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Mitsubishi Mirage 2013 is a smooth and comfortable tiny car and having great reliability. Cheap looking carpets and possibly the nastiest steering wheel you can imagine round out the bargain basement interior. Running costs, especially fuel, should be low. It's one of the smallest cars in the super mini class but also be one of the cheapest.
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General Motors and Honda Motor Co. plan to invest $85 million to build hydrogen fuel cell stacks for next-generation green vehicles at a factory in Michigan. -
In the quest to simplify your car, automakers are probably going to make life more annoying and difficult, at least for a while. At CES in Las Vegas this month, four automakers announced they're inviting speech-activated virtual assistants -- Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana -- to become your driving companion. One who might pester you to buy things, tell you you're driving the wrong way or remind you you've left your house unlocked.
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Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Motors Corp said they will spend $3.1 billion in the US in the next five years, joining other vehicle manufacturers in announcing investment plans amid threats from President-elect Donald Trump of higher levies on auto imports from Mexico.
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General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in U.S. factories and add thousands of new white-collar jobs, measures that have been in the works for years but announced Tuesday after criticism from President-elect Donald Trump. In all, the Detroit automaker said it will create or keep 7,000 jobs in the next few years, including about 2,000 at its factories. Another 5,000 new positions will be created at its auto financing arm and to develop advanced technology, electric and autonomous vehicles and information technology.
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Microsoft is rebooting its push to sell software for cars with a new set of programs and services in a bid to keep up with rivals such as Google and Apple that are expanding in auto technology. "We're not getting into self-driving cars ourselves but we can be an important element of it by providing the platform," said Microsoft's business development chief Peggy Johnson, in an interview. The Renault-Nissan alliance signed an agreement in September with Microsoft to work on car technology. The companies said Thursday that Renault-Nissan will be the first customer for Microsoft's Connected Vehicle Platform, which provides carmakers with a set of services built on Microsoft's Azure cloud.
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The price conscious people prefer buying a used car instead of buying a brand new car. The used cars are bought because they are available in a wide variety at affordable prices. The used car market offers amazing car models from world’s top car brands. Buying a used car saves cost in many ways and you can easily find any model of second-hand cars with ease. Here is the cost vs. value comparison for justifying the buying of a second-hand car over the new car.
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Waymo, Google's self-driving car division, will start testing its new fleet of minivans on public roads in California and Arizona later this month. The minivans, built in collaboration with Fiat Chrysler, are Chrysler Pacifica hybrids outfitted with Waymo's own suite of sensors and radar. Waymo and FCA announced their partnership in May.
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BMW customers will be able to view the luxury carmaker's hybrid and electric BMWi cars with augmented reality technology in a world first for car dealerships from Thursday, the manufacturer said. Using a smartphone, potential buyers can view and interact with a virtual car as if it were standing in front of them.
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U.S. chip maker Intel plans to take a 15 percent stake in German digital mapping firm Here, it said today, as it seeks to build its presence in automated driving technology. A filing to the German cartel office showed Intel has sought approval to buy a stake in the company, which is controlled by German carmakers Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen.
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South Korea banned the sale of 10 models built by Nissan, BMW and Volkswagen Group's Porsche brand after an investigation found the automakers fabricated documents related to emission tests.
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Before selling your used cars it is a best practice to know the car worth. When you are familiar with your car value then it is easy for you to sell it in hassle-free way. Free Car Valuation is the best method to know the best and maximum price for your vehicle in the market. Here are some Important Tips That Help You to Sell Car Online.
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Panasonic Corp will invest more than 30 billion yen ($256 million, Dh938.4 million) in a New York production facility of Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors to make photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, deepening a partnership of the two companies.
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Reaching the level of autonomy where no human intervention is needed to drive a vehicle is an industry goal slated for the next decade. However, some companies, such as Ford Motor Co., expect to have Level 4 vehicles in the next five years, while Tesla Motors Inc. already has equipped its vehicles with self-driving hardware and expects to install the software to go with it by next year.
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I have a simplest question for all of you. Can anyone here answer that why are not automakers challenging Tesla?