The typical positional accuracy provided by standalone GNSS is 3-10 meters, which is suitable for automotive applications such as navigation and emergency call. With the emergence of high precision GNSS, able to mitigate the influence of errors, sub-decimeter positional accuracy is possible and it becomes usable for more advanced applications such as C-V2X and autonomous… Continue reading How High Precision GNSS Enables New Automotive Applications
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This Universal Charger Could Simplify the EV Landscape
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Battery technology for electric vehicles is rapidly evolving, which is great news for both improving EVs and addressing climate change. However, the constant evolution of the tech has made it challenging to create infrastructure that can support the full… Continue reading This Universal Charger Could Simplify the EV Landscape
Lidar on a Chip Puts Self-Driving Cars in the Fast Lane
Auto accidents are responsible for 1.3 million deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization. That’s like losing the city of Prague each year. A switch to self-driving cars and trucks with various types of electronic sensors and sophisticated computers at the helm could save countless lives. But getting this promising technology into people’s hands… Continue reading Lidar on a Chip Puts Self-Driving Cars in the Fast Lane
F1 Engineers Spin Up Ultimate Hybrid Controller
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. In Formula One (F1) racing, the winning team needs to salvage every second they can in order to be the first car over the finish line. And while it’s up to drivers to make the best possible split decisions… Continue reading F1 Engineers Spin Up Ultimate Hybrid Controller
When Autonomous Vehicles Collide, Data Takes Over
When a self-driving car is involved in an accident, its data tells the story—which can be essential to crash investigators to determine who or what was at fault, as well as to automakers, so they can make their self-driving systems smarter and safer. In 2004, the IEEE Standards Association introduced IEEE 1616, setting the ground… Continue reading When Autonomous Vehicles Collide, Data Takes Over
EV Rivals Join Dominant Tesla Supercharger Network
Tesla forced slumbering automakers to get into the electric game. Now, in an ultimate twist on “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” Tesla is backing them into joining its dominant public charging network in America. In a stunning repudiation of the Combined Charging System (CCS) network—whose scattershot reliability has rankled EV owners or left… Continue reading EV Rivals Join Dominant Tesla Supercharger Network
What Self-Driving Cars Tell Us About AI Risks
In 2016, just weeks before the Autopilot in his Tesla drove Joshua Brown to his death, I pleaded with the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in vehicles. Neither my pleading nor Brown’s death could stir the government to action. Since then, automotive AI in the… Continue reading What Self-Driving Cars Tell Us About AI Risks
3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi
All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. In metropolitan areas that struggle with traffic congestion, these aircraft would displace some car commuting and also some short-haul flights. Realizing… Continue reading 3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi
EV Interference Doesn’t Have to Kill AM Radio
AM radio could very easily fit into the hallowed category of “perfected technology.” It’s been around for over a century, the physics and engineering are very well understood, and there have been no major technological advancements in its design for at least a couple decades. Which is perhaps why it’s so understandable that so many… Continue reading EV Interference Doesn’t Have to Kill AM Radio
Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke
Yesterday, in a livestreamed event, Dan O’Dowd—a software billionaire and vehement critic of Tesla Motors’ allegedly self-driving technologies—debated Ross Gerber, an investment banker who backs the company. The real challenge came after their talk, when the two men got into a Tesla Model S and tested its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software—a purportedly autonomous or near-autonomous… Continue reading Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke