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• Politician who warned about driving drunk is charged with it

  05-01-2020 19:00
  
  Filed under:Government/LegalThe top Republican in the New York State Assembly was charged New Year's Eve with driving while intoxicated in his state-issued vehicle, just a week after he wrote a newspaper column warning citizens against getting behind the wheel drunk.Kolb was found to be the driver of the 2018 GMC Acadia that crashed in front of his home.An Ontario County sheriff's deputy administered field sobriety tests, which Kolb failed, before taking him to jail.Continue reading Politician w
  
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• Bosch to offer lower-cost lidar for self-driving cars

  05-01-2020 17:00
  
  Filed under:CES,Technology,AutonomousPrivately-held Bosch said the internally-developed lidar sensor, which it will show at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, will cover both long and close ranges on highways and in the city and will work in conjunction with the company's camera and radar technologies.Lidar technology, which uses light-based sensors to generate a three-dimensional view of the road, remains a relatively young technology that is still in flux.In its current form
  
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• Lamborghini Huracan Evo Rear-Wheel Drive promises lots of oversteer

  05-01-2020 16:42
  
  Filed under:Lamborghini,Coupe,Luxury,Performance,SupercarsContinue reading Lamborghini Huracan Evo Rear-Wheel Drive promises lots of oversteer Lamborghini Huracan Evo Rear-Wheel Drive promises lots of oversteer originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 5 Jan 2020 10:42:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Robert Kubica moves from Williams to Alfa Romeo F1 reserve

  05-01-2020 15:30
  
  Filed under:Motorsports,Alfa Romeo,RacingRobert Kubica has joined Alfa Romeo as their 2020 reserve driver, the role the Pole carried out 14 years ago when he made his Formula One debut with the Swiss-based team then known as BMW Sauber.The deal announced on Wednesday also sees Polish oil company PKN ORLEN, who backed the 35-year-old's comeback last season at former champions Williams, become a co-title sponsor of the team in a multi-year partnership.Kubica's big break came in 2006 when he became
  
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• Japan calls Ghosn's escape inexcusable and vows tighter immigration checks

  05-01-2020 15:21
  
  Filed under:Government/Legal,Mitsubishi,Nissan,RenaultJapan's justice minister on Sunday called the flight of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn as he awaited trial on financial misconduct charges inexcusable and vowed to beef up immigration checks.Justice Minister Masako Mori said she had ordered an investigation after Ghosn issued a statement a few days ago saying he was in Lebanon.Continue reading Japan calls Ghosn's escape inexcusable and vows tighter immigration checks Japan calls Ghosn's
  
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• Daimler and Volvo could jointly develop internal combustion engines

  05-01-2020 14:52
  
  Filed under:Mercedes-Benz,VolvoLuxury German carmaker Daimlerand Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely, are considering cooperating to cut the costs of developing combustion engines, a magazine reported on Sunday, citing unnamed company sources.The Automobilwoche weekly cited a Volvo manager as saying there were initial talks with Daimler, but no concrete plans, while a company spokesman said it was too early to talk about firm projects, although it was not excluding anybody.A Daimler spokesman sai
  
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