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• Vettel victorious over charging Bottas at Bahrain Grand Prix

  08-04-2018 23:15
  
  Filed under:Motorsports,Performance,RacingFerrari's Sebastian Vettel held on by the skin of his teeth to win a tense Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix in his 200th race start on Sunday. His tires fading, the championship leader took the checkered flag only 0.6 seconds clear of Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, who piled the pressure on in the final 10 laps. Bottas's team mate and reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, who had started ninth after a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change
  
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• Sunday Drive: Rendering the future at Jeep and Ford

  08-04-2018 18:00
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Chrysler,Dodge,Ford,Jeep,Misc. Automakers,Auctions,Convertible,Coupe,Crossover,Hatchback,Sedan,SUV,Truck,Future,Luxury,Off-Road,Performance,Racing,Specialty,Auto News RecapsLast week brought us quite a wide variety of automotive news nuggets, and judging by the response of our own readership, the Jeep Wrangler pickup truck led the way. It's not expected to hit the sales floor until April of 2019, which means we've all got an entire year to wait, but that just means we ha
  
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• California may soon allow passengers in driverless cars

  08-04-2018 15:15
  
  Filed under:Deep Dive,Emerging Technologies,Technology,AutonomousIn early April, California's new rules that allow automakers, tech giants and just about anybody to test fully driverless cars on its roads finally took effect. But before those companies can realize their ride-hailing robot taxi ambitions, they have to wait for the state to adopt a proposal issued by the California Public Utilities Commission. The public utility regulator's proposed rules would allow autonomous vehicles to give ri
  
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• Truck market speeding toward 70%

  08-04-2018 07:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The sprint to "70 percent" -- light trucks' share of the overall U.S. new-vehicle market -- took a giant leap in the first quarter, capped by a spectacular March.
  
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• Lincoln dials back fleet business

  08-04-2018 07:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lincoln has cut deliveries to daily rental companies such as Hertz and Avis and has dialed back on providing company cars, both internally and to other businesses.
  
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• Lexus UX aims to bridge price, age gap

  08-04-2018 07:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lowering the average age of the Lexus buyer depends on attracting a younger demographic and on generating enough sales volume to move the needle.
  
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