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Lexus RC F Used Car Review | Price, features and common issues

9/5/2018, 8:44:48 PM
We look at whether the Lexus RC F is a bargain second-hand sports coupe, and what to look out for when shopping for a used example ✔ There really aren’t enough complaints about any one area to really identify a trend, and that’s consistent with Lexus having topped just about every automotive quality survey ever published ✔ Go behind the scenes on Drive at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube


The Mercedes' EQC is electric and can go up to 248 miles on a full charge

9/5/2018, 10:33:05 PM
NICE car, mate. How many kilowatt-hours is it? Yes, you read that correctly. Forget all you know about mpg, CO2, bhp and so on because the future is electric and electric cars are all about kWh. Ta… ✔ It has an 80kWh lithium-ion battery and produces 300kW ✔ I saw it, heard it go past and I thought ‘I love that car’ ✔ I’m expecting VW to confirm an eCaddy next but we’ll have to wait until 2022 for an all-electric T7 ✔ VERDICT: Limited use – but it feels like the future


Uber doesn't plan to sell its self-driving car division

9/5/2018, 10:21:30 PM
The ridesharing company sees its autonomous tech as too valuable. ✔ The team is a big asset to the company, the executive said, pointing to Toyota's $500 million investment as an example ✔ Khosrowshahi's statement would shoot down that rumor, at least for the time being ✔ Self-driving vehicles are important for Uber's long-term plans some of its human drivers replaced with robotic cars that could operate around the clock at a lower price


Mercedes-Benz messed up the most important detail of its big electric car debut

9/5/2018, 8:30:21 PM
In the early days of EVs, range is still key ✔ It is the first entrant in an entirely new lineup of all-electric cars, the tip of the spear for a wholly different propulsion platform meant to help curb emissions around the globe ✔ The United States Environmental Protection Agency performs its own testing to set range estimates for electric cars ✔ Now it’s up to the company to change the topic before the car ships in 2020


Lease, own or subscribe? Carma wants to jump-start the car-as-a-service market

9/5/2018, 9:28:34 PM
The way we get around is changing fast. Between ride services, on-demand car sharing, and other methods to have a car only when you need it, owning one is getting less and less compelling. A new startup called Carma offers a happy medium for those who want the convenience of owning a car without th… ✔ Carma launched publicly today at the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 ✔ And some car manufacturers offer specific, though often luxury-oriented, medium-term subscriptions ✔ The mobility space is evolving fast, and it’s companies like these that keep that evolution rolling along


Mercedes: EQC will be a sell-out | Drive.com.au

9/5/2018, 8:44:36 PM
Mercedes-Benz EQC electric SUV will be a sales hit according to the brand. ✔ Sales of electric vehicles, particularly in Australia, have been limited by a lack of choice, high prices and an uncertainty over the future of the technology ✔ Related Content Mercedes-Benz EQ C revealed Mercedes-Benz's first electric car sampled Go behind the scenes on Drive at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube


Mexico's former president says legalized marijuana is a paradigm shift, but greed could take the industry down a dangerous path

9/5/2018, 10:11:02 PM
BI PRIME: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox says marijuana companies must act ethically and responsibility to set an example for the world. Fox recently joined the board of Khiron Life Sciences, a Canadian marijuana company. ✔ James Cole, a former top Justice Department official who wrote the memo, told Business Insider in a recent interview that the Sessions-led Justice Department could crack down on marijuana businesses who are marginally in and out of compliance with state laws, by selling to minors or fudging their taxes


D-ID launches its initial product with customers in printing, automotive and financial services

9/5/2018, 9:45:25 PM
D-ID, the company developing software to scramble facial recognition technologies, has signed its first customers and launched its initial product onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco. The culmination of an idea that was fourteen years in the making, D-ID’s technology is being sold as … ✔ D-ID, the company developing software to scramble facial recognition technologies, has signed its first customers and launched its initial product onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco ✔ The company’s approach to digitally manipulating images renders images unreadable by the machine learning tools that are used to identify an individual, but are imperceptible to the naked eye


Uber launches more safety tools to protect riders, drivers

9/5/2018, 8:45:19 PM
Uber introduced a series of changes aimed at improving the safety of drivers and riders as the ride-hailing company continues to grapple with reports of assault and breached privacy in its cars, and to also help in case of an accident. ✔ Drivers can also share their location with a spouse or loved ones, while still keeping a passenger pick-up or drop-off information private ✔ The company is also expanding the number of cities whereby a driver or rider who uses the emergency button inside the app will automatically dispatch the location, license plate, and the make and model of the car to a 911 dispatcher ✔ Baig) Email: ebaig@usatoday.com; Follow USA TODAY Personal Tech Columnist @edbaig on Twitter


Clinc expands to automotive, releases SaaS platform for its voice AI assistant

9/5/2018, 8:52:38 PM
Clinc co-founder and CEO Jason Mars just announced the company is expanding to a third vertical: Automotive. The company, which started in fintech and recently unveiled a product for drive-thru restaurants, is aiming its voice AI service at the automotive industry. The idea is to give automakers a … ✔ Clinc unveils a sophisticated, conversational AI platform to deliver voice and chat enabled solutions within a car (demo)#TCDisrupt pic.twitter.com/Ec4PYetL6V TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 5, 2018 The company was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2015 with a solution for fintech and currently has several contracts with major banks such as USAA, Barclays and S&P Global


Amazon: ‘Soon we won’t talk about the smart home but a world of smarts’

9/5/2018, 8:14:51 PM
Home isn't just where the smart is ✔ We have got technology like our smart home APIs that allow Alexa to interface with many products for our customers ✔ It chose IFA to announces that Google Assistant was now bilingual, understanding two languages at once without having to flip between these languages in the settings ✔ The sky’s the limit - your vacuum cleaner, door, security system, your lawn ✔ Hear me now: the future of voice and how it's the new OS


Battlefield 5 Open Beta COUNTDOWN: When is the release date, start time for PS4, Xbox, PC

9/5/2018, 11:33:27 PM
EA's Battlefield V Open Beta is set to kick off very soon. Here's everything you need to know about the PS4, Xbox, PC beta as well as the rest of the game ahead of the November release date. ✔ It also helps when you look at other players: you can see them move clearly, telegraph where they’re facing, who they’re shooting at and what they’re looking at ✔ This information comes from an article found in the Battlefield 1 in-game home menu - an interesting place for something like this to surface! We're still waiting to see more information about Battlefield V's announced Battle Royale mode - something that was announced at E3 but so far remains in the dark


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