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Meet Project Black S: Infiniti Q60 gets an F1-style KERS hybrid system HOT HYBRID AND NISSAN'S LATEST SELF-DRIVING SUITE SET FOR GENEVA DEBUTS Infiniti aims to burnish its high-tech cred at the Geneva motor show with its latest autonomous driving and steer-by-wire systems and a sporty hybrid system derived from Formula One. Infiniti will showcase the technologies in two cars. One will be a mid-cycle update of the Q50 sedan, the brand’s best seller. The other, the sporty hybrid, is dubbed Project Black S and is based on the Q60 coupe, Infiniti President Roland Krueger said. The Q50 will get the brand’s second-generation steer-by-wire system and be the first Infiniti to package all of the company’s self-driving features under a new ProPilot Assist banner. ProPilot is the name Infiniti parent company Nissan Motor Co. gives to the group’s line of autonomous driving features. “Most importantly, we worked on the technology of the car,” Krueger said Thursday in a telephone interview from Infiniti headquarters in Hong Kong. “This is very important for us because the Q50 is our best seller worldwide.” Autonomous ambitions The Q50 update goes on sale this year for the 2018 model year. Its ProPilot system will bundle the car’s existing autonomous functions, including active lane keeping, backup collision prevention, intelligent cruise control, forward emergency braking, lane departure prevention and blind spot intervention. ProPilot made its global debut last year in the Japan-market Nissan Serena family van and is part of a ramp up to fully autonomous driving by 2020. The Serena ProPilot system differs by enabling automatic stop-and-go driving in heavy traffic and automated steering in low-speed driving. Infiniti’s ProPilot system will adopt those more advanced functions in 2018, in a nameplate other than the Q50, Krueger said. Infiniti’s vision for self-driving cars is improved safety with still-engaged drivers. “It’s more copilot,” he said. “We don’t take the driver out of the equation.” Steering and styling Infiniti was one of the first automakers to market steer-by-wire technology when it deployed the concept in the Q50 in 2013. The technology breaks the mechanical connection between the driver’s hands and the front wheels, enabling more precise control and more comfortable feedback. The updated version offers smoother and more direct feeling, Infiniti says. It also carries updates that are better geared toward future autonomous driving systems by enabling more instantaneous steering reaction. “This car needs to have a very direct response,” Krueger said. “We have worked on this and significantly updated exactly that kind of driving experience, where you have a much more direct connection to the road.” The 2018 Q50 is also undergoing a styling makeover, front and rear. Deeper detailing and a new character line accentuate the grille, while the headlamps get Infiniti’s latest “human-eye” treatment. The rear combination lamps have been slimmed down for a sleeker look. Sport packages get more angular bumpers and wider, lower intakes. Formula One Also on show in Geneva will be Project Black S. It aims to test reaction to a new high-powered hybrid system that draws upon a similar technology used by the Renault Formula One racing team. The system recaptures kinetic energy during braking to generate electricity and store it in a high-rate discharge lithium ion battery. The battery then delivers sudden bursts of energy when extra performance is needed. That electricity powers an electric motor that adds torque and horsepower to the wheels. It also speeds up the turbocharger turbine, helping the engine generate more power. Infiniti estimates the high-performance hybrid system can boost overall drivetrain power output by 25 percent. Krueger said he is serious about bringing the technology to market as soon as possible, but he declined to offer a concrete timeline. “This is very important for us,” he said. The energy recovery system was developed by Nissan group engineers on loan to alliance partner Renault SA to help with the latter’s Formula One team. Infiniti has been a technical partner of Renault since the 2016 race season. Performance hybrid “We want to share this project to exemplify how far we believe we can go and to also demonstrate that we are part of the alliance,” Krueger said. “We have a great engineering base, and we have a huge company behind us.” Infiniti’s current hybrid system positions the electric motor between the engine and transmission to add horsepower when needed. It is partly a fuel economy play and allows the cars to drive briefly in electric-only mode. Project Black S positions the electric motor after the transmission on the rear axle to deliver a sudden boost of power. It can’t drive the car in EV mode and offers little, if anything, in the way of extra miles per gallon. Krueger envisions Project Black S as a top tier performance grade for Infiniti that sits above the current Red S sports package. It is part of Krueger’s push to inject more sportiness into the brand. Going forward, Infiniti will better delineate models between premium and sporty packages, Krueger added. Grades will be more clearly separated by powertrain choices and design flourishes. The article "Infiniti preps freshened Q50, sporty hybrid" originally appeared on autonews.com

(CNN)Russia's foreign minister pushed back Friday at assertions that his country's US ambassador is a spy, and echoed US President Donald Trump's contention that the controversy over contacts between Kremlin officials and Trump's campaign is "a witch hunt." "The ambassadors are appointed in order to maintain relationships," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow. "They are maintained by holding meetings, talks and establishing contacts with officials from both executive and legislative branches of power. I can only quote what the media said today -- this all looks like a witch hunt." Who is Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States? Who is Sergey Kislyak, Russian ambassador to the US? Citing current and former senior US government officials CNN reported that Kislyak is considered by US intelligence to be one of Russia's top spies and spy recruiters in Washington. But Russia's Foreign Ministry has angrily rejected allegations that its top diplomat in Washington is a spy amid controversy over meetings he held with US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday insisted Kislyak was "a well-known, world-class diplomat." "He was deputy minister of foreign affairs in Russia, who has communicated with American colleagues for decades in different fields, and CNN accused him of being a Russian spy ... of recruiting? Oh my God!" Sessions recuses himself on Russia inquiry Sessions on Thursday recused himself from any investigation related to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Sessions made the decision after it emerged that he had failed at his Senate confirmation hearing to disclose two pre-election meetings with Kislyak to Washington, at a time when Russia was accused of interfering in the presidential race. Pressure for Sessions to recuse himself from any involvement in a Justice Department probe into links between the Trump campaign and Moscow grew Thursday as prominent Republicans broke ranks with the administration. He is also facing calls to resign. But shortly before Sessions' recusal announcement, Trump backed his attorney general. He said Sessions did not make any misleading statements under oath during his confirmation hearings, but that he could have been more accurate in his responses to lawmakers. "Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional," Trump said. "This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election and now, they have lost their grip on reality. The real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total witch hunt!" Jeff Sessions Fast Facts Jeff Sessions Fast Facts 'Total misinformation' Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, Zakharova dismissed media reports about the encounters between Sessions and Kislyak as "shameful," an "attempt at total misinformation" and a kind of "vandalism." Zakharova also defended the role of Russian diplomats, saying: "Everyone knows how diplomats work and their work consists of making contacts." Asked to respond to the characterization of Kislyak as a spy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "Nobody has heard a single statement from US intelligence agencies' representatives regarding our ambassador. Again, these are some depersonalized assumptions of the media that are constantly trying to blow this situation out of proportion." Peskov also insisted that Russia has never interfered in the domestic affairs of another country and has no plans ever to do so. He said the current "overly emotional environment" was affecting the prospects of a future meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "This emotional atmosphere builds up a certain resistance to the idea of developing a relationship with Russia. That's true. The negative effect is obvious here," Peskov told journalists on a conference call. Kislyak's interactions with Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn led to Flynn's firing last month. Two meetings Sessions met with Kislyak twice last year, in July on the sidelines of the Republican convention, and in September in his office when Sessions was a member of the Senate Armed Services committee, according to the Justice Department. Sessions, then a Republican senator for Alabama, campaigned on behalf of Trump throughout 2016. Trump: Sessions 'did not say anything wrong' Sessions recuses himself from Russia investigations Sessions did not mention either meeting during his confirmation hearings when he said he knew of no contacts between Trump surrogates and Russians. In response to reports of his meetings with Kislyak, Sessions' spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said there was nothing "misleading about his answer" to Congress because he "was ask

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The top United Nations diplomat working to resolve the foreign-sparked war in Syria reported some progress Friday after nearly 10 days of talks, saying both sides finally had agreed on what he described as a “clear agenda” for further negotiations. The diplomat, Staffan de Mistura, said discussions of counterterrorism and security had been added to the list of topics to be addressed on the agenda to end the war, which is about to enter its seventh year. “I think and believe we have a clear agenda now in front of us,” Mr. de Mistura told a news conference in Geneva, the New York Times reported. The progress on defining what the Syrian antagonists would even talk about spoke volumes about the frustrations that have vexed Mr. de Mistura in the talks, which have been held off and on for years and have been punctuated by acrimony and false hope. Even now, Mr. de Mistura said, the team of Syrian government negotiators and the opposition representatives use him as an intermediary to exchange positions. “At the moment, it’s more effective to have proxy meeting discussions, like we have had this time,” Mr. de Mistura said. He also acknowledged that after so much war and recrimination, “we shouldn’t expect a breakthrough.” He added that the next round of discussions would be held later this month, after he reported to Secretary General António Guterres and the Security Council next week. While de Mistura said he expected that both Assad’s government and the coalition of opposition groups would continue to publicly denounce each other, “this is part of the rhetoric.” In private, he said: “I know what I heard and what I saw. That gives me some feeling we are moving in the right direction.” With an agreement on the agenda now settled, Mr. de Mistura said, “the train is ready, it is in the station, it is warming up the engine, everything is ready, it just needs an accelerator.” There was no immediate comment on the outcome of the talks from the chief Syrian negotiator, Bashar al-Jaafari. But the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said his delegation had met with officials of Russia and that they all had expressed “satisfaction with the course of the talks in Geneva, despite the attempts by some sides to foil these talks.” The Geneva negotiations are separate from, but related to, talks held in Astana, Kazakhstan, led by Russia and Turkey, that have sought to strengthen and expand a tenuous cease-fire in parts of Syria. De Mistura, who endorsed the Astana talks, rejected suggestions on Friday that they had undermined his own diplomacy. “We’re actually working together, not competing,” he said.

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Oprah Winfrey has said repeatedly that he would like to run for US president ever. After the victory of Donald Trump, but this was reconsidered. "Now I think about it," said the TV star, susţinătoarea Clinton during the presidential campaign, showing that not exclude the idea of entering into such a political struggle. Oprah said that the election of Donald Trump 've done will reconsider their position towards this scenario. "I never considered this possibility, even as a possibility," she told journalist David Rubenstein from Bloomberg. She replied: "It is clear that you do not need experience government to be elected president of the United States" . "That's what I thought and I first said 'Oh God, I have the necessary experience, do not know enough." Now I said 'Oh, look!' "Told Oprah. This statement marks a clear change of direction from the comments made earlier by Winfrey on the idea of becoming US president. In January, it said that n -ar never run for office of the president in the US state. "Is there any other female African-American so charismatic that to please voters on either side of the political spectrum?" Asked Stephen Colbert as a reference to former First lady Michelle Obama, raising such a round of applause. However, Winfrey then he insisted: "no, no, it is something that I cherish." The TV star was a declared supporter of Hillary Clinton and has shown repeatedly that this candidacy is a turning point for women in terms of policy. However, Winfrey was faced criticism because of his remarks apparently positive that we had at Trump shortly before his victory. Later, however, he answered this wave of appeals, stating that he was wrong when he talked about "every breath you take someone". "I could not breathe after the election. My mistake, and I know that it's true, was that you can not talk about everyone. Do not talk about what 'should do'. Can you just talk on your behalf. What I had to say was 'I just took a deep breath'. What I said in fact was 'Everybody take a deep breath,' "he explained then Oprah. Ability Oprah to strongly influence public opinion was called "The Effect Oprah." The media mogul, the first and only person of color in the US reached multibillion has a special influence in the US, and one analyst estimated that the support that he showed it to Barack Obama between 2006 and 2008 earned him over a million votes in the primaries within the Democratic Party. Unexpected victory of President Trump, businessman, and former television star, also is just one example of how the line between celebrity and politics has become extremely blurred in America. For instance, there were speculation that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and rapper Kanye West may someday run for president.

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