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Are flying cars finally here?

Vox

VCG/VCG via Getty Images The world had “flying cars” in the 1930s. If you want to be a little more whimsical about it (and not totally inaccurate), you could say that China has opened a flying car service. We can have a world full of flying cars — if we want it. We had flying cars 100 years ago. Where’d they go?

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Seattle launches permit system for companies testing self-driving vehicles on city streets

GeekWire

Tech companies and automakers that want to test self-driving cars on Seattle streets now have to obtain a permit showing they comply with safety and liability regulations. Companies seeking a permit will have to notify the city before beginning testing and display company logos prominently on their self-driving cars.

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The Lamborghini Countach, the poster car of ‘80s luxury, is back — and it’s a hybrid

The Verge

the patriarch of modern super sports car design”. Lamborghini calls the Countach “the patriarch of modern super sports car design,” and indeed its distinctive wedge shape and sleek, villainous lines proved to be a popular cultural touchstone for many growing up in the 1970s and ‘80s.

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Hyundai’s restomod Grandeur is the perfect EV for a supervillain

The Verge

As someone who only dabbles in car culture, I usually find concepts to be more weird than enticing — but this is absolutely not the case for Hyundai's Heritage Series Grandeur EV , which goes with an incredible retro aesthetic, rather than an alien future one. By the way, none of this is meant as an insult to the car or its designers.

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Warner Bros. and J.J. Abrams are working on a live-action Hot Wheels movie

The Verge

and Mattel Films announced that Bad Robot has signed on to produce a live-action Hot Wheels feature film described in a press release as a showcase of “some of the world’s hottest and sleekest cars, monster trucks and motorcycles.” and Mattel have designs on it becoming their answer to Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise.

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Future Attacks Against Cyber Connected Cars

SecureWorld News

The day autonomous cars replace the cars we have today is not here yet, but it is approaching. Connected cars at risk of cyber attack. Many of our vehicles are already essentially rolling computer networks, and bad actors will certainly work on ways to compromise these connected car technologies.

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Sony and Honda plan to make electric vehicles together

The Verge

Sony and Honda are planning to form a new company to design and sell electric vehicles together. Honda will manufacture the first model, with the new company handing the vehicle’s design, development, and sales, and Sony set to develop a mobility service platform.

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