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The alliance, which also includes Intel and Mobileye, could help Fiat Chrysler catch up in fresh technologies and fend off competitors from Silicon Valley.

BMW and Volkswagen Attempt to Hit Apple and Google at Their Own Game

European carmakers and suppliers are attempting to build the computing capacity they will need as vehicles digitize and become driverless.

The Week Ahead

A Monday Holiday Around the World, and May Hiring Data Is Due

Many financial markets will close for national holidays. As for jobs, Wall Street analysts expect that 176,000 people joined the work force.

By THE Fresh YORK TIMES

Tech Peak

The Risk in Using a Public Phone Charger

Connecting your phone to public charging stations or rental cars may put your device and individual information at risk. But there are precautions you can take.

Haven’t Bought a Car in a While? It’s a Fresh World Out There

With people keeping their vehicles longer, a visit to the dealership may leave some feeling like Rip Van Winkle.

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Getting Used to the Fresh Auto Technology

Buyers who have held on to their cars for a long time may feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle when they shop for a fresh one.

German Automakers Step Up to Silicon Valley Challenge

BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen are striving with enhancing urgency to rail the digital wave sweeping the industry, before it rolls over them.

By JACK EWING and MARK SCOTT

The Public Editor

Friday Mailbag: Soda, the Health Act and ‘Mrs.’ Trump

Did The Times hold low-income people to a dual standard when it wrote about food stamps and soda purchases?

By LIZ SPAYD with EVAN GERSHKOVICH

Wheels

One Day, Cars Will Connect With Your Fridge and Your Heartbeat

Cars that direct drivers to appointments and stores — or even monitor the driver’s health — are coming, experts say.

By JOHN R. QUAIN

Automakers Befriend Start-Ups Like Uber, Girding Against a Switching Car Culture

Companies like Toyota and Volkswagen are supporting the tech companies working to switch the way people travel by car.

By MIKE ISAAC and NEAL E. BOUDETTE

SiriusXM Fights to Predominate the Dashboard of the Connected Car

While other music outlets fight, the satellite-radio network is a success story. However, the Internet-connected car will pose a challenge.

Special Report: Formula One Review

For Technology Firms, the Racetrack Is a Lab

Formula One is being used as a testing ground for future electronic security developments in the automotive industry.

By BRAD SPURGEON

For Auto Enthusiasts, the Right to Tinker With Cars’ Software

Federal copyright law now permits drivers to beef up their vehicle’s spectacle without incurring the legal anger of carmakers.

By BARRY MEIER and JAD MOUAWAD

The Future Issue

The Desire Life of Driverless Cars

Autonomous vehicles might remain an expensive novelty, or they might utterly convert society. Either way, they have much to train us about how to look at the cities we live in.

By GEOFF MANAUGH

Volkswagen May Suggest Cash to Ease Owners’ Ire

In an effort to recover some good will, Volkswagen is expected to suggest cash to the owners of diesel cars.

Daily Report: A $1 Billion Bet on Artificial Intelligence in Silicon Valley

Interest and investment in artificial intelligence is back with a vengeance in Silicon Valley, attracting companies such as Toyota to make big bets in the space.

Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in U.S.

The initiative, the Toyota Research Institute, will create one of the fattest labs in Silicon Valley and will be led by the roboticist Gill Pratt.

By JOHN MARKOFF

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Hands-Free, on the Highway

The driver who tested the Tesla Model S with the fresh autopilot feature was jumpy at very first, but soon learned to let the computer drive the car.

By AARON KESSLER

Wheels

Harnessing Fresh Technology to Make Old Cars Safer

More devices and services promise to equip aging vehicles with modern features like rearview cameras and driver alert systems.

By JOHN R. QUAIN

Special Report: Japanese Grand Prix

Putting the Future in a Little Black Box

Formula One’s electronic control unit, used by every team to control all of the racing car’s electronic processes, is also helping switch how road cars run.

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