Month: April 2023

DETROIT — General Motors plans to phase out widely-used Apple CarPlay and Android Auto technologies that allow drivers to mirror their phones’ interfaces instead of the car’s. GM will instead shift to solely built-in infotainment systems developed with Google for future electric vehicles. GM’s decision to stop offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in future …

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A Tesla Model 3 charges at a Supercharger. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Rumors have swirled about Model 3 and Model Y updates, but nothing official yet from Tesla. “When you move to higher-volume vehicles, you have to start keeping up with the Joneses,” one analyst said. Vehicle redesigns have long helped car companies juice …

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Last November, Lancia teased its “Emozione Pu+Ra” concept. Drawn by lead designer Jean-Pierre Ploué, the showcase looked more like sculpture or a car from 2523 instead of vehicular inspiration for production models that will begin arriving this year. We simply didn’t know how to read the abstractions. Lancia teased another concept earlier this month, this …

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