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Could Volkswagen Really End Up Chinese-Owned? One Economist Thinks So - AOL
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (653+ words) The idea of Volkswagen falling under Chinese ownership would have sounded almost unthinkable not long ago, but one prominent German economist believes it could eventually happen. Moritz Schularick, president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, recently suggested that…...
BMW and Toyota Are Real-World Testing 100% Renewable Gas in Regular Cars. The Results Could Be Huge - AOL
22+ hour, 53+ min ago (434+ words) BMW and Toyota Are Real-World Testing 100% Renewable Gas in Regular Cars. The Results Could Be Huge AOL.com On Wednesday, a group comprised of Toyota, BMW, Repsol, and Bosch announced the launch of a new pilot program in Spain aimed…...
Some Hondas and Acuras Will Soon Have a More 'Conversational' AI Assistant from Google - AOL
21+ hour, 52+ min ago (315+ words) Honda and Acura are adding Google Gemini, an artificial intelligence assistant, to cars that are already equipped with Google software. Drivers will be able to talk to Gemini in a more conversational tone than the previous Google Assistant platform and…...
Schaeffler and Sonatus Bring Edge AI to Motion Control for Software-Defined Vehicles - AOL
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (415+ words) Signing of the partnership agreement (from left): Rodrigo Peres, Senior Vice President, Business Unit Vehicle and Battery Controls at Schaeffler AG, and Marc Synnot, General Manager, Ireland Operations at Sonatus.. Software-defined vehicles require more than powerful hardware — they depend on…...
All Wankel Engines Are Rotaries, But Not All Rotaries Are Wankels - AOL
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (485+ words) All Wankel Engines Are Rotaries, But Not All Rotaries Are Wankels AOL.com Ask most people what a rotary engine is, and they'll describe a Mazda RX-7 with a triangular rotor spinning inside a housing, combustion happening in sequence as…...
Apollo Revealed the First Production Evo Hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed - AOL
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (455+ words) The Goodwood Festival of Speed seems to be the ideal place for many automotive manufacturers to do a car reveal. With so much automotive royalty on show, it makes sense that it has become the place to do reveals. One…...
Abarth May Turn Fiat’s Tiny Topolino Into A 25-MPH Hot Rod - AOL
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (15+ words) Abarth May Turn Fiat’s Tiny Topolino Into A 25-MPH Hot Rod AOL.com...
Gas Engines Aren’t Dead, They’re Getting Smarter - AOL
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (11+ words) Gas Engines Aren’t Dead, They’re Getting Smarter AOL.com...
The U.S. Government Still Has No Idea Who's Making Deadly Aftermarket Airbags - AOL
5+ day, 47+ min ago (796+ words) The U.S. Government Still Has No Idea Who's Making Deadly Aftermarket Airbags AOL.com Back in April, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration alerted the public to deadly airbag inflators linked to 10 deaths since 2023. These particular inflators, possibly manufactured by Jilin…...
The greatest Volvo estates through the ages - AOL
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (1301+ words) What did the late Roger Moore, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Paul Newman and astronaut Buzz Aldrin – happily still with us, aged 96 – have in common? Answer: they were all proud Volvo owners, smitten with their Swedish cars. As was American Irv Gordon, who…...