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SHANGHAI, CHINA American former basketball player Allen Iverson receives interview during rehearsal for 2018 Double 11 Global Shopping Festival on November 10, 2018 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA American former basketball player Allen Iverson receives interview during rehearsal for 2018 Double 11 Global Shopping Festival on November 10, 2018 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)
Allen Iverson recently got to experience a car laced with the new age of technology. ThinkerCar, which is a product of the China Auto Industry, has designed an automobile that just might make your jaws drop. Something that happened with the NBA legend as he got an opportunity to ride around in their new car.
Iverson is surely a car buff and the wide range of exotic rides in his possession can be a testament to that. However, this particular car is something that the 11x All-Star was not quite used to.
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Allen Iverson is amazed by new automobile technology
Iverson reigned supreme in the 2000s. With his level of talent and consistent on-court performances, AI was minting money like he would’ve never thought of. However, some stories indicate just how careless he was with money. Now at the age of 48, Iverson is a much more mature individual who is serious about his business. Recently, he took a trip to China where he shot a video for the ThinkerCar company. The new car features AI [Not Allen Iverson] powered technology and was good enough to blow his mind.

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BEIJING, CHINA – OCTOBER 25: Former NBA star Allen Iverson attends a news conference on October 25, 2016 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)
In the clip, Iverson marvels over the Captain AI, that runs the show for the cars manufactured by ThinkerCar. The fully automated car functions based on voice commands and the NBA veteran can be seen using the feature as he asks “Let’s get some music”. Among the many things that he found fascinating, Iverson was most impressed by the self-driving feature of the car.
He asked the company’s representative “So you just put the address in, and then you don’t have to put your foot on the gas, breaks nothing.” “Wow. That’s crazy”, is all Iverson could say in response.
Allen iverson ‘s experience riding in the #XPeng X9.
In addition, XPeng X9 display cars are about to arrive at showrooms nationwide. pic.twitter.com/XyQ0kUA4MI— ThinkerCar (@thinkercar) December 5, 2023
During the ride, the 2001 MVP asked the AI to play clips of Inside the NBA show for him.
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Iverson’s high octane life and his car collection
Iverson, during his NBA days, was known for his flamboyance on and off the court. He has lived a pretty reckless life too and his deal with Reebok can be deemed as his savior in the long run. The NBA star once left his car at the airport just because he couldn’t find it in time, and went ahead to buy a new one.
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However, this isn’t a proper representation of his love for fancy rides. The NBA veteran boasts the likes of the Bentley Continental GT, Hummer H1 Alpha HX, Cadillac Escalade, and Mercedes Maybach 57S in his collection.
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