Continental AutoLinQ Uses Google?s Android Platform for Car Connectivity

Ford?s Sync is arguably the iPhone of the automotive world: well known, easy to understand, and popular with the kids. In the mobile world, however, Google?s Android operating system has overtaken the iPhone in terms of market share. Could it do the same to Sync? Continental hopes so, considering that its system, AutoLinQ, is Android-based. [...] Related posts:
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Al-Attiyah closes in on Dakar victory

Nasser Al-Attiyah took a big step towards his maiden Dakar win after Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz hit trouble on the 11th stage of the event. The reigning champion, who was second behind Al-Attiyah until yesterday, lost over an hour after breaking his suspension at the 410-km point of the stage.

Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/al-attiyah-closes-in-on-dakar-victory/

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Today?s Headlines

Bronx Docs Says Respiratory Ailments a Leading Health Threat (News) Thorough Street Plowing Brings Noise Complaints, Discretionary Driving (Post) More Crackdown Confusion: Cops May Not Know Bike Laws, But Cyclists Damn Well Better (L Mag) Speaking of Confusion, Manhattan CB 8 Holds Hearing on Electric Bikes (Our Town) Proposed Apartments for Downtown Flushing to Sport 100 Percent Parking Ratio [...]

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Toyota Prius c Concept ? Auto Shows

Toyota plans to add a downsized Prius family member to grow efficiency. With nearly a million Prius sales in the U.S. over the past 10 years, Toyota is looking to expand its hybrid business, and it will do so by growing the Prius family. At the 2011 Detroit auto show, the company unveiled three upcoming family [...] Related posts:
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Mercedes-Benz Confirms SLS AMG E-Cell for Production

The race for the best fully electric sports car is on, said Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche today at the Mercedes-Benz press conference in Detroit. Zetsche confirmed the SLS AMG E-Cell, which we drove in prototype form last year, will be offered for order at Mercedes dealers from 2013 on. Back when we drove the car, [...] Related posts:
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Al-Attiyah closes in on Dakar victory

Nasser Al-Attiyah took a big step towards his maiden Dakar win after Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz hit trouble on the 11th stage of the event. The reigning champion, who was second behind Al-Attiyah until yesterday, lost over an hour after breaking his suspension at the 410-km point of the stage.

Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/al-attiyah-closes-in-on-dakar-victory/

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