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The Bentley Flying Spur – hailed as “the best luxury sedan in the world” – is now available with Bentley’s renowned and highly successful V8 powertrain, as an alternative to the iconic W12.Research from the last ten years shows a significant shift in the usage of the Flying Spur from chauffeur-driven owners to customers driving themselves with passengers accompanying them. Global research (including two customer clinics in America and China) also demonstrated that over 40 per cent of customers travel with rear seat passengers at least once a week. This data has been used to develop the latest iteration of the new four door grand tourer, focusing on the driver experience whilst retaining a cabin space that combines exquisite luxury with integrated latest-generation technology.The Flying Spur V8 offers a more driver-centric experience via increased agility and a more characterful engine note, whilst benefiting from increased range between fuel stops and a reduction in CO2 emissions.
Uber has revealed its first prototype flying taxi.
Volvo Cars, a leader in automotive safety, and Uber, the leading ride-hailing firm, today present a jointly developed production car capable of driving by itself, the next step in the strategic collaboration between both companies. Uber and Volvo Cars entered a joint engineering agreement in 2016 and have since developed several prototypes aimed at accelerating the companies’ self-driving car development. The Volvo XC90 SUV presented today is the first production car that in combination with Uber’s self-driving system is capable of fully driving itself. The XC90 base vehicle is equipped with key safety features that allow Uber to easily install its own self-driving system, enabling the possible future deployment of self-driving cars in Uber’s network as an autonomous ridesharing service.
Premium car brand Audi is to invest $79.5 billion dollars over the next five years in self-driving electric cars.
Uber has announced it is building an Advanced Technology Center in Paris, France as work continues on plans for its Uber Elevate flying taxi service.
The race to produce the first fully functional flying car has taken flight at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Italian design and engineering company Italdesign (whose parent companies are Audi and Lamborghini) is back for a second year running with a concept collaboration with European aeronautical giant Airbus, called the Pop-Up. And Pal-V is mounting a convincing challenge with a first-look vehicle that’s ready for production, called Liberty. Italdesign’s CEO is swift to point out the differences between the two models. Joerg Astalosch insists his is not a flying car.
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