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No concept car is complete without a jaw-dropping interior. And inside, the Mercedes IAA has an elegant digital dashboard powered by NVIDIA DRIVE CX, our automotive cockpit computer.
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BMW is showing off a concept car at CES that lets its occupants use hand gestures to control its entertainment system and heating, and even send commands to their smart home kit from afar. The idea is to let the owners have a more relaxed experienced when the vehicle is in self-drive mode. The automaker’s head of user experience Holger Kampf showed the BBC’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones how it works.
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Nissan’s popular Sentra compact sedan upgraded for 2016 model year with revised exterior styling, refreshed interior and added content New exterior redesign reflects Nissan’s new design language – closer in look and feel to the bold new 2016 Maxima and redesigned 2016 Altima Available technology includes NissanConnectSM Services powered by SiriusXM® (SiriusXM®subscription required, sold separately), Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC), Forward Emergency Braking (FEB), Blind Spot Warning (BSW) and Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) Pricing starts at $16,780 MSRP* LOS ANGELES – Following major revisions of the Nissan Maxima “4-Door Sports…
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QX30 debuts as a new premium offering for global markets Combines crossover appearance with signature Infiniti design cues Delivers a confident drive and versatile attitude, aided by intelligent all-wheel drive Intuitive technologies enhance safety, comfort and convenience Part of first Infiniti production in Europe, at new facilities in Sunderland, UK Simultaneous world premieres at Los Angeles and Guangzhou motor shows LOS ANGELES – The Infiniti QX30 premium active crossover is making its simultaneous global debut at the 2015 Los Angeles and Guangzhou international motor shows – signalling the next phase…
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Nov 18, 2015 – Volvo Cars’ ongoing research into autonomous driving has confirmed what we all know – that the daily commute is taking the joy out of driving. It is during the commute and on long-haul motorway trips that people are most willing to delegate the act of driving to their car. With this in mind Volvo has developed Concept 26, named to reflect the average daily commute to work of 26 minutes – time that could be spent doing something more meaningful than sitting in stop-go traffic. Volvo…
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Agreement focused on proving unique utility and viability of fuel cell propulsion 2015-11-19, WARREN, Mich. – General Motors and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development & Engineering Center (TARDEC) are modifying a Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup truck to run on a commercial hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system and will expose the truck to the extremes of daily military use for 12 months. “Hydrogen fuel cell technology is important to GM’s advanced propulsion portfolio, and this enables us to put our technology to the test in a vehicle that will face…
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The Volvo XC90 has been named Motor Trend’s SUV of the Year for the second time. Developed from the ground up on Volvo’s unique Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), with a 316 horsepower, supercharged and turbocharged Drive-E engine featuring an EPA rating of 25 mpg highway, a tablet-like Sensus control system, and understated Scandinavian design, the all-new 2016 XC90 sets a new standard for the luxury SUV segment. With its full suite of IntelliSafe features and two more world firsts for safety, the all-new Volvo XC90 is also the safest Volvo…
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