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Your Daily Automobile updates From Around The World [  The Automobile News]( You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...](    [The Electric F-150 And The Lifestyle-Truck Virus](   Would subsidizing the purchase of new pickup trucks enhance or diminish the welfare of our communities? If you think putting more trucks on the road is a bad idea, your position is at odds with parts of federal government policy. Starting next year, Ford will be selling an electric variant of America’s most-popular vehicle, the F-150 pickup. And thanks to the federal electric vehicle tax credit, the U.S. Treasury will be knocking up to $7,500 off of each buyer’s tax liability come April 15. The ostensible purpose of the EV tax credit is to incentivize consumers to opt away from internal combustion engine vehicles. Its proponents would argue that the credit serves to neutralize the cost advantage conferred to ICE vehicles in the absence of emissions pricing. But the application of this logic to Ford’s new electric pickup puts into stark relief the EV tax credit’s flaws. Hailed by the “car guy”-in-chief as a transformative moment, Ford’s rollout of the electric F-150 is little more than a masterclass in greenwashing. Though this vehicle will be battery powered, and thus will not emit carbon at the tailpipe, it will bring with it all of the remaining pickup truck externalities that plague the transportation landscape today. [Read Full Article](  Recommended products:  [complete a survey and get a pizza from your favorites](   [Take our survey and get a Fitbit (with a prepaid Visa Giftcard)](  [Fasten Your Seatbelts: MG Connected Car Technology]( From understanding Hinglish voice commands to offering seamless connectivity on the go, cars are getting more and more hi-tech, making the driving experience easier, smoother and smarter Your car rides are set to get more and more hi-tech. Today, one can remotely start the vehicle, switch on or off climate control, open and close the sunroof and tailgate, and lock the door with just a few clicks. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, cars today offer a plethora of connected features for consumers like vehicle monitoring and remote diagnostics. That’s not all. Some cars can understand Hinglish as well. MG Motor India’s smart car MG Hector Plus has more than 70 tech features, one of which is that it can understand more than 35 Hinglish voice commands. “The Hector Plus offers innovative solutions such as understanding more than 35 Hinglish voice commands, a first-of-its-kind feature. The command, ‘Hello, MG’, activates the in-car control system, enabling better, hands-free interaction between the owner and the car. The assistant adapts Indian-English pronunciation, and with Natural Language Understanding (NLU), it overcomes the challenges of understanding different accents like Indian-English and English accents,” explains Rajeev Chaba, president and managing director, MG Motor India. [Read Full Article](  [Beyond Autonomy: How AI Is Driving The Automotive Industry]( AI innovation is driving the automotive industry forwards in ways that go way beyond vehicle autonomy, says Dr Richard Ahlfeld, CEO and founder of Monolith AI Artificial intelligence leads many of the most innovative areas of the automotive industry at this time. Although traditionally associated with autonomous cars, the industry is also working on AI applications to revolutionise other areas of the sector including, mobility services, supply chain, predictive maintenance and customer experience, to name a few. As today’s vehicle becomes more and more complicated to design and build, AI is working behind the scenes to provide a productivity boost, streamlining design and manufacturing elements associated with the sector. Manufacturing: steady-state track testing and transient testing Each development phase within manufacturing needs a different assessment method to evaluate a car’s performance: CFD simulations before any prototype is produced, wind tunnel experiments, and eventually, track testing. [Read Full Article]( You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...](     Connect with the automobile news on social media [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Linkedin]( You received this email because you operate or create content for a website/service and based on your website it seemed like this could be important information to you and your users. This newsletter is managed by [Postbox Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd](.C-4/5, IBD Emporia, Kolar Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA, 462042 Want to change how you receive these emails? [Update your preferences]( or [Unsubscribe](