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Gentlemen, Start Your Algorithms

By BRADLEY BERMAN AND AARON WOJACK

A racetrack veteran compares the Self Racing Cars contest in California to hot-rod modders of old: "This event, with its hackers, tinkerers and engineers, is just like that."

Mobileye

High-Tech Collision Warnings, No Matter How Smart Your Car Is

By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN

"This can be a great way to get the safety benefit of crash-avoidance technology at a reduced cost compared to a new car," said the author of a safety study.

An Audi E-tron at the Geneva International Motor Show last month in Switzerland. The electric sport utility vehicle will ship next month.

Pierre Albouy/Reuters

Tesla Got an Early Lead, but Luxury Electric Rivals Are Racing to Catch Up

By ERIC A. TAUB

Several months ago, Jaguar introduced the I-Pace sport utility vehicle, and more rival electrics will soon be available from Audi, Mercedes, Porsche and Volvo.

Byton's M-Byte electric vehicle at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas in January. The company is one among many in the industry working to keep track of the people behind the wheel.

Alexandria Sage/Reuters

Eyes on the Road! (Your Car Is Watching)

By JOHN R. QUAIN

As more technology creeps into the front seat to help drivers, so too will systems that eavesdrop on and monitor them.

Putting Premium Gas in an Engine That Requires Regular? Stop It Now

Think you are treating your car with kindness? You may just be guzzling away your money. Bryan Anselm for The New York Times

By NORMAN MAYERSOHN

Only 18 percent of new cars require premium. The owners of the other 82 percent waste about $2 billion a year using a gas that provides no benefit.

The Streets Were Never Free. Congestion Pricing Finally Makes That Plain.

Congestion in Cape Canaveral, Fla., 1962. Library of Congress

By EMILY BADGER

The policy could change not just traffic, but also how we think about the infrastructure cars require.

News

Martin Winterkorn in 2017. He stepped down as Volkswagen's chief executive in 2015, as the diesel emissions scandal came to light.

Martin Winterkorn, Ex-VW Chief, Is Charged by Germany in Diesel Scheme

By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE

Prosecutors in Germany connected the charges against Martin Winterkorn and four other managers to events that ran from 2006, when the diesel scandal was first conceived, to 2015.

Volkswagen recalled Ricardo Garcia's Golf R in October, saying the car was a

Volkswagen Faces Lawsuit for Illegally Selling Prototypes Not Fit for the Road

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

The automaker, which is trying to regain the trust of car buyers after an emissions scandal in 2015, has acknowledged improperly selling preproduction cars.