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One-Off Ford Probe I Ghia Concept Destroyed In A Fire After Pebble Beach Display

Carscoops

Quick thinking by the driver prevented the fire from spreading to nearby vegetation. Ford’s concept wasn’t just ahead of its time in terms of design, but the cabin was also very advanced, featuring touch-sensitive switches, a keycard ignition system, and an electronic entertainment system.

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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.

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Reynolds Debuts Spark AI, Recognizes Contest Winners at Annual Summit

AutoSuccessOnline

The winners were selected based on how innovative and unique their best practice was, the impact it had on their dealership, and how easily other dealerships could implement it in their own stores, thus spreading innovation across the industry. This year’s judges were Paul J. And Tim Whalen, service manager at Voss Auto Network.

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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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Lamborghini Urus hybrid revealed as UK's most powerful ICE SUV

Autocar

He cites the removal of the mechanical rear differential in favour of a new electronically controlled limited-slip differential (e-LSD) as one example, claiming a weight saving of around 20kg. "It The weight increase is "not avoidable", said Lamborghini CTO Rouven Mohr, "but we worked a lot on compensation".

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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. Indeed, Renault boss Louis Schweitzer was named Autocar’s Man of the Year for having made both Samsung and Nissan stable and profitable.

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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.