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Autonomous driving According to InsideEVs, Chinese auto maker BYD has made a big time promise related to autonomous driving. Or at least its when cars is self parking. If a car damages another while using its intelligent parking feature, BYD will pay for the damages. InsideEVs adds “That’s pretty much the biggest corporate flex that …
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Brake hold We’ve now experienced two very different forms of Auto Brake Hold, and only recently adjusted the page to reflect it, 20 different images not withstanding. In any case, some manufacturers have the system active at all times. If the car is started, brake hold is ready to use by default. This was the …
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Polestar symbols As we continue to work on many changes to the website navigation and search options as well as an extensive 20 model Toyota update, we took the time re-align our Polestar symbols page by color. That makes 40 pages now re-done to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. …
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Who Showed, Who Didn’t The 2024 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) was notable as much for who still didn’t show up as for what we found on the show floor. Since the pandemic shut down the show for two years, Mercedes-Benz and BMW have yet to reappear. And while Mazda and Mitsubishi made appearances …
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EV Efficiency Most commonly any talk about EVs is about range. And while that’s certainly important, we want to shift the focus to fuel efficiency. And yes, there is such a thing! Click here for charging speed information. The industry talks about kilowatts used per 100 miles, which is just so far from anyone’s experience …
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EV Body Repair Frustrations So here’s a post I never expected or ever wanted to make. I did what is seen to the right to my Polestar 2. Yes it actually was my fault. And as bad as it looks thankfully its all cosmetic and no one got hurt. The post is not about my …
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Kia software update surprises
Kia software I’ve been driving the Kia Niro for nearly a year and was sitting on a Kia software update because the car had refused to accept it. I thought that I would head to a dealer at some point and get them to handle it. however, a few months ago, the company managed to …
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