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Rivian develops a sliding door patent, hinting toward a minivan

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Rivian has filed a new patent that describes a dual guide rail sliding door that would be perfect for a minivan. The design is driving speculation that Rivian could be on its way to develop the market’s first electric minivan just after it produced the industry’s first production version of an all-electric pickup truck.

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Aurora releases Aurora Driver Beta 2.0

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Aurora’s Common Core of Technology enables the intelligence and learnings from its trucks to easily adapt to its minivans. These updates are shared across Aurora’s fleet of trucks and minivans. One driver to power Aurora’s cars and trucks. The Aurora Driver 2.0 Photo: Aurora). Aurora Driver Beta 2.0 The Aurora Driver 2.0

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Tech: 2022 Toyota Connected: Autono-MaaS and Cabin Awareness Concept

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Co-founder and chief product officer Sterling Anderson said: “Because cars powered by Aurora Driver operate on fundamentally the same hardware and software as trucks, they inherit the unique capability of operating at high speeds on highways.” The exciting and intriguing technology is coming from the team at Toyota Connected.

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Honda recollects 1.2 million U.S. cars over misguided extra digicam

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million cars within the U.S. The recall covers the 2018-2023 Honda Odyssey minivan, 2019-23 Passport midsize crossover and 2019-22 Pilot midsize crossover. As such, the affected cars fail to agree to federal protection requirements for rear visibility, consistent with a NHTSA recall file made nation Friday. million U.S.

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The NTSB Wants More Speed-Limiting Tech in New Vehicles

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New cars have all sorts of driver monitoring tech on board that can tell when a person is paying attention or has their hands on the wheel, but the National Transportation Safety Board feels there’s a need for more. Five other vehicles were involved, including a minivan with seven people inside.

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Renault and Volvo team up on next generation electric vans

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This allows Google to go beyond the screen into the functions of the car,” says de Meo. This will also allow the vans to be connected to the Google Cloud and allow customers who buy large numbers to integrate their own software into the vehicles.” Electrek’s Take Volvo EM90 minivan; via Volvo Cars.

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Ford Transit passenger van sales up 30% through June; outselling minvans

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Ford reports that sales of its full-size Transit passenger vans are up 30% year-on-year through June, partly driven by growing numbers of large families are turning to the Transit instead of minivans. According to Ford, Transit vans outsold every other van in the United States over the first half of 2016, including minivans.

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