COVID-19 cuts number of Florida traffic crashes in half.
Florida traffic accidents have been cut in half due to coronavirus quarantine.
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles officials and the county’s transportation planning agency announced that the number of traffic crashes in Florida dropped by 50% in April compared to the same time last year.
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New York Auto Show was canceled for 2020 and pushed to spring 2021.
The New York Auto Show, organized by the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, is typically held in April and draws over 1 million attendants. The event was scheduled to begin April 10 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. After COVID-19 swept into Europe and North America, the organizers delayed it until August but now they are saying they won’t be able to meet that deadline and officially canceled it for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next show will take place April 2 to April 11, 2021 and press days will be March 31 and April 1.
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The Jaguar I-Pace racing series, which launched in 2018, will come to an end this year two years after it began and after just two seasons due to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company says it is still “fully committed” to electric racing, including its Formula E-team, but didn’t feel that having its own series made sense. And the company is shutting down the I-Pace eTrophy at the end of the 2019-2020 season after the automaker has reviewed its strategy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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1. Staying up to date with local rules and regulations about lock-downs and curfews.
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3. Deep cleaning and Disinfecting vehicles.
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5. Networking with other small businesses, restaurants, and stores to assist with deliveries.
6. Offering service / donating to health institutions and their patients.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating German automaker BMW. The news was confirmed by a company spokesperson a few days ago. The investigation is regarding BMW’s sales practices, specifically whether the company is “punching” its sales.
The German automaker confirmed it has been contacted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, however, declined to provide further comment on the ongoing investigation.
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Ford teased the fans with a video uploaded on YouTube demonstrating its new electric truck’s remarkable towing capacity.
In 2017, Ford announced that it is planning to sell an all-electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck. Only a few days ago, the American automaker says it would start selling a hybrid version by 2020 and released a video demonstration that shows off the prototype’s impressive torque.
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Thousands stranded in Miami overnight Friday after bus breakdown at the Ultra Music Festival forced people to walk four miles after leaving the venue.
Thousands of partygoers were stranded on a Miami island after organizers hadn’t arranged enough buses and after event ended leaving people were forced to walk five kilometres over bridge to the mainland.
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A single Falcon 9 rocket is about to fly for the third time.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Spaceflight’s SSO-A rideshare mission from Southern California at 1:31 p.m. EST. The launch was delayed from November 28 due to strong high-altitude winds.
On Monday, SpaceX will launch 64 small satellites at once from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California using a Falcon 9 rocket that the company has already flown twice before. It is a groundbreaking launch for SpaceX in numerous ways. Not only this is the first time the company will fly a rocket for a third time, but this will be the largest number of spacecraft that has ever taken off on a single flight. More »
The German automaker is considering a second manufacturing plant in U.S. that could produce engines and transmissions, BMW Group Chairman and CEO Harald Krueger said to reporters Tuesday in Los Angeles ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show. According to a company spokesman, the Munich-based BMW Group is considering building an engine plant in the U.S. to supply its vehicles made in the U.S. and Mexico. More »
Google’s Waymo gets permission for human-free driving tests in the Golden State.
Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google parent Alphabet, has won approval from California to begin the first tests of fully driverless cars without human safety drivers at the wheel as a backup on state roads. The company is the first to receive a driverless permit in the Golden State. The company has been granted the permission amid an increase in skepticism about the real-world readiness of self-driving technology.
Waymo’s permit includes day and night testing on city streets, rural roads, and highways with speed limits of up to 65 mph. The company claims its vehicles can safely handle fog and light rain, and testing in those conditions is included in the permit. Waymo plans to gradually begin driverless testing on public roads in a limited territory and, over time, gradually expand the area. More »
