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Meet Wuhu’s newest traffic cop: a humanoid robot with hand signals
Drivers in Wuhu got a new kind of roadside presence last week, and it did not need a whistle. AiMOGA...
Read moreDetailsUK car buyers pick grey again as green jumps on the EV wave
Britain’s car buyers keep saying they want something different, then they go and buy grey. Again. Grey was the UK’s...
Read moreDetailsHarman wants your car to behave like a family group chat
If your family road trip sounds like four different soundtracks fighting for cabin airspace, Harman thinks it has a fix....
Read moreDetailsPolestar turns ‘Silent Night’ into a 3D cabin concert
Polestar teams up with Dolby for a festive playlist that comes with a twist: a specially remastered version of “Silent...
Read moreDetailsHyundai turns dashboards into Snoopy screensavers
A little software update is about to turn some Hyundai cabins into rolling comic strips. Starting this month, Hyundai Motor...
Read moreDetailsPerodua QV-E kerfuffle and the kill-switch fine print
A little commotion took place shortly after the launch of Perodua's first EV, the QV-E, and it had nothing to...
Read moreDetailsGeely stuffs 42 humans into Galaxy V900 MPV in marketing stunt
Forty-two people crammed into one multi-purpose vehicle (MPV). Not a clown car. Not a circus stunt. A Guinness World Record....
Read moreDetailsPolestar 5 plugs into Gran Turismo 7 this December
Polestar 5 - a Swedish electric dream machine - is zooming into Gran Turismo 7 this December, hitting PS4 and...
Read moreDetailsBackseat Bites: Hyundai opens a ‘restaurant in a car’ for solo diners
Hyundai is turning the back seat into the best seat. The carmaker will open Backseat Bites — billed as the...
Read moreDetailsBrazil’s lone Yangwang U9 Xtreme goes to racer-tycoon Leo Sanchez
BYD has found a Brazilian home for its wildest creation. Marketing boss Li Yunfei said racing driver and Forbes-listed businessman...
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