Republican senator wants to hike tariffs on Chinese vehicles
Republican Senator Josh Hawley is introducing on Wednesday legislation to hike tariffs on Chinese vehicle imports amid growing concerns about the impact of these vehicles on U.S. car companies. .....»»
Delivery van safety features could mitigate 4 in 10 fatal crashes, study says
Larger vehicles are more likely to cause injuries in crashes because of their greater mass, and the victims are often outside the vehicle......»»
FedEx adds 150 Shyft Group Blue Arc electric vans to its fleet
FedEx is expanding its fleet of zero-emissions vehicles with the addition of 150 Blue Arc battery powered vans. Built by Michigan's Shyft Group, the vans can travel as much as 225 miles between charges......»»
Feds" new emergency braking rule to test auto industry
A federal rule finalized Monday that requires automatic emergency braking systems in all passenger vehicles and light trucks by 2029 could improve vehicle safety but test the technology's speed and night vision capabilities......»»
Chemists develop highly reflective black paint to make objects more visible to autonomous cars
Driving at night might be a scary challenge for a new driver, but with hours of practice it soon becomes second nature. For self-driving cars, however, practice may not be enough because the lidar sensors that often act as these vehicles' "eyes" have.....»»
Cadillac could keep selling gas vehicles past 2030 all-EV goal
GM's luxury brand has said it aims to have an all-EV portfolio by the end of the decade, but Cadillac's global vice president said electric and gasoline models "will coexist for a number of years.".....»»
Xiaomi has Already Sold more than 7,000 Cars
The sales figures were publicly announced by company CEO Lei Jun. The post Xiaomi has Already Sold more than 7,000 Cars appeared first on Phandroid. After a recent announcement regarding its projected EV sales numbers for 2024, Chinese man.....»»
Why you can taste more ethanol in a cold pint of beer or warm glass of baijiu
We all have our own preferred drinking temperatures for different alcoholic beverages, with people commonly enjoying beer or white wine chilled, red wine near room temperature, or baijiu (Chinese whisky) or sake warmed......»»
GM"s CarPlay replacement doesn"t work well, and has a long road ahead of it
GM's decision to move away from CarPlay was to avoid Apple having too much control over vehicles. It's going to be a bumpy ride for consumers.GM's Ultifi interfaceIn March 2023, GM decided to stop providing CarPlay and Android Auto to consumers, in f.....»»
Tire toxicity faces fresh scrutiny after salmon die-offs
For decades, concerns about automobile pollution have focused on what comes out of the tailpipe. Now, researchers and regulators say, we need to pay more attention to toxic emissions from tires as vehicles roll down the road......»»
Ford launches AI-powered dealership training platform
The automaker is rolling out Ford University, a digital platform that utilizes AI to train dealership employees on selling vehicles and improving their relationships with customers......»»
US Republicans vote to remove wolf protections
The Republican-majority US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would remove endangered species protections for the gray wolf across much of the country, sparking outrage among conservationists......»»
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions. Enlarge / Tesla is laying off around 500 staff who have worked on its Supercharger network, plus its new vehicle development team and its public pol.....»»
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility—a sign of the Beijing's continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the c.....»»
Elon Musk dismisses 2 Tesla senior executives, and their staffs, in fresh job cuts, report says
Rebecca Tinucci, senior director of the electric vehicle maker's Supercharger business, and Daniel Ho, head of the new vehicles program, are said to will leave the company immediately......»»
Bernstein says buy Apple while stock price is low
Investment firm Bernstein is recommending clients buy Apple stock, and expects issues such as declining Chinese demand for the iPhone to be cyclical, especially with an AI iPhone.Apple is dealing with regulatory pressures and other unknownsBernstein'.....»»
iPad at war: How the iPad is crucial to the Ukraine war effort
The iPad is being used for an unusual purpose in the Ukraine-Russia conflict — they're helping the Ukraine Air Force use modern weapons on older fighter jets.An iPad in a jet [X/OSINTtechnical]One of the problems of using older vehicles in war is t.....»»
Too many vehicles, slow reactions and reckless merging: New math model explains how traffic and bacteria move
What do the flow of cars on a highway and the movement of bacteria towards a food source have in common? In both cases, annoying traffic jams can form. Especially for cars, we might want to understand how to avoid them, but perhaps we've never though.....»»
U.S. imposes emergency-braking rule in 2029 for cars to cut roadway deaths, injuries
U.S. authorities have issued a new mandate that will require carmakers to install automatic emergency braking systems on new vehicles beginning in 2029. Regulators expect the rule to save 360 lives a year......»»
Study finds CsPbBr₃ out-of-phase perovskite helps highly sensitive X-ray detection
A recent study conducted by the research team at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has introduced a new method for enhancing X-ray detection by incorporating out-of-phase CsPb2Br5 perovskite into CsPbBr3 bulk ma.....»»
Porsche dealership sales manager took bribes in exchange for high-demand vehicles, lawsuit alleges
The sales manager of a Porsche dealership in South Carolina commanded hundreds of thousands of dollars in "under-the-table" payments from customers hungry for high-demand vehicles......»»