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  This Week in Cars: an 831-HP Mercedes, a Ram Van RV, and the Chip Shortage

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  Several automakers adjusted their third-quarter sales projections downward this week, as the ongoing microchip shortage limits production below demand. Ford said its August sales were down 33 percent due to the chip shortage. Mercedes said its third-quarter results would be "noticeably below" …

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  This Week in Cars: The Next NSX, the 1100-HP Lucid Air Dream, and a Big Bolt Recall

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  There was, of course, the usual smattering of semiconductor shortage–related production pauses this week. But there was also microchip news of an entirely different sort, thanks to a Reuters report that the U.S. government has approved license applications for Chinese telecommunications company …

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  This Week in Cars: Nissan Z, Genesis GV60, and a Tesla Robot

  Car and Driver - Annie White

  Regulators released a warning this week that a flaw in some BlackBerry software (you remember BlackBerry, right?) could make the cars that use it vulnerable to hackers. A determined criminal could exploit the bug to overwhelm the software and cause it to crash or freeze. BMW, Ford, and Volkswagen …

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  This Week in Cars: A Countach, an Integra, a Delayed Bronco

  Car and Driver - Annie White

  A report from Experian found that registrations of new EVs have more than doubled in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 202o. But that doesn't mean we're even close to on-track for the new Biden administration goal of reaching 50 percent EV adoption by 2030. As a reminder, 2030 …

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  This Week in Cars: NSX Type S, No New York Auto Show, and an EV Mandate?

  Car and Driver - Annie White

  Porsche announced the super-limited-run 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25, a race car with a 690-hp twin-turbo flat-six engine, an adjustable racing suspension, carbon-fiber bits on the exterior, and a massive rear wing. Porsche is only building 30 of the cars, which commemorate the 25th anniversary of …

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  This Week in Cars: Audi RS3, We Hear the C8 Z06, and a 620-Mile Mercedes EV

  Car and Driver - Annie White

  The 2020 Olympics (yes, they're still calling them that) kicked off with an opening ceremony in Tokyo on Friday, but the games aren't shaping up to be quite the end-of-pandemic celebration organizers had in mind when they decided last summer to push the start date back a year. Toyota announced …