in-car electronics

  • 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV pre-production vehicles at Orion Township Assembly Plant, March 2016

    The question of where consumer goods are made has become more prominent in our political discourse of late, cars among them. Every automobile sold in the U.S. carries a listing of content sources, specifying what percentage by value of its overall content comes from which countries or regions. Electric cars, it turns out, have some anomalies. DON'T MISS: 2014 Nissan Leaf Domestic Content: Now Closer To Volt, Focus Electric (Mar 2014) Three years ago, digging into the domestic content of the Nissan Leaf, which is assembled in Smyrna, Tennessee, with lithium-ion battery cells from the same...

  • 2014 Tesla Model S
    Tesla Model S Adds 'Speed Assist,' Lane-Departure Warning

    Tesla adds two safety systems to the Model S electric car.

  • 2012 Ford Focus Electric launch, New York City, January 2011 - Bill Ford Jr.
    Ford: Era Of EVs Calls For Closer Eye On Conflict Minerals

    Increasingly, in production electric vehicles such as the 2012 Ford Focus Electric and 2011 Nissan Leaf, automakers are turning to recycled and repurposed materials. But the rest of a modern car—even an ol' fossil-fuel burner—is no longer just sheetmetal, alloy, and plastics; extruded...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S
    Tegra For Tesla: 2012 Model S To Use Nvidia Graphics Tech

    The Tesla Motors company goes hand-in-hand with high technology. Their current 2011 Roadster 2.5 uses cutting edge aluminum and carbon-fiber construction and offers supercar-rivalling performance from its electric drivetrain. We've known about the upcoming 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan for a...

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