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Tech giants could displace automakers

Canadian Auto Dealer

According to IDTechEx, the shift that the industry is experiencing and the trends that are underway (electrification, self-driving, software-defined vehicles) could see technology and consumer electronic companies take on a much bigger role in the automotive industry. And Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has already unveiled an EV.

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This hydrogen-powered off-roader shows one way to keep V8s alive

CarExpert

CES (Consumer Electronics Show), an event put together by the Consumer Technology Association, is a massive new tech expo featuring everything ‘cutting edge’ within the fields of electronics and software. Could this be the common sense alternative to EVs many of us ‘die-hards’ have been waiting for?

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How the AU Falcon very nearly became a global luxury car | Drive Flashback

Drive.com

It’s been going on in the consumer electronics and whitegoods markets for years. In the middle of the 1990s, an inner circle of bean counters at Ford’s world headquarters thought an upcoming new “small” Lincoln and mid-sized Jaguar could share development costs and parts with a similar sized, volume-selling car.

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Why the 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is more than just a fast EV

Drive.com

A peek behind the curtain of Hyundai’s N division, and an interview with a key member in the development of the watershed electric performance car The subject of suspension design, tuning and performance is always an interesting one for car enthusiasts. And to a layman like me, it feels like a dark art of intrigue, expertise and feel.

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From the archive: Samsung's big bid to make cars

Autocar

By the time its founder died in 1987, it was a big name in heavy industry, engineering and electronics – and his heir recognised that the car industry was essentially a combination of the three. Actually, the disaster to come wasn’t really its fault.

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Wooden touchscreens, AR goggles: displays the next car battleground

Autocar

Car makers are working alongside their key technology suppliers to overhaul the electronic architecture of future platforms to enable superchips from the likes of Qualcomm to power advanced software that will allow multiple updates to introduce new features on these ever-expanding screens.

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2025 Audi e-tron GT update revealed with huge power boost

Drive.com

Powering the S e-tron GT are dual electric motors developing a combined 500kW – an increase of 110kW over the previous base e-tron GT in ‘boost’ mode, and 25kW more than the old RS e-tron GT. New two-chamber adaptive air suspension is claimed to provide “an unprecedented spread between comfort and driving dynamics.”

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