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California state regulators will review the data protection policies of car manufacturers as part of the state’s efforts on consumer privacy. The audit will focus on connected vehicles that tie in with drivers’ mobile phones to power popular infotainment features — like Apple Inc.’s CarPlay or Alphabet Inc.’s Android Auto. “Modern vehicles are effectively connected
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Lewis Hamilton quoted from “Austin Powers: Goldmember” to poke fun at how dominant Max Verstappen is in Formula One this season. Verstappen breezed to an eighth straight race win at the Belgian Grand Prix, one away from Sebastian Vettel’s record of nine consecutive. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Asked Sunday evening if Verstappen is having it
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Toyota will strengthen development of EV technology in China, the automaker said on Monday, as it looks to catch up with increasingly tough domestic competition in the world’s largest auto market. The move is the latest from the world’s top-selling carmaker to show a sharper pivot to EVs. It recently detailed an ambitious new EV
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Companies that make parts for internal combustion engines are facing a harsh future.  Revenues for internal combustion engines, as well as fuel and exhaust systems, are expected to decline 44% through 2027, according to the 2023 Deloitte Automotive Supplier Study. Meanwhile, revenues for electric drivetrains and batteries or fuel cells are expected to rise 245%,
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Auto supplier Dana Inc. said net income rose strongly in the second quarter, offset somewhat by currency headwinds, customer demand volatility and supply chain disruptions. The company said in a call with investors Friday that net income climbed $22 million to $30 million in the second quarter, a strong showing but not quite a full
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 30, 2023, 11:25 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Max Verstappen‘s march towards a third world championship continued at the Belgian Grand Prix with his 10th win of the season, his eighth in a row and a 22.3-second victory margin over
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Associated Press Jul 29, 2023, 07:03 PM ET ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Wisconsin driver Sam Mayer won on his home-state track for his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, pulling ahead for good in the next-to-last lap of a wild second overtime session Saturday. Mayer won by 0.368 seconds over Parker Kligerman on the sprawling
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Robust second-quarter earnings from the Detroit 3 were tempered last week by the growing realization that their pivot to electric vehicles will be slower and costlier than anticipated. Ford Motor Co., which said its quarterly net income tripled from a year earlier, delayed its EV production goals and cautioned that its EV business would lose
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Alain Prost has launched an scathing attack on Alpine’s faltering Formula One team, labelling recently departed CEO Laurent Rossi “incompetent” and an example of the corporate influence which has taken hold of the team. On Friday, Alpine confirmed the departure of team boss Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane after this weekend’s Belgian Grand
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ARCADIA, Calif. — If you want a traditional gasoline-powered pony car, you’ll soon be down to just one option: the 2024 Ford Mustang. Still, engineers and designers at Ford gave the seventh-generation stallion a number of unique features that they hope attract new buyers and help it stand out, even as the Chevrolet Camaro and
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Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Access to personal cars remains important to Americans despite the growing monthly cost of ownership.  The average monthly auto payment reached $733, a new record, in the second quarter of the year, according to a report by auto site Edmunds. Seventy-eight percent of middle-income households earning between $47,000 to
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Waymo, Alphebet Inc.’s self-driving unit, is slowing development of autonomous trucking being done by its Via subsidiary. “With our decision to focus on ride-hailing, we’ll push back the timeline on our commercial and operational efforts on trucking, as well as most of our technical development on that business unit,” the company said in a statement
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