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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Porsche says buyers in the luxury segments still want gas engines Current gas-powered models like the Panamera and Cayenne to be sold alongside new electric versions Porsche 911 likely to stick with gas engines Porsche will continue developing new gas and hybrid vehicles in the years ahead to sell alongside its growing lineup of electric vehicles.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

BMW M is developing a quad-motor electric powertrain New powertrain will enable precise and infinitely variable torque distribution New powertrain is expected to debut in next-generation M3 BMW has committed itself to electric mobility, and that commitment extends to the automaker's M performance division.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Mazda in February will establish a team dedicated to rotary engine development, CEO Katsuhiro Moro announced during this past weekend's 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

Porsche Carrera GT owners have a new tire option A new variant of the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 is being developed for the Carrera GT This is the second time Porsche commissioned new tires for the Carrera GT Porsche Carrera GT production may have stopped almost two decades ago, but Porsche is still working on ways to make its millennial supercar. (..)

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MARCH 3, 2024

Honda has filed a patent application for an active diffuser that would deploy only when needed, keeping a vehicle's styling clean and uncluttered when it's not in use. Rear diffusers are typically fixed in place, Honda notes in its patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Feb.

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MAY 13, 2024

Prototypes for various 911 hybrid grades have been spotted testing over the past 12 months and Porsche on Monday released photos of some of the testing and said development is complete. Talk of a Porsche 911 hybrid dates back several years, but we're now just weeks out from the debut of an electrified version of the sports car icon.

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MARCH 17, 2024

A pair of recent General Motors patent filings show potential extendable cargo bed systems for pickup trucks. Such a feature could give drivers the cargo capacity of a long bed when they need it, while maintaining the smaller footprint of a short-bed pickup the rest of the time. One application, titled "Pickup Truck Cargo Bed Extension Systems,".

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DECEMBER 22, 2024

Stellantis is looking to patent heated wheel wells to keep snow and ice from building up during winter driving. This feature is described in a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Oct. 31, 2024, but filed by Stellantis Apr. As described in the filing, it would rely on an electric heating.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It's due to enter production later this year at a plant in Wuhan, China, and Lotus last week announced it has signed off on the car's development. Lotus last fall revealed its first sedan since the Carlton of the early 1990s in the form of the Emeya electric vehicle. The gestation period lasted more than three years.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Bentley close to signing off on Batur Convertible development Limited-edition convertible and coupe sibling are among final Bentley to feature venerable W-12 W-12's replacement is a more powerful V-8 plug-in hybrid system Bentley on Tuesday announced that development work on the limited-edition Batur Convertible has reached the final stage.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

General Motors and Hyundai will explore the potential for collaboration in multiple areas, the automakers said on Thursday. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding laying out the framework for the potential partnership and will now seek to evaluate opportunities before entering binding agreements.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Porsche and Michelin have developed the Pilot Sport S 5 N0 tire with Michelin for the 992-generation 911 GT3 RS The street-legal tire is designed for use on wet tracks and in cooler conditions The tire will be available exclusively through Porsche dealerships Booking a track day in advance only to have the weather turn sour when the time comes is. (..)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Stellantis could soon make the drive-through experience a little less complicated with fold-out tables for a driver and front passenger. Such tables are the subject of a patent application filed by Stellantis with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in February 2023, and was published by the USPTO in August of this year.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Rivian is developing software that would allow its EVs to be free-wheel towed, according to a patent filing. Free-wheel towing is when a car is towed behind another vehicle with all four wheels on the ground.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Ford is looking to make it a little easier for drivers to secure cargo to a vehicle's roof. In a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March 12 (and originally filed on Sept. 9, 2022), Ford discusses incorporating fold-out tie-down points into vehicle fenders.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Toyota has filed a patent application for color-changing paint, a technology that could let owners or dealerships quickly change the colors of cars. As Toyota notes in the application—which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March, 19, but originally filed in 2022—owners may want to change paint.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Ford has submitted another patent application for a pickup truck midgate, with more variations on the design of a feature normally associated with rival General Motors. The first patent application appeared earlier this year, showing a design similar to what GM has used previously.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Pirelli and Bosch plan to jointly develop tires with embedded sensors that can transmit data directly to a vehicle's onboard computers. These software-enhanced tires will deliver "greater safety, comfort, and sustainability, as well as improved driving dynamics," the two companies said.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Honda has developed a manual transmission complete with a clutch pedal for its upcoming electric vehicles, albeit one that works with software controlling the electric powertrain to simulate the feel of gears being shifted, rather than a true mechanical setup.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

General Motors has filed a patent application for an "Endurance Mode" to help stretch range during races. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Aug. 22, 2024, and originally filed by GM Feb.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Rolls-Royce started sales of its first electric vehicle last year in the form of the Spectre coupe. It has proven to be a huge hit, with order books already filled through 2025 prior to the start of production a year ago. Rolls-Royce doesn't plan to rest on its laurels, though.

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MAY 21, 2024

Audi and SAIC, China's biggest automaker, on Monday provided the first details on a partnership announced in July aimed at accelerating the development of electric vehicles for the Chinese market. The two automakers said they plan to jointly develop an EV platform to be called the Advanced Digitized Platform.

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JUNE 16, 2024

Dodge is developing active aerodynamics for its EVs The first Dodge EV to get active aerodynamics might be the Charger Daytona muscle car A patent was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office outlining the active aerodynamics Stellantis may add an active aerodynamic feature to the Dodge Charger Daytona, a recent patent filing.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Honda is conducting development work on an electric sports car, CEO Toshihiro Mibe said in a recently published interview with Autocar. That's not exactly confirmation of a production electric sports car, but Mibe said development work is "steadily proceeding," adding that "at.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Renault will no longer build F1 power units after 2025 F1 power unit staff to focus on EV technology, including Alpine supercar Alpine supercar due by 2030, possibly with solid-state batteries A major shakeup is underway at the Viry-Châtillon motorsports skunkworks located south of Paris, which serves both Renault and its Alpine performance.

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MAY 28, 2024

Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru on Tuesday announced plans for joint engine development aimed at reducing emissions. The goal of the project is to achieve carbon neutrality with internal-combustion engines, allowing these engines to stay in production in a future of tighter global emissions standards, the three automakers said in a press release.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

Yamaha will supple its e-axle and motion control technology for Caterham's Project V The Caterham Project V is an electric sports car Caterham hasn't said when the Project V will go on sale, but a completed prototype is expected in 2025 Yamaha will supply a powertrain and other technology for the Caterham Project V electric sports car, Caterham.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

The company revealed a newly developed Cinturato P7 for the 288 GTO at the 2024 GTO Legacy Tour, in which owners celebrated the car's 40th anniversary with a meandering drive through Italy's Dolomite Mountains to Ferrari's. Pirelli is celebrating the 40 anniversary of the Ferrari 288 GTO by giving the 1980s supercar icon some new tires.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A Porsche 959 with an interesting history is coming up for auction. Broad Arrow Auctions plans to offer this 1988 example of the Porsche supercar at its sale running March 1-2 and coinciding with the 2024 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. According to the listing, the all-wheel-drive 959 was originally purchased by Nissan to be used as a.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

General Motors is looking to apply technology from adaptive dampers to springs for future suspension systems, a recently surfaced patent filing indicates. GM was a pioneer of magnetorheological dampers, which use a magnetic fluid to quickly alter damper firmness. In a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Future Stellantis EVs might feature the ability to execute a tank turn Rivian ended up passing on tank turns The electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class can make a tank turn Following the lead of a handful of other automakers, Stellantis is looking to patent an EV tank-steer system for off-road use, allowing vehicles to spin around on the spot without.

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JUNE 2, 2024

Rivian isn't waiting for the aftermarket to design accessories for its electric trucks The R1T electric truck's bed could host cargo boxes, according to a new patent application Packaging innovation is a calling card of Rivian's at this point Rivian is working on a new system of clamps to secure cargo in the beds of pickup trucks. In a patent.

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MAY 29, 2024

Bentley on Tuesday named Frank-Steffen Walliser, a veteran of fellow Volkswagen Group brand Porsche, as its new CEO. Walliser will take over the role on July 1 from Adrian Hallmark, who in March announced plans to join Aston Martin as its new CEO starting on Oct. Hallmark will replace Amedeo Felisa, who is retiring. Walliser has been at Porsche.

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MAY 28, 2024

Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru on Tuesday announced plans for joint engine development aimed at reducing emissions. The goal of the project is to achieve carbon neutrality with internal-combustion engines, allowing these engines to stay in production in a future of tighter global emissions standards, the three automakers said in a press release.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Rolls-Royce is ready to build highly personalized examples of its debut electric vehicle, the 2024 Spectre coupe, and as a taste of what's possible the automaker will present a one-off example at 2024 Monterey Car Week. Set to debut on Aug. 16 at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, one of the main events of Monterey Car Week, the Rolls-Royce.

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JUNE 4, 2024

Toyota's developing a new GT3 race car A V-8 is believed to be sitting under the long hood To recoup costs, a street-legal iteration might be in the cards Toyota's new GT3 race car being developed for a planned customer racing program has been spotted.

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JULY 25, 2024

Toyota teamed up with researchers at Stanford University to develop a pair of Supras capable of performing a tandem drift autonomously. They are looking to develop automated driver-assist features capable of performing in extreme situations—something.

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