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- The first plug-in hybrid Jeep Grand Cherokee is here
- Amazon’s automotive efforts appear to be taking a pit stop
- Elon Musk: ‘we probably don’t need’ NDAs for Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta
| The first plug-in hybrid Jeep Grand Cherokee is here Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:00 AM PDT  Jeep revealed the 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe, the first plug-in hybrid version of the automaker's best-selling SUV. It is the second Jeep vehicle to get an electrified version, following the hybrid 2021 Wrangler 4xe released last year. Jeep also announced an off-roading version of the Grand Cherokee, the Trailhawk, which also comes with a hybrid motor. Tellingly, Jeep is not announcing a pure electric version of the Grand Cherokee, nor selling any battery-electric vehicles. The automaker recently announced that it would release "zero-emission" versions of all of its vehicles by 2025, along with plug-hybrid variants. The Grand Cherokee 4xe ("four by E" in Jeep parlance) is estimated to get 25 miles of all-electric range and...  |
| Amazon’s automotive efforts appear to be taking a pit stop Posted: 29 Sep 2021 01:12 AM PDT  Amazon laid out its plans to make ambient computing an even bigger part of its customers' lives at its hardware and services event on Tuesday. But while that vision includes surveillance drones and being followed around your home by a rolling Alexa-on-wheels called Astro, it was missing products for the other place people spend a lot of their time — their cars. That left an automotive-sized hole in Amazon's presentation, and there are some good reasons to find it odd. Rumors in the lead-up to Amazon's event pointed to the launch of a second generation Echo Auto, alongside several other predictions that ended up being true, like the wall-mounted Echo Show 15. Leaks of the Ring Car Cam in June also seemed to suggest that the Amazon-owned...  |
| Elon Musk: ‘we probably don’t need’ NDAs for Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta Posted: 28 Sep 2021 03:46 PM PDT  Tesla has been making participants in the "Full Self-Driving" beta test sign non-disclosure agreements, but CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday "we probably don't need" them. The reason? "There's a lot of videos" being shared of the beta software in action, Musk said on Tuesday during the 2021 Code Conference. "People don't seem to listen to me" and are "just ignoring it anyway." "I don't know why there's an NDA," he said. Tesla has had a small group of owners testing out the beta version of its "Full Self-Driving" software — which, despite the name, does not make the company's cars fully autonomous — on public roads for about a year now. But this week, Vice reported that the company makes participants in the program sign NDAs. These agreements...  |
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