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Trump moves to block California electric cars program
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Trump moves to block California electric cars program

US President Donald Trump signed resolutions blocking California’s mandate to phase out gas-powered cars. US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed resolutions blocking...

‘Racially motivated’ rioters torch homes and cars in Northern Ireland | Newsfeed
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‘Racially motivated’ rioters torch homes and cars in Northern Ireland | Newsfeed

NewsFeed Riots broke out in Northern Ireland’s Ballymena after two teenage boys appeared in court accused of attempted rape. Police say the violence,...

Neural networks speed up search for solid-state battery materials for safer electric cars with extended range
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Neural networks speed up search for solid-state battery materials for safer electric cars with extended range

Machine learning speeds up a key stage in the search for materials for protective electrolyte coatings for solid-state batteries, a promising energy storage...

Emotional responses crucial to attitudes about self-driving cars, study suggests
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Emotional responses crucial to attitudes about self-driving cars, study suggests

Credit: Riccardo from Pexels When it comes to public attitudes toward using self-driving cars, understanding how the vehicles work is important—but so are...

Volvo’s cars will be the first to get Google Gemini’s ‘conversational’ AI – and I think the in-car tech has massive potential
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Volvo’s cars will be the first to get Google Gemini’s ‘conversational’ AI – and I think the in-car tech has massive potential

Volvo will be one of the reference hardware platforms for Google’s dev work Volvo cars will be the first to receive Google Gemini...

Motion sickness technology could alleviate symptoms for passengers in today’s cars, and tomorrow’s
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Motion sickness technology could alleviate symptoms for passengers in today’s cars, and tomorrow’s

Daniel Sousa Schulman, a U-M Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, sits in the PREACT chair, next to recent U-M Ph.D. graduate and former...

Range anxiety—or charger drama? Australians are buying hybrid cars because they don’t trust public chargers
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Range anxiety—or charger drama? Australians are buying hybrid cars because they don’t trust public chargers

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Range anxiety has long been seen as the main obstacle stopping drivers from going electric. But range isn’t the...

Physical buttons are finally making a comeback in cars, thanks to new safety guidelines – but I’m bracing myself for more irritating user experiences
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Physical buttons are finally making a comeback in cars, thanks to new safety guidelines – but I’m bracing myself for more irritating user experiences

EuroNCAP will award high safety scores for cars with buttons Modern touchscreens have proven distracting for drivers But as cars get more complex,...

Ford to raise prices on three cars produced in Mexico: Report | Trade War
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Ford to raise prices on three cars produced in Mexico: Report | Trade War

The increased price tag is a result of Trump’s tariffs on auto imports which car companies ultimately will pass on to consumers for...