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For those who are looking for a good car deal this Black Friday, you need to know that there are also other days which will make you pay the same money on the car you want, so you can skip the crowds and stay in bed. The unofficial consumer holiday is often touted as the best day to get some major discounts, but new data shows Black Friday is only the fifth-best day to get a heavily discounted car. December 31 is the best day to get a new car. You can expect 8.8 percent off of the normal sales price. Dealers slash car prices to get units off the floor and out the door, boostin...
Almost a week passes without some announcement from automakers, suppliers – even ride-hailing services – about the impending arrival of self-driving cars. Experts claim that a fully automated vehicle that is 100 percent safe 100 percent of the time and can operate on any street in any weather condition in the U.S. is not right around the corner. The obstacles to perfecting and mass producing fully automated vehicles that can safely transport a passenger door-to-door with no human intervention are formidable: sensing equipment, such as cameras, lidar and radar, has to ge...
The importer and distributor of Porsche 911, Boxter and Cayman sports cars, Macan, Cayenne SUVs, and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up in the United States, reported their September sales results, marking a new record month of all-time, by selling 4,479 models. September 2016 sales are up 1.2% compared to the same month last year. The Macan continues to lead in volume with 1,998 vehicle sales, a 72.2% increase over September 2015. Year-to-date retail sales stand at 40,246 vehicles, up 2.4% compared to last year. Macan deliveries are up 30% year-to-date. Porsche Approv...
Several models of the Tesla S cars were hacked by researchers who were able to abruptly stop the car in its tracks, pop open the trunk while the car was being driven, and remotely turn on and off the windshield wipers. Tesla Motors Inc. announced that it released a software update to fix bugs that allowed Chinese "white-hat hackers" to remotely break into the Model S' control system and disrupt actions including turn signals, seat positions, displays and the door lock system. Cyber-security researchers from Keen Security Lab, a unit of China’s Tencent Holdings Lt...
Federal Auto Safety Regulators made it official, the nation's highways will be safer with more cars driven by machines and not humans.The Obama administration promised strong safety oversight, but sent a clear signal to automakers that the door was wide open for driverless cars. The director of the National Economic Council, Jeffrey Zients said that they envision as in the future, we will be able to take our hands off the wheel, and our commute will become restful or productive instead of frustrating and exhausting. He considers that automated vehicles will save time, money and ...