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The announcement, made in a social media post by Nick Twork, Lucid Motors’ new head of communications, comes over a year after the company added CarPlay support to its vehicles.

The Japanese automaker’s joint venture in China is aiming to launch an EV with a driver assist that’s equivalent to Tesla’s controversial FSD, according to Reuters. That’s especially interesting considering Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus was the only company to pass the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety’s rigorous ADAS test. Not saying there’s a direct connection, but Toyota certainly has the chops.

This report from Reuters looks at how executives from Volkswagen and Rivian courted each other in the run-up to the surprise announcement of the $5 billion joint venture this week. One of things they did to determine whether it would be a good fit was to strip the electronics out of two Audis and replace them with modules and harnesses supplied by Rivian. Later, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe teases the possibility of a Rivian-powered Porsche — which I think I speak for many when I say, sick.

Much like MTV News and its archives, Pimp My Ride is no longer with us, but Netflix’s new car restoration show Resurrection Rides looks like it’ll be the next best thing when it premieres on July 24th.

The compact EV was supposed to go on sale in North America this year, but thanks to the Biden administration’s tariffs on vehicles from China, that won’t be happening. Volvo tells InsideEVs that the EX30’s debut is being pushed to 2025 while it moves production to Ghent, Belgium. The EV is currently being assembled in China, where Volvo’s parent company Geely is based.

“CDK GLOBAL CYBERATTACK” blares the headline on Automotive News’ landing page for all the site’s reporting on the ransomware attack, which is now in its seventh day. The cyberattack against the software provider to nearly 15,000 dealerships across North America has caused a massive outage that could ultimately affect vehicle sales. Naturally, AutoNews has been following the story closely — including this editorial calling for “creative defense strategies” against cyber criminals.

We learned a lot about the “next generation” Apple CarPlay at WWDC 2024. Now, BlackBoxInfinite has tried rebuilding classic layouts from cars like the Acura NSX and Ferrari Testarossa in Apple’s framework.