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The Apple Car might hit the road a lot sooner than some experts predicted, according to a new report that claims the iPhone-maker plans to rev up hiring on its secret electric car project in hopes of getting the vehicle finalized by 2019.The company Apple met with officials at California’s Department of Motor Vehicles to discuss the testing of self-driving Apple Car on public roads.If Apple applies for the necessary road permits, it will have to reveal the make, model and vehicle identification number of the cars it plans to test — as well as sharing details about the automobiles&#...
As the scandal kept brewing for the past few days, it was a “public secret” that the CEO of VW, Martin Winterkorn was on a tight rope and would eventually have to take a fall. After the German Car-manufacturer giant admitted to having installed specific software on close to 11 million diesel vehicles in order to ”pass” emissions tests, a world-wide brouhaha brewed and exploded.Perhaps, in an effort to curtail the damage of this exploding news, Winterkorn was forced to make this decision and move forward with it. In a statement just released, Winterkorn states...
Volkswagen has apologised and ordered an external investigation to find the deception on US emissions tests to make its vehicles appear less polluting.Martin Winterkorn, chief executive of the German carmaker added: “I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public. We will co-operate fully with the responsible agencies, with transparency and urgency, to clearly, openly and completely establish all of the facts of this case.”The Environmental Protection Agency declared that many of Volswagen Passat, Beetle and Audi A3 sold in US market has ...
After currently testing the self-driving cars in California and Texas, Google decided to develop and to move towards selling the cars.Google's self-driving cars, limited to 25mph, include sensors and 3D mapping technology which create a virtual map of the car's current environment and obstacles. There have been a reported 11 cases of accidents involving the cars, all of which Google claims were down to human error.A few details has been developed, which now include a new set of buttons -- "go," "please slow down and stop," and "stop pretty quickly" -- usef...
Automobile history is rich and complex and as a result there are some pretty interesting, and also some pretty weird facts and statistics accrued over the years.US President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car and used to drive guests into the lake to scare them, screaming about brake failure. There have been more Ford Fiestas sold in the UK than people in LebanonA 4,115,000 Ford Fiesta models have been sold in the UK, making the model the best-selling car in the UK. By comparison, the entire country of Lebanon has a total population of only 4,104,000 citizens.Koenigsegg’s fou...
