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Michigan, Cavnue to create corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles between Ann Arbor and Detroit

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This public-private partnership will explore the opportunity and viability of this project working with state and local partners, stakeholders, and communities across the corridor from Detroit to Ann Arbor. The announcement took place in front of Michigan Central Station which Ford purchased in 2018.

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General Motors keeps self-driving unit Cruise afloat, invests $850 million

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The Detroit company is also pondering the best way to use the technology, whether it be for robotaxis or personally owned vehicles that have partial or full autonomy. Now, GM is reviewing how it will fund the business going forward and will look at sources outside the automaker for cash.

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Honda Motocompacto Review - Wait! That Isn’t A Car!

The Truth About Cars

It’s perhaps not surprising then that Honda is the automaker stepping up to give this new market a try. With the new Honda Motocompacto, the company is banking on the idea that individualized urban transport can possibly be cool. It will be sold at Honda and Acura dealers, as well as on a dedicated Motocompacto website , for $995.

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Broker-backed VC investmrent raises $13 million, not up to goal

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Traders come with Dinos Constantine, eminent operations officer, Holler-Vintage Crowd of Dealerships; Paul Antony, govt chairman of AutoCanada; Sam Slaughter, a non-public investor and previous proprietor of Dealers Auto Staff, which offered its two dealerships in March; Invoice Feinstein, president, Planet Honda in Union, N.J.;

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I first met& “Perry” at a Honda dealership& in Louisiana in 1986. A rotund enthusiastic person, Perry was one of the best sales people I’d ever seen. Naturally, my peers all possessed great enthusiasm and product knowledge about Honda vehicles, but there were very few& true automobile aficionados& among them.

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GM planning to “own” the customer relationship beyond the vehicle; autonomous Volts, car sharing and fuel cells

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General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. —Mary Barra. Core business.

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Honda expanding engagement of startups in Detroit, Japan, China and Europe

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Honda Innovations is expanding its global open innovation program for early-stage innovators to Detroit, Japan, China, and Europe. Modeled on the Honda Xcelerator program in Mountain View, Calif., Modeled on the Honda Xcelerator program in Mountain View, Calif., —Honda Innovations CEO, Nick Sugimoto.

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