SHANGHAI — China has said that automakers must apply for licences to collect geographic data using sensors on intelligent vehicles, highlighting Beijing’s security concerns about the growing sophistication of smart cars’ mapping capabilities. The statement, a clarification of China’s surveying and mapping law, reflects regulators efforts to prevent any scenario where highly-detailed visual data collected
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In this article XPEV LI 2015-HK NIO 9866-HK 9868-HK Nio managed to grow deliveries of its electric vehicles in August versus July. However, rivals Li Auto and Xpeng saw a sharp fall in deliveries. EV players continue to face supply chain disruptions for the resurgence of Covid in China as well as weaker consumer demand
Honda on Wednesday revealed that the 2023 Honda Civic Type R will have 315 hp, making it the most powerful Honda-badged vehicle ever sold in the U.S. Honda also detailed what upgrades led to the power increase, along with what tweaks were made to the transmission and suspension for the next-generation Type R. 2023 Honda
Ariel is mostly known for the lightweight Atom and more recently the unpaved road-ready Nomad, but it’s also been working on an electric halo model for the last few years. Now it has finally revealed this model and there’s a lot to talk about, not only in terms of its propulsion, but also the way
BMW has started producing the fuel-cell systems for its hydrogen-powered iX5 crossover, moving forward with a climate-friendly alternative fuel that its German rivals don’t expect to be viable in passenger cars. “Hydrogen will become more relevant in individual mobility due to its advantages,” CEO Oliver Zipse said Wednesday at an opening event for the production
Street takeovers are becoming an increasingly bad problem throughout the United States and as police try their hardest to clamp down on them, it turns out that Ford Mustang drivers are making them even more dangerous. The following video (frustratingly filmed in a mixture of portrait and landscape), was filmed at a busy intersection somewhere
Private equity firm One Planet Group has completed its acquisition of dealership marketing company AutoWeb Inc., which no longer will be publicly traded. Walnut Creek, Calif.-based One Planet Group said Wednesday that AutoWeb — a provider of consumer leads to auto dealerships — will operate as a standalone business within One Planet’s portfolio. “I am
In this article TM TSLA VOW-DE A Toyota dealership in Yokohama, Japan, photographed on Feb. 7, 2021. The firm is trying to make headway in the increasingly competitive electric vehicle market. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Automotive giant Toyota said Wednesday it would invest an extra $2.5 billion in a U.S. facility that