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You Have No Idea How Much You Still Use BlackBerry – WSJ

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You Have No Idea How Much You Still Use BlackBerry – WSJ

But an astonishing number of people still rely on BlackBerry—and they don’t realize it.?

The company’s most lucrative product is not hardware but the hidden software in 275 million cars on the road today. In fact, BlackBerry’s essential technology can be found in all sorts of unexpected places, and you wouldn’t find it even if you went looking for it.?

“On a car, you’ll never see QNX’s logo,” said Wall, the division’s president. “What you will see is a better experience.”?

He likes to think of QNX engineers as plumbers and electricians, responsible for the stuff we need and never see. In a house, it’s pipes and wiring. In a car, it’s the software underpinning safety features that we take for granted. QNX is the operating system that enables all kinds of driver assistance: collision warnings, blind-spot notifications, adaptive cruise control, pedestrian detection and steering you back into a lane when you’re drifting into trouble.?

Chinese Cars Go American With ‘Brutish’ SUVs and Trucks – WSJ

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Chinese Cars Go American With ‘Brutish’ SUVs and Trucks – WSJ

BEIJING—China is embracing styles of passenger vehicle typically associated with the U.S.—the big SUV and brawny pickup truck.

At the Beijing auto show, which kicked off Friday, Chinese electric-vehicle brands such as Xpeng, Aito and Li Auto showed off the kind of three-row sport-utility vehicles American families often buy.

“Chinese people love big cars,” said Clifford Kang, vice president of Seres, which makes the luxury-focused Aito brand. “A car is one thing to show status.”

While Chinese cars have been getting bigger for some time, this year’s show put the spotlight on the trend. The EVs local brands specialize in used to work better with smaller cars, but that is changing as the technology improves.

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Trump wants the U.S. to build tiny cars. Will they take off? : NPR

That news came in the middle of a press conference about the Trump administration relaxing fuel economy rules — a change that will make it easier for Americans to buy more of the big, fuel-guzzling trucks and SUVs that car buyers love.

Trump's endorsement surprised, delighted and somewhat confused American kei car enthusiasts.

It is not actually illegal to build tiny cars for the U.S. auto market. The problem is that kei cars built for foreign countries don't meet U.S. safety standards, so you can't import them unless you're willing to buy an antique. And companies could build tiny cars to U.S. standards, but given the American preference for big vehicles, they simply don't.