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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Digital technology companies often test technology on customers before it is ready for sale. Mercedes-Benz has launched a “beta program” to test how ChatGPT artificial-intelligence technology can help drivers have more natural dialogue with the vehicle’s infotainment systems.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

Green Car Congress

This is in part due to the collapse of the Italian and French markets, on which small cars are heavily reliant for sales—in 2019, 38% of A and B segment registrations in Europe occurred in Italy and France. Whereas Audi and Mercedes increased the registrations of their E-Tron and GLE by 86% and 213% respectively. >.

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Mazda Australia’s embracing PHEVs, but is it too late?

EV Central

Positively put, they offer emissions-free electric driving most of the time, but a petrol engine backup when you need it – very handy, thanks. litre petrol engine, 100kW electric motor and 17.8kWh lithium-ion battery giving a total system output of 241kW and 500Nm, and rapid 5.8-seconds seconds 0-100kmh time.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Deciding that the future of transportation, and therefore their survival, will be based on EVs, many of the top auto companies have promised to end production of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, if not earlier. The systems and software engineering challenges are materially more demanding.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

The team at the Chambal Motors, the Tata Motors Udaipur dealer was quite helpful. We had to run a diagnostic tool after connecting a Panasonic laptop provided by Tata Motors to the dealer. Stuck at dealer to diagnose the critical error issue. Stuck at Tata Motors Dealer Decided to have a leisurely breakfast.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

However, Lucid Group CEO Peter Rawlinson in a non-too subtle dig at both Ford and GM said , “The correct solution for an affordable pickup truck today is the internal combustion engine.” The entry level F-150 XL with an internal combustion engine has risen in the past year from about $29,990 to $33,695 currently.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Establishing dealer network. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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