin, segment and other inputs.

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