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Sony Debuts ‘Afeela’ Electric Vehicle in Partnership With Honda
Sony, which opened its event at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show by revealing that its hit racing game Gran Turismo was coming to its new PlayStation VR2 platform, announced an actual car.
Sony said it was partnering with Japanese automaker Honda and entering the electric-vehicle market with a brand new car …
General Motors Regains Crown from Toyota as U.S. Auto Sales Leader
General Motors is once again the leader in U.S. auto sales, reclaiming the top spot from Toyota in 2022.
The General, as the company is sometime referred to, reported a 2.5% increase in 2022 sales to 2,274,088 vehicles, ahead by some 166,000 cars over Toyota’s 2,108,458 units.
Despite industry-wide supply chain disruptions, …
Gas Prices in U.S. Plunge as Worldwide Demand Drops Precipitously
The price of a regular gallon of gas in the United States fell to $3.53 last week, its lowest level since reaching a high in June when it was $4.92. The price of premium was $4.52, also a low since a high of $5.69 in June.
The Automobile Association of America …
New York City Taxi Prices, Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Tolls to Increase
The cost of traveling by car in the New York metropolitan area is going up.
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced price increases in the cost of taxi fares and tolls, respectively.
The TLC announced that the average taxi …
Apple Releases iOS 16.1.1 Update to Fix CarPlay and Wi-Fi Bugs
Apple released an updated version of its mobile operating system, iOS 16.1.1 as well as iPadOS 16.1.1, to address multiple bugs that iOS 16.1 apparently introduced.
The update came two weeks after the launch of iOS 16.1, an update that added support for the iCloud Shared Photo Library, Matter, Live Activities
One …
Gas Prices in U.S. Trend Upward After Declining for Almost 20 Weeks
After months of price declines, drivers are once again paying more at the pump.
The cost of a gallon of fuel is up largely due to refinery outages – both planned and unplanned – along with global trends and this week’s OPEC production cutbacks.
The average price for a gallon of regular …
BMW Manufactures its Sixth Millionth Car in the U.S.
South Carolina isn’t necessarily the first thing people associate with BMW, but the Bavarian automaker’s plant in the Palmetto State is in fact its largest
The Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant, which opened in 1994 on a 1,150-acre (470 ha) site, is BMW’s major production site for all X3, X4, X5, X6, …
New York State to Ban Sale of New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles by 2035
New York is the latest state that plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. The move, officials say, is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and getting more electric vehicles on the road.
The state’s governor, Kathy Hochul, had announced plans to take this step in 2021 …
With New iPhones, Apple Is Offering Services It Hopes You Never Need to Use
Apple is already known for what legitimately could be considered its life-saving smart watch that has located and helped lost hikers, passengers involved in a small plane crash, someone who fell into a frozen stream, and even somehow a person who somehow got trapped in a trash compactor.
Indeed, such emergency …
Gas Prices Continue to Fall at the Pump, Easing Labor Day Travel Plans
The Labor Day weekend brings with it the unofficial end of the summer travel season and gasoline prices at the pump continued to fall as the holiday approached.
The summer driving season came to an end without protracted record high prices for petrol many experts had predicted.
Gas prices are expected to …
Buick to Offer Buyouts to Dealers Who Don’t Want to Sell Electric Vehicles
General Motors announced plans on Friday to offer all of its Buick dealers buyouts as the storied division moves to make its vehicles all-electric by 2030 in the United States.
The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Buick was founded in 1899 by the automotive pioneer David Duncan Buick, …
Price of Gas Falls to Below $4 Per Gallon in Many Areas of U.S.
The price drivers are paying at the pump for a gallon of regular gasoline has fallen below the $4 mark in many parts of the United States for the first time since March.
The average price per gallon in the United States for regular gasoline was $4.03, according to figures from …
