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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the mobility desk.
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BMW Motorrad has announced the F 450 RR, a 420 cc supersport motorcycle rated at 35 kW (48 hp) and weighing 177 kg ready to ride. It combines a six-speed gearbox and supersport-specific chassis with four equipment variants.
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Honda Racing Corporation has named Fabio Quartararo and Diogo Moreira for factory team Honda HRC, and Johann Zarco and David Alonso for Honda LCR in 2027. The lineup will compete in a season that brings an 850 cc engine limit and extensive technical-rule changes.
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Waymo says it will begin mapping and testing in Toronto as it prepares a fully autonomous ride-hailing service. The company aims to welcome its first riders in 2028.
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Waymo says it will begin manually driven mapping and testing in Toronto as it prepares an autonomous ride-hailing service, with first riders targeted for 2028. Element Fleet Management will provide fleet services and support local hiring.
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Honda R&D plans CEATEC 2026 demonstrations of a smartphone-based driver-assistance system and an AI-supported avatar robot. The exhibition is scheduled for October 13–16 in Chiba, Japan.
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Lexus is expanding sales of its 20.63-metre LY 680 luxury yacht beyond Japan. The yacht is scheduled to be exhibited at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show from October 28 to November 1, 2026.
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Waymo says teens aged 13–17 can hail fully autonomous rides across 50 square miles of Nashville when linked to a parent or guardian’s account. The company lists trip-status sharing, automatic receipts and specially trained Rider Support agents among the account features.
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The 10th BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy has begun in Romania, bringing 13 teams together for six days and around 1,500 kilometres across Carpathian terrain. The event uses teamwork and practical riding challenges rather than outright speed to determine performance.
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MINI has released new images of the Cooper S 5-door in Nanuq White. The five-seat hatchback uses a 150 kW/204 hp four-cylinder petrol engine and has a listed WLTP fuel consumption of 6.8 l/100 km.
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Toyota’s GAZOO Racing has launched the GR KART, a 215cc entry-level racing kart designed for children and adults to share. It is priced at ¥385,000 in Japan and is intended exclusively for closed-course driving.
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Zurich Airport has begun operating two automated employee shuttles without a safety driver onboard. The Level 4 pilot is monitored from a remote cockpit on a defined airport route.
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The Boring Company says a $3 billion UAE-led Series D is intended to support more than 150 kilometres of planned UAE tunnel infrastructure and expand its Loop projects.
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BMW says iX5 Hydrogen prototypes are undergoing integrated testing while a third-generation fuel-cell system moves toward prototype assembly and future series-production preparation.
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Toyota reintroduced the Land Cruiser 70 in Japan on November 29, 2023, combining its traditional ladder-frame off-road layout with a 2.8-litre turbo-diesel, automatic transmission and updated safety equipment.
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BMW says the Neue Klasse will expand standard active-safety equipment across several model series, including a system that can delay opening a door when a cyclist, vehicle or other road user approaches.
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Honda says it has become the first company to receive the highest five-star rating in the FIA Road Safety Index after an assessment covering operations in 17 countries, including India.
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Hyundai Motor Group used its CES 2026 exhibition to present humanoid, quadruped, logistics, mobility and workplace-assistance robots, while outlining planned and current deployments.
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Nissan and Honda will jointly define specifications for core ECUs, an in-vehicle operating system, middleware and vehicle-control software intended for their next-generation software-defined vehicles from fiscal year 2029 onward.
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Hyundai Motor Group used its CES 2026 exhibition to demonstrate Boston Dynamics robots, MobED mobility platforms, autonomous charging systems, industrial wearables and factory logistics technologies.
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BMW Group says its Munich plant has been extensively modernised for Neue Klasse production, with new facilities, robotics, digital tracking and AI-assisted quality checks. In its 2 April 2026 announcement, BMW said BMW i3 series production was scheduled to begin in August 2026, while the plant was planned to produce only all-electric vehicles from 2027; the supplied evidence does not provide a later status update.