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Google's driverless cars future at odds with automakers
2014-09-15 15:10:10| Automakers - Topix.net
Google Inc., with its vision for a future where cars drive themselves, is putting itself at odds with an auto industry that shares its desire for safer, less- congested roads -- yet won't abide the "driverless" part. Google Inc., with its vision for a future where cars drive themselves, is putting itself at odds with an auto industry that shares its desire for safer, less- congested roads -- yet won't abide the "driverless" part.
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Electric cars are coming
2014-09-14 08:10:49| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
There were 96,000 electric cars sold in the United States in 2013. So says Green Car Reports, and you can read some of the details at the following link; Electric car sales in the US are up approximately 50%.
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Auto market will adapt, if Americans adapt to alternative cars
2014-09-14 06:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Midland Daily News: We have been pondering the market for alternative fuel vehicles (non-carbon fossil fuels) given the concern over global warming and/or climate change. According to the 2014 U.S. Annual Energy Outlook there were just under 14 million alternative fuel vehicles on U.S. highways out of roughly 253 million vehicles in 2012 or 5.4 percent of all vehicles on the road. This is good progress over the last decade yet data indicates growth is slowing as it has been driven by government subsidies and/or tax...
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Cars that drive themselves starting to chat with each other
2014-09-13 21:19:19| Automakers - Topix.net
An Acura RLX sedan demonstrated an unusual way to tow another car this week: the vehicles were not physically attached. The second car drove itself, following instructions beamed over by the first in a feat of technology that indicates a new stage in automation is happening faster than many expected.
Do Self-Driving Cars Spell Doom for Auto Insurers?
2014-09-13 04:50:52| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The self-driving car seems like a terrible drivers dream: no steering wheel to control, no trouble parallel parking, no concerns about having a couple of beers on the way home from work. But the removal of fallible human drivers might create havoc for auto insurers. Human error accounts for 90 percent of road accidents, according to the International Organization for Road Accident Prevention, and our collective failure rate helps the auto insurance industry rake in a cool $157 billion in premiums each year. So if self-driving cars eliminate all those driver mistakes, the business of insuring vehicles will necessarily change as well. READ MORE about likely changes The Article Do Self-Driving Cars Spell Doom for Auto Insurers? appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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