Los Angeles, CA, USA - As the first major North American auto show of the season, the 2012 LA Auto Show will host some of the industry's most important new vehicle debuts and set the tone for the rest of the year. The dates are Nov. 28 and 29 for press and Nov. 30 - Dec. 9 for the public. Advance registration is now closed. Following Press Days, the show becomes one of the best attended public auto shows in the world.
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The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 28 – Dec. 09, 2012.
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
LA Auto Show Green and Advanced Technology Ride & Drive to Preview Latest In-car Innovations and Fuel-efficient Vehicles
The Los Angeles Auto Show announced that its media-only Ride & Drive will expand this year to present not only fuel-efficient vehicles, but also vehicles featuring the most advanced in-car technologies.
Approximately 25 vehicles from 12 manufacturers will be featured in the new Green and Advanced Technology Ride & Drive representing the leading edge of automotive innovation today.
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The participating vehicles represent the latest evolutions of electric, hybrid, clean diesel and fuel cell, while the latest driver assist platforms to be featured include systems such as front crash mitigation, adaptive cruise control, radar-based object detection systems, blind spot monitoring and more.
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Some of the vehicles on display are so new or in such limited production that the Ride & Drive provides a truly exclusive opportunity for a hands-on experience.
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Participating vehicles at the time of press include:
Acura ILX Hybrid, featuring a 1.5 liter four-cylinder hybrid gasoline engine complemented by an electric motor.
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The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 28 – Dec. 09, 2012.
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Chevrolet Volt, the top-selling plug-in electric vehicle in the U.S., which also features a range-extending internal combustion engine.
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Dodge Dart Aero, utilizes a 1.4-liter turbocharged Multiair, four-cylinder engine, lowrolling- resistance tires, aerodynamic underbody panels, and lightweight aluminum components to achieve its EPA highway rating of 41-mpg.
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Fiat 500, for 2013 boasts improved fuel economy thanks to a taller final-drive gear ratio and improved aerodynamics. The new-and-improved Fiat 500 with a manual transmission gets 31-mpg city, 40-mpg highway.
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Fisker Karma, the first luxury EV, featuring an electric motor delivering 959 ft. lbs. of torque paired with a range-extending four-cylinder engine.
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Honda will show multiple vehicles including the all-new, more upscale and premium 2013 Civic sedan; Fit EV, the all-electric battery version of the Fit subcompact which achieves 118 MPGe; the all-new, completely redesigned Accord with LaneWatch lane assist technology, Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Lane Departure Warning (LDW); and the Accord Plug-in Hybrid, a PHEV version of the popular Accord model that targets 110 MPGe.
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The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 28 – Dec. 09, 2012.
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Mercedes-Benz GL 350 BlueTec, a clean diesel SUV also equipped with Collision Prevention Assist, radar-based active controls for avoiding accidents.
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The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 28 – Dec. 09, 2012.
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Mitsubishi i-MiEV, an all-electric subcompact hatchback that has earned 112 MPGe.
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The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 28 – Dec. 09, 2012.
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Nissan Leaf, a 100 percent electric vehicle that also features the Carwings smartphone app to activate controls including remote activation of battery charging and climate controls.
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Smart EV all-electric micro-car, which has received a 50 percent power boost with improved Li-ion battery technology.
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The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 28 – Dec. 09, 2012.
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Subaru Outback with Eyesight, which uses a dash-mounted camera to deliver driver assist features such as adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning.
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Toyota will feature four vehicles including its all-electric RAV4, a groundbreaking electric vehicle at 76 MPGe that is the result of a collaboration with Tesla Motors; the new 40 MPG Avalon hybrid featuring a 2.5 liter four-cylinder internal combustion engine paired with two electric motors; the Prius Plug-in, a next-generation hybrid that allows allelectric driving at speeds up to 60 mph and advanced safety technology including a Pre- Collision System; and the FCHV-adv, a fuel cell hybrid concept vehicle demonstrating breakthrough hydrogen cell technology that can take a vehicle over 500 miles on a single fill-up.
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Volkswagen’s latest, including the new 2013 Jetta Hybrid featuring a turbocharged 1.4 liter four-cylinder engine paired with a 27 hp electric motor and an “electric-only” mode; the torquey clean diesel 2013 Beetle TDI equipped with a 2.0 liter turbo-diesel engine, and demonstrating one of the latest biofuel advancements, Volkswagen Passat TDI powered by Solazyme renewable diesel.
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The event is sponsored by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Nielsen Automotive.
On the morning of the Ride & Drive, Nielsen Automotive will announce the winner of the second annual Nielsen Automotive Green Marketer of the Year Award.
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The award measures the most effective green marketer and will focus on understanding which auto brand raised awareness and changed perceptions around environmental issues most effectively.
Automotive Design Studios Envision Law Enforcement’s Road Ahead
The pace of change in society accelerates every year, with breakthrough technologies and rapidly developing countries constantly rewriting the rules in a global economy.
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As part of the 9th annual LA Auto Show Design Challenge, the world’s top auto designers have envisioned a future with even more crowded roads, electronically monitored and controlled traffic and significant changes in human behavior.
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This year’s highly competitive field of major auto manufacturer design studios have created the ultimate law enforcement patrol vehicle for the year 2025.
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From drone technology to observe, pursue and engage from the land and air, to renewable resource-fueled vehicles equipped with topographical scanners, this year’s entries are designed with an entirely new set of considerations to effectively navigate dynamic urban environments.
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Design studios from, BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Mercedes-Benz and Subaru have accepted the challenge to use their innovation and insight to explore creative solutions centered to meet the challenge of a new highway system as they contend for this annual design honor.
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Judging criteria will be based upon various factors including: consideration of future needs for advanced technology; speed and agility on future freeway systems; creativity of the solution; meeting a specific region’s emission standards; and environmental sensitivity, including maintenance and recyclability.
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2012 Design Challenge entries include:
BMW Group DesignworksUSA – The BMW Group DesignworksUSA team chose Los Angeles as the region to create a 2025 scenario for the E-Patrol (Human-Drone Pursuit Vehicle).
Their research predicted that Los Angeles would have more traffic, faster vehicles, and vehicles with alternative fuel sources.
The design centered on a modular structure and drone technology that enhanced both teamwork and accessibility.
The main structure can deploy three drones.
In the case of a pursuit during heavy traffic areas, the patrol officer sitting in the two passenger main structure can deploy either the flying drone or one of the single wheel drones to chase the suspect and report back data to the main structure.
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General Motors Advanced Design California – General Motors has created a new electric vehicle system, the Volt Squad, to meet the challenge of a highway system now brimming with cutting edge technologies.
The Volt Squad is a three vehicle fleet, designed around the concept of OBSERVE, PURSUE and ENGAGE.
Each vehicle has a clearly defined situational role; delivering superior flexibility, presence and capability for the CHP.
At the core of the vehicle’s architecture is the VOLT advanced, electronic, propulsion system.
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Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Advanced Design Studio, California – Honda Advanced Design has created the CHP Drone Squad, a vehicle-based-system for 2025 designed to work efficiently and seamlessly in the harsh environment of California highways without the need for new infrastructure.
The Drone Squad is comprised of a 2 vehicle system.
The Auto-Drone operates as a manned or un-manned mission control vehicle which deploys Moto-Drones and can do so on the move.
Moto-Drones are un-manned motorcycles capable of being rigged for multiple response or rescue missions.
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Honda R&D Company, Ltd., Advanced Design Studio, Tokyo – Honda R&D Japan’s “CHiPs” 2025 Traffic Crawler offers key features that the central office of the California Highway Patrol needs as they adjust to changes in the traffic environment in 2025 where, in addition to conventional traffic problems, vehicles freed from environmental constraints are getting bigger.
Despite the transition period to safe automatic driving, the traffic environment is again becoming confusing and challenging as California resumes its once flourishing car culture.
In response to the need for strict traffic enforcement, Honda designed a new patrol vehicle that offers sporty mobility with the toughness to respond in severe traffic situations.
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Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.: Advanced Design Center California – By 2025, law enforcement officers will need to adapt to even more crowded roads with electronically monitored and controlled traffic, a much larger population, and changes in human behavior.
As the most environmentally friendly SUV, the “ Mercedes-Benz Ener-GForce” meets these requirements and helps police and crews around the world.
In terms of design, the Ener-G-Force is based on the G-Class; the off-road icon that has been in production since the 1970s, and continues to shape the future as a structurally and technologically advanced SUV.
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Subaru Research and Development, Inc. – With the grand opening of Hawaii's sparkling new inter-island Paradise Highway, Subaru debuts the cutting-edge SHARC (Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept).
SHARC highway patrol vehicles will provide an innovative, affordable, and environmentally conscious solution for 24-hour highway monitoring, protection, and rapid emergency response.
Meeting Hawaii's strict UltraGreen carbon-neutral environmental regulations and reflecting a trend for reduced highway patrol budgets worldwide, zero-emission SHARC vehicles are powered by renewable energy and operate autonomously, eliminating the need for a large full-time highway patrol staff.
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Entries will be judged by Tom Matano, executive director, School of Industrial Design at San Francisco's Academy of Art University; Imre Molnar, provost and chief academic officer at Detroit’s College for Creative Studies; and Stewart Reed, chair of Transportation Design at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design.
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This year’s guest judge, Bruce Meyer, is a board member of the California Highway Patrol 11-99 Foundation, former racer and past chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum.
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The LA Auto Show Design Challenge is sponsored by Faurecia, the world’s sixth-largest automotive supplier specializing in automotive seating, emissions control technologies, interior systems and auto exteriors, as well as Yokohama Tire, which works closely with auto manufacturers in the U.S., Europe and Japan to develop tires for the latest concept vehicles.
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Other sponsors that make Design Los Angeles possible include the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA), Lacks Enterprises, Inc., Dassault Systèmes, Eastman, Autodesk and Bose.
About the Design Challenge
The Design Challenge takes place annually during the LA Auto Show Press Days, Nov. 28-29, 2012.
For each of the past nine years, a new Design Challenge theme is chosen and the major automotive design studios showcase their talents, competing against one another to further explore new ideas in automotive design.
The LA Auto Show Press Days hosts the largest gathering of design professionals in North America for a variety of design-focused activities including a Designers’ Night party that brings together design industry leaders from around the world.
The Design Challenge has received rave reviews from journalists and extensive media exposure throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.
More information, including images, is available at
LAAutoShow.com/DesignChallenge.html.
About the Los Angeles Auto Show®
As the first major North American auto show of the season, the 2012 LA Auto Show will host some of the industry’s most important new vehicle debuts and set the tone for the rest of the year.
The dates are Nov. 28 and 29 for press and Nov. 30 – Dec. 9 for the public.
Advance registration is now closed.
Following Press Days, the show becomes one of the best attended public auto shows in the world.
To receive the latest show news and information, follow the LA Auto Show on Twitter at twitter.com/LAAutoShow,
visit theFacebook page at Facebook.com/LosAngelesAutoShow
and sign up for alerts at LAAutoShow.com.
Contact:
Jessica Schmidt
Rogers Finn Partners
310-552-4177
LAautoshow@FinnPartners.com
For information about the LA Auto Show: www.laautoshow.com
Source: The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
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