Toyota Building Hydrogen Generation Plant

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The 100% renewable tag Toyota is applying to the project comes from its use of agricultural waste as a feedstock.

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GM Targets 2019 for Mass AV Deployment

GM President Dan Ammann says if GM continues to at its current rate of AV development, it will meet the target and does not see regulatory walls potentially blocking its progress.

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’18 Buick Enclave Feast for American Tastes

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The 7-passenger Enclave is Buick’s golden-roasted turkey, a feast for the eyes and as satisfying to the palate of today’s car buyers as anything on the table.

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Expedition Ready for Big Role

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Ford’s fullsize Expedition SUV gets a complete makeover for ’18 including an aluminum body, a 10-speed transmission and impressive on- and off-road capabilities.

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BMW Wants to Drive Autonomous-Vehicle Movement

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The automaker peels back the curtain on its mobility gameplan and argues it’s in a better position than most to lead the way into the future.

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Supplier Toptal to Fill ‘Extreme High-Skilled Talent Gap’

“We know the largest pain point for automakers and suppliers today is the scarcity of software developers and designers,” says Toptal’s Jennifer Johnson.

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Porsche Applies Augmented Reality to Tech Services

Tech Live Look allows the technical-support team to take screenshots or send technical bulletins and instructions onto the projection surface of the smart glasses while the service technician is working on the vehicle.

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Lidar System Key to GM’s Autonomous-Car Development

GM is folding Strobe Inc.’s engineering team into subsidiary Cruise Automation, which recently unveiled plans for “the world’s first mass-producible car designed with the redundancy and safety requirements necessary to operate without a driver.”

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Mercedes Plans to Offer 50 Electrified Models By 2022

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“It always starts with looking at customer expectations,” Dietmar Exler, head of Mercedes-Benz USA, says in a WardsAuto Q&A. “What do they want and how can you top that?”

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MIT, Lamborghini Show Way Toward Electric Supercar

The transatlantic association of the two advanced academic and industrial-technology hubs is investigating and experimenting in five areas: energy storage, innovative materials, propulsion systems, visionary design and emotion.

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BYD Delivers Electric Refuse Truck to Palo Alto, CA

The truck uses its batteries to power the hydraulic system for the body as well as propulsion. It has 76 miles (122 km) of range and requires only two to three hours maximum to fully charge, BYD says.

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Group Says Fuel-Cell Vehicles Could Play Key Role in Meeting Paris Targets

FCVs could power some 400 million cars, 15 million-20 million trucks and about 5 million buses by 2050, if policymakers promote hydrogen use as part of the Paris Agreement on carbon-dioxide reduction.

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