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BYD Will Pay When Its Self-Driving System Crashes Your Car, Up To A Point

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BYD will cover accidents while using Urban Navigate on Autopilot. Coverage only lasts a year and requires owners to be using system properly. Automaker also introduced new Xuanji A3 chip and system improvements. Who’s to blame when a semi-autonomous vehicle crashes ? It’s a sticky question, but responsibility typically falls on the human operator and their insurance company. BYD is flipping the script and offering full damage coverage for its Urban Navigate on Autopilot function. It builds on their previous coverage of Intelligent Parking, and the company said they’re the “world’s first automaker to offer such dual coverage for its advanced driving assistance systems.” More: BYD Is Coming For Land Rover’s Defender On Its Own Home Turf However, there’s a huge caveat as the “ one-year full damage coverage guarantee applies to new buyers and existing owners who upgrade to God’s E...
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The Shifter In This Bugatti Mistral Probably Costs More Than Your Car

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An Argentine author and businessman ordered this bespoke W16 Mistral. A silver rose sits sealed inside the car’s glass gear selector. The cabin pairs two leathers, Terre d’Or and Driftwood, throughout. Copper isn’t a shade that springs to mind when you think of Bugatti, which is part of what makes this W16 Mistral so arresting . Finished through the company’s Sur Mesure personalization program, the open-top hypercar proves the earthy tone suits it just as well as any of its more familiar liveries, without giving up an ounce of the restraint and polish that separates a Bugatti from everything else. This Mistral was commissioned by Argentine author and businessman Alejandro G. Roemmers, who is already believed to own one of the rare Bugatti Centodieci models. His Mistral, named Le Retour du Jeune Prince (The Return of the Young Prince), shares its name with one of his books and takes inspiration from it. Read: A Dad Or...
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82,000 Toyotas Prove Screens Aren’t Always Smarter Than Dials

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Toyota recalls around 82,000 MY24-25 vehicles over digital gauge cluster problem. Warning indicators may disappear during startup, creating potential safety concerns. Toyota Land Cruiser and Mirai models, as well as the Lexus GX and UX are affected. Hi-tech digital guage clusters don’t just look disappointingly blank to little kids peering inside parked cars in time-honored tradition. Sometimes, as Toyota and Lexus owners are discovering, they stay blank even when the rest of the car is primed for action. The automakers are recalling more than 82,000 vehicles in the United States because their digital instrument clusters can fail to display important information when the vehicle starts up. The recall affects certain 2024 and 2025 model year Toyota Land Cruiser and Mirai models, as well as the Lexus GX and UX. Related: 44,000 More Tundras Are Joining Toyota’s Self-Destructing V6 Turbo Recall Because portions of the 12.3-inc...
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Slate Will Take Your Order For Its Cheap EV On June 24, Price Sold Separately

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Slate Auto will begin taking orders for its budget-focused EV on June 24. Startup still hasn’t revealed final pricing after losing the federal EV tax credit. More than 160,000 people have already placed refundable reservations. For Slate Auto , it’s been a wild ride since its inception four years ago. Initially, it planned to bring an EV to market for less than $20,000. Then Donald Trump cancelled the $7,500 tax credit that made such a price feasible. Now, the company is about to open up order books on June 24, but there’s still something missing… the price buyers will have to actually pay. Today, the electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos sent an email to prospective buyers saying that preorders will begin in June. Specifically, they’ll open on June 24, and those who jump on board early will evidently get a “delivery window before non-reservers.” More: Slate Auto Replaces CE...
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