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☆ Tadej Pogacar Returns to the Top, Winning the Tour de France
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia turned the tables on his rival and the defending champion, Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, this year in the Tour de France, completing a smashing victory on Sunday to take his third title. Pogacar’s championship was confirmed in the final time trial from Monaco to Nice on Sunday. He capped his stellar three-week run with another stage win, his sixth, finishing 1:03 ahead of Vingegaard to take the Tour by 6:17 overall. “After two hard years in the Tour de France, always some mistakes,” Pogacar said. I am super happy to win here.”

Persons: Jonas Vingegaard, crouched, ” Pogacar, “, ” Organizations: Tour de France, Nice Locations: Slovenia, Denmark, Monaco, Vingegaard

On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced firing, a law enforcement official told CNN. Yet nearly 48 hours after the shooting, investigators are struck by the lack of leads they’re finding about Crooks’ mindset and possible motives. Investigators parsing through his online search history haven’t found any indication of him researching how to make home-made explosives, law enforcement officials said. While investigators had hoped that breakthough would help them understand what drove him to attempt to assassinate Trump, they’re still struggling to make sense of it, law enforcement officials said. But they didn’t seem to know much about what was going on in his life recently, law enforcement sources said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, scrutinizing Crooks, haven’t, Matthew Crooks, Rob Bootay, Trump, ” Bootay, ” Crooks, Bruce Piendl, ”, Rebecca Droke, they’re, CNN’s Isabelle Chapman, Majlie, Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Kyung, Jamiel Lynch, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Anna, Maja Rappard Organizations: CNN, Pittsburgh, Hyundai, Trump, Pennsylvania State Police, Clairton, “, Allegheny Arms, Gun, Home Depot, Police, FBI, Getty Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Crooks, Pittsburgh, Bethel Park, Bethel Park , Pennsylvania, AFP

☆ Scientists want the Paris Olympics to dump Toyota’s Mirai as its official car. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Cars that run on hydrogen emit zero carbon at the tailpipe, but 96% of the world’s hydrogen is still derived from fossil fuels like methane gas. That makes most hydrogen-powered cars much more polluting than battery electric vehicles, or EVs, and only marginally cleaner than traditional combustion engine cars. Toyota is supplying the Game’s official fleet, which includes 500 Mirai cars and 10 coaches that run on hydrogen, as well as 1,150 EVs, to ferry athletes around. It is also one a few major automakers betting on hydrogen-powered vehicles, as well. Hydrogen vehicles have so far failed to take off as a popular choice for consumers, and very little infrastructure to refuel with hydrogen exists.

Persons: ” Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, Toyota, University of Cambridge, Oxford University, University of Colorado, Battery Electric Vehicle, Paris, world’s, Toyota Motor Europe Locations: EVs, United States

☆ 5,000 Miles, 8 Countries: The Path to the U.S. Through One Family’s Eyes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Luis Ferré-Sadurní | Juan Arredondo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

With three children and a dog, the Aguilar Ortega family trekked through the jungle, hopped freight trains and toured Times Square. Millions of Venezuelans like the Aguilar Ortega family have fled economic misery and political repression in their homeland as it descended into turmoil. “The kids want to go to New York,” Mr. Aguilar said in Spanish as he stood by his tent in Mexico City. Mr. Aguilar created hiding places for their cash, using toenail clippers to cut small openings into Hayli’s jacket and Josué’s pants. She called Ms. Ortega to check in, and learned of the family’s setup.

Persons: Aguilar Ortega, trekked, Miles, — Hayli, Samuel, Henry Aguilar, Leivy Ortega, Eric Adams, Biden, Aguilar, Ms, Ortega, Donna, ” Mr, ”, COLOMBIA Samuel, Hayli, Nicolás Maduro, It’s, Mr, selfies, “, Josué, Donna meandered, patted, Aguilar Ortegas, Aguilar’s, weren’t, “ It’s, Rafael García, “ Papi, Ortega’s, Floyd Bennett, Simón, Floyd Bennett Field, “ I’ve, I’m, Maria Cardona, ” Ms, Cardona, Amy Swan, Ray Swan, Swan Organizations: New York Times, U.S ., The Times, GAP, MEXICO CITY, Mexico City, Central America, CIUDAD, Times, United, Venezuela’s, Roman Catholic Church, New York, La Guardia Airport, Delta, Roosevelt, Queens, Honda, Facebook Locations: Mexico City, Latin America, Venezuelan, New York City, New York, U.S, United States, Venezuela, “, COLOMBIA, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, la, ”, ” PANAMA, MEXICO, Guatemala, Mexico, earshot, Central, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Ciudad Juárez, Texas, Juárez, Mexican, Rio Grande . Texas, Rio Grande, Cuba, Haiti, El Paso , Texas, El Paso, PASO , TEXAS, York, La, Michigan, Santa Claus, Manhattan, Spanish, MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, Brooklyn, Simón Bolivar, Spain, Jamaica, MIDDLETOWN, CONN, Middletown, Conn, Connecticut

☆ NASCAR unveils electric SUV, but the race series isn’t giving gasoline the boot
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But, if NASCAR is known for anything, it’s the loud V8 internal combustion engines that power the race car. That’s why NASCAR wants to make it very clear that gasoline-burning race cars are in no immediate danger of extinction. ABB is also heavily involved in Formula E, the electric racing series affiliated with Formula 1. With many changes over the years, modern NASCAR race cars bear little resemblance to the Toyotas and Chevrolets that typical Americans own. This time, designers wanted to maintain that resemblance between the race car and the vehicles fans drive, which are, increasingly, SUVs.

Persons: ”, Riley Nelson, NASCAR’s, John Probst, Michael Plaster, Nelson, we’re, Probst, “ Organizations: CNN, NASCAR, ABB, Formula E, Formula, National Association for Stock, Auto, Cox Automotive

☆ What to know about the massive car dealership outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Here’s what you need to know about the massive software outage. Its systems are used by roughly 15,000 car dealerships across the United States and Canada. Under normal circumstances, the CDK software allows the dealership to register a vehicle almost instantaneously, but now the process faces heavy delays. It said it was able to bring a “small initial test group” of car dealerships back online. But the next morning, the company told dealerships another incident had happened.

Persons: CDK, aren’t, they’ve, Scott Campbell, CNN they’ve, Don Aycock, “, ”, Robbie Jacob, Jacob, Michael Deveney, Katelyn Salvato, hasn’t, Salvato, …, Callahan, We’ve, ” Callahan, it’s, Lisa Finney, ” Finney, ” Eric Noonan, John Dwyer, “ There’s, ” Noonan, Ryan Callahan, Tom McParland, McParland Organizations: New, New York CNN, Auto, CNN, Capital City Buick GMC, Buick, Diego —, Kia, Midway Automotive, Massachusetts, of Motor Vehicles, Pride Motor Group, “, DMV, Bloomberg, Binary Defense, Mazda, Automatch Consulting Locations: New York, North America, United States, Canada, Berlin , Vermont, Clay County , Florida, Diego, Lynn , Massachusetts, Eastern Europe, Seekonk , Massachusetts

☆ ‘Months to correct, if not years’: Car dealerships and customers feel the impact as CDK outage drags on
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The financial impact it will directly have on us will take months to correct, if not years,” Callahan said. Tom McParland, the owner of Automatic Consulting, a national car buying service, said the outage was impacting customers because they have fewer dealers to choose from. “It limits the customer’s leverage.”Some dealers also can’t apply factory rebates without CDK’s software, so customers may miss out on money-saving deals. Under normal circumstances, the CDK software allows the dealership to register a vehicle almost instantaneously, but now the process faces heavy delays. He told CNN he was able to buy the car but was unable to sign the title.

Persons: Ryan Callahan, ” Callahan, CDK, Tom McParland, ”, McParland, Michael Deveney, “, ” Deveney, Katelyn Salvato, hasn’t, Salvato, …, We’ve, they’ve, Scott Campbell, Nicolas, CNN they’ve, Don Aycock, Robbie Jacob, Jacob, Tekion Organizations: New, New York CNN, Mazda, North America, Automatic Consulting, Midway Automotive, Massachusetts, of Motor Vehicles, Pride Motor Group, “, DMV, CNN, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Capital City Buick GMC, Porsche, Buick, Diego —, Kia, Cox Automotive Locations: New York, Seekonk , Massachusetts, Lynn, Berlin , Vermont, Los Angeles, ”, Clay County , Florida, Diego

☆ Finally, an answer to a mystery surrounding these 1,000-year-old trees
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A team of international academics successfully sequenced the genomes of each of the eight baobab species, examining their relationship with one another and concluded that they originated in Madagascar. "Avenue of the Baobabs" in Western Madagascar is one of the most spectacular collections of the unusual trees. Gavinevans/Creative CommonsOnly one baobab species is not included in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species: A. digitata, which populates mainland Africa. The likelihood of finding fossil evidence to rubberstamp the conclusions of the genetic data is slim, Dr. Wan conceded. So perhaps these majestic trees may retain some of their mystery after all.

Persons: ”, Wan Jun, Nan, Wan, Seheno, Andriantsaralaza, “, Dr, Organizations: CNN, Biologists, Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, University of Antananarivo, Queen Mary University of London, IUCN, USAID Locations: Madagascar, Africa, Australia, Wuhan, Hubei, China, baobabs, Queen, Western Madagascar, “

☆ Extreme heat takes toll on outdoor workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

There’s little to no escape from sweltering temperatures for construction workers like Eva Marroquin, who cleans work sites in Austin, Texas, and has worked in the industry for 17 years. Since 2010, she’s worked closely with the Workers Defense Project, an organization that advocates for protections for low-wage, immigrant workers in the Texas construction industry. Slowing down small businessesIt’s barely just now summer, and heatwaves are already slowing down small businesses, according to Homebase, which provides payroll software to more than 100,000 small businesses, covering 2 million hourly workers. “I think anything that impacts small businesses is affecting the economy as a whole,” he said, noting how small businesses account for half the jobs in the country. For herself, the high heat is more of an inconvenience; the car’s hotter and she just needs to pack some extra water.

Persons: Eva Marroquin, ” Marroquin, Christine Bolaños, she’s, Chris Lafakis, ”, Joshua, Gina Ferazzi, Gregory P, Casey, Jenny Schuetz, Brian Snyder, aren’t, “, John Waldmann, They’re, Katie Parent, Joseph Prezioso, Greer, Denise Greer Jamerson, Norman, Greer Jamerson, you’ve, ‘, “ It’s, it’s, Tamara Lovewell, café, panini, Tamara Lovewell “, Lovewell Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Workers Defense Project, Moody’s, Federal Reserve Bank of San, Williams College, Triple, Los Angeles Times, Environmental Protection Agency, Brookings Metro, Reuters, University of California, Stanford University, Getty, National Weather Service, Ruska Coffee Company Locations: Austin , Texas, Washington ,, Texas, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Massachusetts, Joshua Tree , California, Boston, Greater Boston, AFP, Princeton , Indiana, , Maine, United States, Caribou .

☆ Bugatti’s new car is a $4 million, 1,800 horsepower hybrid
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Bugatti has unveiled its new model, the Bugatti Tourbillon, a massively powerful hybrid with an equally impressive pricetag. But Mate Rimac, the chief executive of the new company, now called Bugatti Rimac, said he never had any intention of making an all-electric Bugatti. Like the Bugatti Chiron and Veyron models before it, the new Bugatti Tourbillon will have a huge 16-cylinder gas engine. In total, the Bugatti Tourbillon will be able to put out at least 1,800 horsepower, according to Bugatti Rimac. The Chiron’s gas engine had four turbochargers that pushed air into the engine to help it produce more power.

Persons: CNN — Bugatti, Chiron, Bugatti, Rimac, Bugatti Chiron, Mate Rimac, ” Rimac, ” Organizations: CNN, Bugatti, Volkswagen Group, Rimac, Bugatti Rimac, Apple Locations: Croatian, Switzerland, Molsheim, France

☆ How Safe Are Driverless Cars in China? I Rode in Some to See.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Keith Bradsher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Images of the burned vehicle flew through the Chinese internet: An Aito M7 Plus electric sport utility vehicle, operated by an advanced assisted driving system, had crashed on a highway in Shanxi Province on April 26. A woman who said her husband, brother and son had been killed posted videos online and pleaded for an investigation. All of her postings soon vanished, and she said she would not discuss it further. A Chinese business news outlet published a lengthy online investigation that questioned the safety of assisted driving systems. Then they posted a statement from Aito Car, a Chinese brand, that disavowed responsibility.

Locations: Shanxi Province, State

☆ Bob Kelley, Who Made the Kelley Blue Book an Authority on Cars, Dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bob Kelley, who turned the Kelley Blue Book, a price list published by his family’s used-car dealership, into one of the world’s leading authorities on cars, trucks, motorcycles and pretty much anything else that gets you from point A to point B, died on May 28 at his home in Indian Wells, Calif., east of Los Angeles. The Kelley Blue Book started in 1926 at the Kelley Kar Co., a Los Angeles dealership founded by Mr. Kelley’s father, Sidney, and an uncle, Leslie Kelley. Mr. Kelley joined the company after the end of World War II, a prime time to get into the used-car business. The war had put an end to new-car production, and it would be several years before automakers could meet the demand. He was initially in charge of both valuations on new inventory and compiling the book, and he brought a jeweler’s eye to the job.

Persons: Bob Kelley, Kelley, Charlie Vogelheim, Kelley Kar, Kelley’s, Sidney, Leslie Kelley Organizations: Kelley, Kelley Kar Co Locations: Indian Wells, Calif, Los Angeles

☆ Bob Kelley, founder of used car guide Kelley Blue Book, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That’s short for Kelley Blue Book, and it’s one of the longest-standing sources for used car values there is. Bob Kelley, publisher of used car guide Kelley Blue Book, died at 96. By 1926, that list turned into the first Kelley Blue Book pricing guide for used cars. Long ago, Bob Kelley was a “lot boy” at the dealership run by his uncle and his father, Sidney “Buster” Kelley. In 1995, Kelley Blue Book started a website, making its data easily accessible to the general public, not just industry insiders.

Persons: Kelley, Bob Kelley, Bob Kelley’s, Bob’s, Les Kelley, Kelley Kar, Sidney “ Buster ” Kelley, Charlie Vogelheim, Buster, ”, it’d, ” Bob, Vogelheim, Bob, ” Vogelheim, “, Edmunds Organizations: CNN, Kelley Kar Company, Los, Lexus, Cox Enterprises Locations: Indian Wells , California, Los Angeles

☆ What is a catalytic converter and why do people keep stealing them?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Johnny Wactor, an actor who formerly starred in “General Hospital,” caught people in the act of stealing the catalytic converter from his car Saturday. But, up to last year, catalytic converter thefts had been rising sharply, up by a factor of four, since 2020. A catalytic converter cleans a car’s exhaust, making the air safer to breathe for all of us. On its website, the US Environmental Protection Agency has called the catalytic converter “one of the great environmental inventions of all time.” But it’s not what the catalytic converter does that attracts desperate criminals. For the most part, the catalytic converters end up getting sold to recycling companies that strip out the materials to make new catalytic converters.

Persons: Johnny Wactor, ”, Wactor, It’s, they’ve, Richard Waitas, That’s, Scott Vollero, Christopher Gaines, you’ve, it’s Organizations: CNN, “, National Insurance, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Automobile Dealers Association, Recycling Locations: Angeles, California

☆ Porsche reveals a new hybrid 911 as more consumers embrace hybrids over electric vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

They have become increasingly popular in the United States even as sales of purely electric models have started to slow. The German automaker Porsche, a division of Volkswagen AG, already sells plug-in hybrid models like the Cayenne e-Hybrid SUV and Panamera e-Hybrid four-door car, but a hybrid 911 is another matter. Initially, hybrid power will be available in only one version of the car, the high performance 911 Carrera GTS. In another major change for Porsche, this car will not be a plug-in hybrid, as other Porsche hybrid models have been. Besides hybrids, Porsche also sells fully electric cars, the Taycan and the new Macan Electric SUV.

Persons: CNN —, didn’t, Ferdinand Porsche Sr, Ferdinand “ Ferry, Ferry’s, Ferdinand “ Butzi Organizations: CNN, CNN — Porsche, Porsche, Volkswagen AG, Carrera, Volkswagen Locations: United States, Cayenne

☆ Their Nissan SUV was parked in the driveway. Then it caught fire and exploded
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The loud bangs, she learned later, had come from the airbags of the family’s SUV, a 2015 Nissan Murano that was parked in the driveway. A Nissan Murano, which was parked in Phillip Hill’s driveway when it caught fire. A search on NHTSA’s website indicated there was an outstanding unrepaired recall on the Hills’ Murano. Philip Hill had been fixing the garage, so the couple’s two cars were parked in the driveway. “As you can see from the video, that vehicle is so close to the house,” Philip Hill told CNN.

Persons: Vicki Hill, ”, Nissan, Phillip Hill’s, Phillip Hill “, Murano, Philip Hill, ” Philip Hill, “, Mercedes Organizations: CNN, Nissan, Administration, National Fire Protection Association, Vehicle Locations: Bethesda , Maryland, Nissan Murano, Murano, Phillip, United States

☆ A Tesla owner says his car’s ‘self-driving’ technology failed to detect a moving train ahead of a crash caught on camera
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Ben Goggin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"You do get complacent that it knows what it's doing," he said of the Tesla technology. Doty, a certified general appraiser in Ohio, was driving at around 60 mph, according to a Tesla crash report. The speed limit on the road was 55 mph, according to Doty and a police report associated with the accident. Drivers can request crash reports from Tesla, which are generated using data individual cars send to Tesla servers. The Tesla report shows that the car maintained a speed of around 60 mph while in Full Self-Driving mode before Doty slammed on the brakes and turned the wheel.

Persons: Craig Doty, Craig Doty II, Tesla's, Doty, David Paul Morris, Tesla, Elon Musk, Mike Blake Organizations: NBC News, Tesla, NBC, Bloomberg, Getty, National, Traffic Safety Administration Locations: Ohio, Encinitas , California, U.S

☆ Porsche’s iconic 911 is going hybrid
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

A hybrid Porsche 911, with its gas engine assisted by at least one battery-powered electric motor, will officially be revealed in an online event on May 28. Porsche itself already sells plug-in hybrid models like the Cayenne e-Hybrid SUV and Panamera e-Hybrid four-door car but a hybrid 911 is another matter. This new hybrid model will be the closest Porsche can get to an electric 911 without raising those sorts of philosophical questions. But we do know the hybrid 911 is clearly faster than the current purely gas-powered 911. The faster time indicates the hybrid 911 has greater power due to the addition of electric assistance.

Persons: CNN —, ” Jörg Bergmeister, didn’t, Ferdinand Porsche Sr, Ferdinand “ Ferry, Ferry’s, Ferdinand “ Butzi Organizations: CNN, CNN — Porsche, Porsche, Volkswagen Locations: Cayenne

☆ Fender benders mean serious high-tech repairs now
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Virtually every new vehicle sold in the last few years has sensors and cameras, including radar and sonar, throughout the body of the vehicle. These have made the repair process more complex because, unlike a smashed fender, a sensor or camera can’t just be bolted or welded back on. Some of these systems can cut crash rates in half, said Greg Brannon, director of automotive engineering at AAA. In a crash, these sensors and cameras can be damaged or just knocked out of alignment. Claim adjustors, who often come from the collision repair industry themselves, need to understand all the nuances involved in repairing these automated systems and sensors.

Persons: It’s, ”, Todd Dillender, Greg Brannon, “ They’re, Brannon, “, Hami Ebrahimi, ” Ebrahimi, Ebrahimi, That’s, Dillender, adjuster, Mike Bunda, We’ve Organizations: CNN, Auto, AAA, Systems Locations: United States, Chicago, Seattle, New York

☆ Kyle Larson wins by 0.001 seconds in closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Capping off a weekend of photo finishes, Kyle Larson won NASCAR’s AdventHealth 400 by a staggering 0.001 seconds in Kansas on Sunday. The RFK team could be seen on the broadcast jubilantly celebrating before the official result was finalized. Eventually, Hendrick Motorsports’ Larson was declared winner in the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history, per NASCAR. “I didn’t know if I won or not, I was pumped for the finish,” Larson added as he explained his spotter said it was a second-place finish before celebrating wildly down the radio when he found out Larson had won. I haven’t seen a replay other than just a picture and I sure can’t see it in that picture,” a dejected Buescher told FS1.

Persons: Kyle Larson, NASCAR’s, Mystik Dan, Larson, Chris Buescher, Buescher, ’ Larson, ” Larson, Logan Riely, “, ”, FS1, ” Buescher Organizations: CNN, Kentucky Derby, Roush Fenway, Racing, RFK Racing, RFK, Hendrick, NASCAR Locations: Kansas

☆ NASCAR and Its Race Teams Fight Over the Sport’s Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Ken Belson | More About Ken Belson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Michael Jordan and his right-hand man, Curtis Polk, bought a NASCAR team in 2020 with the driver Denny Hamlin, they were prepared to endure short-term losses. The Next Generation cars that were introduced in 2022 would cost top teams about $18 million a year to run before paying a driver, and their team, 23xi, had two. But they believed they’d make that money back over time because NASCAR had a lot of room to grow. Sponsorships, the lifeblood of every race team, were still in demand, especially for a team owned by a basketball legend like Jordan. The main reason, they said, is NASCAR’s reluctance to share more of its growing revenue with 23xi and the 15 other racing teams in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Persons: Michael Jordan, Curtis Polk, Denny Hamlin, Jordan Organizations: NASCAR, Fox, NBC, Amazon, Warner Bros .

☆ How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Kashmir Hill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Automakers have been selling data about the driving behavior of millions of people to the insurance industry. In the case of General Motors, affected drivers weren’t informed, and the tracking led insurance companies to charge some of them more for premiums. This month, my husband received his “consumer disclosure files” from LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verisk, two data brokers that work with the insurance industry and that G.M. I had requested my own LexisNexis file while reporting, but it didn’t have driving data on it. Though both of our names are on the car’s title, the data from our Bolt accrued to my husband alone because the G.M.

Persons: Bolt, heeding Organizations: General Motors, LexisNexis Risk, LexisNexis

☆ Tesla heads to court after Apple engineer’s family says Autopilot caused his fatal crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But Huang’s family said Tesla oversold its Autopilot technology’s capabilities, and that it is not as safe to use as advertised. Tesla has come under intense scrutiny for its Autopilot technology over the six years since Huang’s fatal crash. That didn’t happen in the case of Huang’s crash, Tesla has said. Although Huang’s family acknowledges he was distracted while the car was driving, they argue Tesla is at fault because it falsely marketed Autopilot as self-driving software. If the jury finds in favor of Huang’s family, Tesla could have to pay damages, and they could add up quickly.

Persons: New York CNN — Tesla, Tesla, Walter Huang, Elon Musk, Huang, Huang’s, Mrs, ”, Mark Fong, Musk, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, National Transportation Safety, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA Locations: New York, Silicon Valley, United States, California

☆ Elon Musk announces Tesla will unveil a ‘robotaxi’ on August 8
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But Musk, on a Friday afternoon, when companies tend to bury news, announced on X that Tesla would unveil its robotaxi on August 8. “Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8,” the Tesla CEO (and owner of X) posted. Musk has said in the past that Tesla will make a car without controls for a human to use. Musk has said the system will one day make Tesla cars incredibly valuable. Cruise has paused its testing work after one of its self-driving cars hit and dragged a pedestrian.

Persons: CNN — Elon Musk, Tesla, “ Tesla, Musk, ” Musk, ”, Kelly Funkhouser, she’s, “ You’re, “, Cruise, Waymo Organizations: CNN, Tesla, Consumer, Department of Justice

☆ Eva Mendes opens up about her acting hiatus after having kids with Ryan Gosling
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Eva Mendes has opened up about her transition from actress to full-time mom to her kids with actor partner Ryan Gosling. “It was almost just like a non-verbal agreement that it was like, okay, he’s going to work and I’m going to work. Mendes and Gosling reportedly met as co-stars on the set of the 2012 crime drama “The Place Beyond the Pines.”The longtime couple have two daughters together. Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling reportedly met while co-starring in the 2012 crime drama "The Place Beyond The Pines." Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed.”Speaking about that moment, she said, “Because that’s what it’s about.

Persons: CNN — Eva Mendes, Ryan Gosling, “, ”, I’m, ” Mendes, Mendes, Gosling, Eva Mendes, Sonia Recchia, Ken, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie, Gosling’s Oscar, Barbie, Oscar, Ken ” – Mendes, ” Mendes ’, “ Desi, Mami Organizations: CNN, ABC Locations: Hollywood

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