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Two Rival Self-Driving Cars Nearly Collide in California

It begins! Two self-driving prototype vehicles, one operated by Google Inc. and the other by Delphi, had a close call in California. The incident happened earlier this week and it is believed to be the first involving two self-driving cars. … Continue reading

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Range Rover to Detect and Report Potholes

Jaguar Land Rover is developing new technology which will enable the new Range Rover models to detect potholes they encounter in the road and share the data in real time with authorities and other vehicles. The British car manufacturer has … Continue reading

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Oregon to test first pay-per-mile road tax

Oregon is launching the first-in-the-nation program that aims to tax drivers per mile and not for the fuel they use. According to a recent research, the combined impact of increased fuel efficiency standards and the increasing popularity of fuel efficient, … Continue reading

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Daimler’s Freightliner Gets License to Run Self-Driving Truck

Freightliner, which is part of the Daimler Trucks group, has become the first heavy truck manufacturer to obtain the right to test autonomous vehicles in the state of Nevada. The company’s first conception of semi-autonomous truck, called Inspiration Truck, was … Continue reading

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No More Speeding Tickets with Ford’s New S-Max

Ford has launched a new technology that could just change the way we drive. The second-largest U.S.-based automaker is hoping to prevent accidents and speeding tickets by introducing the Intelligent Speed Limiter on its new Ford S-Max that is slated … Continue reading

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Autonomous Car on Coast-to-Coast Test Drive

An autonomous car, developed by the auto supplier Delphi Automotive, has just started a 3,500-mile test drive across the U.S. Officials from the Michigan-based company believe the trip will be the longest automated drive ever attempted in North America. The … Continue reading

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New One-off Rolls Royce Serenity to Debut in Geneva

There is only a day left until the Geneva Motor Show and we are looking forward to enjoying the first Rolls Royce Phantom bespoke creation that will make its debut there. The model is named Serenity and was built by … Continue reading

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United voids thousands of first-class tickets, ‘sold in error’ for under $100

From London to Newark for only $74: that’s a real bargain! However, don’t get too excited- it’s too good to be true. Thousands of United Airlines’ customers were left furious on Wednesday evening, after the carrier announced it would void all … Continue reading

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Audi plans to compete with Tesla

The big automakers are already taking the Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan seriously and Tesla’s Model X is expected to be a big hit when it arrives late this year. However, it seems Audi is planning to fight back … Continue reading

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Hundreds of flights canceled due to cold weather

More than 930 flights were either canceled or delayed in many parts of the country on Tuesday as cold air moved east and south out of the Midwest, according to flight-tracking service Flight Aware. Snow, low clouds and freezing temperatures … Continue reading

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