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    Tesla Autopilot Owner's Manual Leaked Explaining New Stop Feature

    Last week a video of a new Autopilot feature surfaced on Twitter showing a Model 3 automatically stopping at a traffic light. Now a manual of the feature has surfaced, also on Twitter, describing how the system handles various intersection situations. The information in the manual, which appears legitimate but hasn’t been confirmed by Tesla, […] More

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    Mini Sidewalk Convertible Is One Way to Look Forward to Fun Days to Come

    Mini is relaunching a Sidewalk Edition for the 2021 model year, based on the Cooper S convertible. The ragtop model will be offered in either Deep Laguna Metallic or Enigmatic Black Metallic exterior colors and sports a gray-patterned softtop. Cool scissors-spoke wheels, touchscreen navigation, a head-up display, and a Harman/Kardon stereo system are among the […] More

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    Tesla Model Y Off-Roading Video Gets Hate on Twitter

    Twitter user Mike McGinnis posted a video of his new Tesla Model Y electric compact crossover driving across a flooded patch of dirt road. Commenters had mixed emotions about the off-road video, some applauding him and some claiming any car could do that. The Model Y starts at $40,200 and is the latest model from […] More

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    Dominic Toretto's Fast and Furious Dodge Charger Becomes Lego Kit

    Lego’s latest automotive creation is a replica of Dominic Toretto’s badass 1970 Dodge Charger R/T from the Fast and Furious movies. The 1077-piece Lego Technic kit features a V-8 engine with moving pistons, a double-wishbone suspension, and a wheelie bar. Pre-orders open today, March 30, and the Charger kit will be available for sale globally […] More

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    2021 Genesis G80 Fully Revealed, and We're Impressed

    We’ve already shown you that for 2021, the Genesis G80 has made a move upmarket; now we have an on-sale date for the sleek mid-size luxury sedan. The 2021 G80 rides on a new rear-wheel-drive platform and gets a choice of two turbocharged engines. The G80 goes on sale in the second half of the […] More

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    How Electric-Vehicle Startups Are Coping in Coronavirus Pandemic

    Rivian, which has been talking up its electric truck and SUV (below), and Lucid, with its near-production Air luxury sedan (pictured above), have both had to reschedule events due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some EV startups were in the middle of building factories when shelter-in-place orders were given. The agility that is a characteristic of […] More