- Report: Google set to enter ride-sharing deal with FCA – Google parent Alphabet plans to launch a ride-sharing service with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ new Chrysler Pacifica minivans as part of a reorganization of the tech company’s automotive unit, according to a report from Bloomberg News.
- New Cars Could Be Required To ‘Talk’ To Each Other As Soon As 2020 – More than two years after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration first issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications in the U.S., the agency is finally ready to move forward. Following an extended comment and testing period, NHTSA today published the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for what is expected to become Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 150.
- Genesis is serious about taking on BMW, Mercedes-Benz -Other luxury brands had years to plan the spinoff of their luxury brands. Hyundai did it in nine months. It’s fallen to a veteran auto executive Erwin Raphael to try to create a separate identity around the brand called Genesis. That has meant trying to get the word out and educate the dealer network about what it’s going to take to please luxury customers.
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GM will test self-driving cars in this Midwestern city – A day after California officials warned Uber about testing self-driving cars near the Silicon Valley, General Motors said it will begin plying the streets in its fleet here in the Motor City, CEO Mary Barra announced.
The luxury brand taking on BMW and Mercedes Benz
By
CBT News Editorial Team
December 22, 2016
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