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52 February 2019 | AutoData EVENTS » CES AND DETROIT AUTO SHOW the Police Interceptor Utility 2020, hybrid, is Ford’s weapon to maintain its share in the car market for the police in the United States, 65%. FCA’s presentation, via RAM, was next, with its 3 500 and 2 500 and Black ver- sions – always for 2020. Toyota also did not run away fromvehicles destined to the domestic markets of North America, with the Supra model, followed byVolkswagen with Passat, Nissan, Kia, Infiniti, Hyundai... MEANWHILE… Holding CES, an international exhibi- tion of electronics to the consumer, in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a metaphor in search for confirmation: Las Vegas emerged un- likely, thrown in the middle of the desert, free territory of game and the casinos for the obvious, an inspiration for any city of sin – and that is precisely there where the future lies, bright and noisy, in the form of advanced technologies. And it is not a world that belongs only to vehicles. It is about a fair that also accepts to show the developments generated in the world of vehicles but has curved television screens, camera lenses, domestic syste- ms that facilitate the family tasks, karaoke gadgets, smart supports for cellphones and tablets. And a bunch of other things. Overall, this CES, opened on January 8, did not bring brand new material, abso- lute novelties, but it did show evolutions,