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Tesla Autopilot Crashes, Hyperloop Potential, Preloved Prii. T.E.N. Future Car News 8th July 2016

July 09, 2016

Welcome to T.E.N! Short for Transport Evolved News, T.E.N. is recorded every Friday to help your weekend get off to a flying start by making sure you haven’t missed the big future transport news stories of the week.
Weekly show about future cars and future car technology.  This week news about: Second NHTSA investigation into suspected Tesla Autopilot rollover; TSLA misses Q2 targets for delivery and production; Renault-Nissan produces its 340,000th electric car; Volkswagen announces connected car partnership with LG Electronics; BMW announces major autonomous vehicle project with Intel and Mobileye; UK charging provider Ecotricity introduces charging fees for its Electric Highway; world’s first Hyperloop study shows the technology could save billions of dollars in lost time per year; Hyundai IONIQ Hybrid and IONIQ EV priced in UK; Ontario struggles to attract autonomous drive projects to its roads; Toyota sells imported Prius Plug-in Hybrids in New Zealand to get more customers plugging in.

* Investigations Continue – NHTSA continues investigations into Autopilot crashes
* Targets Missed – Tesla misses its Q2 targets
* 340,000 EVs – Renault-Nissan hits 340,000 vehicle milestone
* Connected – Volkswagen announces partnership with LG Electronics on Connected car tech
* Eyes on you – BMW, Intel, Mobileye work together on autonomous vehicle technology
* Pricing change – Ecotricity shifts its EV charging network from free to pay-to-use
* Billions saved – World’s first Hyperloop study shows potential time savings to be massive
* Competitive? – Hyundai IONIQ Hybrid and IONIQ EV priced for UK market
* Feeling unloved – Ontario gives up on trying to get automakers to test autonomous drive technology there
* Pre-loved – Toyota sells used JDM Prius plug-in hybrids to New Zealand