The Jeep Gladiator pickup is being recalled to repair a problem that could lead to a fractured driveshaft.The vehicles were built from December 15, 2018 through June 25, 2019.The Wrangler-based Gladiator is Jeep’s most important new model this year and its first pickup since 1992.
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The history: Porsche, the electrical pioneer
Ferdinand Porsche, later the founder of the company of the same name, was fascinated by electricity even as a teenager. As early as 1893, the 18-year-old installed an electric lighting system in his parents’ house. In the same year Porsche joined Vereinigte Elektrizitäts-AG Béla Egger in Vienna. After four years there, he progressed from mechanic… Continue reading The history: Porsche, the electrical pioneer
Chinese startup Full Truck Alliance breaks even en route to IPO
China’s Uber-for-trucks startup Full Truck Alliance said it’s weighing an initial public offering after breaking even from May, defying a sector-wide downturn. The company, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., said its improved financial performance dovetailed with its decision not to follow through on a plan to raise as much as $1… Continue reading Chinese startup Full Truck Alliance breaks even en route to IPO
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Why we invested in Voyage, a self-driving car company.
Voyage, our self-driving car portfolio company, has announced their $31 million Series B funding round, here. We’re proud to continue backing Oliver Cameron and his team alongside existing investors and welcome new investors Franklin Templeton and Chevron Technology Ventures to the journey! Sam Clifton explores why we invested in Voyage and why we continue to… Continue reading Why we invested in Voyage, a self-driving car company.
Ampere Vehicles appoints BVR Subbu as chairman
Ampere Vehicles appoints BVR Subbu as chairman
INMOTION VENTURES BACKS SELF-DRIVING CAR COMPANY VOYAGE IN $31M RAISE
InMotion Ventures has announced its follow-on investment into autonomous vehicle manufacturer Voyage. The investment is part of a $31m Series B fundraiser, led by Franklin Templeton, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures – bringing its total capital raised to $52m. Voyage will be using the fresh funding to bring its technology to… Continue reading INMOTION VENTURES BACKS SELF-DRIVING CAR COMPANY VOYAGE IN $31M RAISE
New study looks at the costs of meeting the 2020 CO2 target for vans
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New study looks at the costs of meeting the 2020 CO2 target for vans
27/04/2012A report prepared for the European Commission presents an updated analysis of the feasibility and costs of reducing the average CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles (vans). The new report complements an equivalent analysis for passenger cars.
Regulation (EC) 510/2011 sets a target for vans of maximum emissions of 147gCO2/km by 2020. The main conclusion of the report is that new vans can meet this target at a lower cost than estimated in 2009. The report also assesses the effects of changing some key elements of the legislation, for example, the utility parameter used to set the individual targets for manufacturers, and the distribution of costs between different van producers.
The report underpins the impact assessment accompanying the forthcoming proposal to review the Regulation. The main objective of this review is to confirm the 2020 target for ..
Press: Update on ZF Friedrichshafen AG’s strategic focus on commercial vehicle brakes
Important Information This announcement is not for publication, release or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia) (the “United States”), Australia, Canada or Japan or any jurisdiction into which… Continue reading Press: Update on ZF Friedrichshafen AG’s strategic focus on commercial vehicle brakes
AEye: Developing Artificial Perception Technologies That Exceed Human Perception
Nothing can take in more information and process it faster and more accurately than the human visual cortex…until now. Humans classify complex objects at speeds up to 27Hz, with the brain processing 580 megapixels of data in as little as 13 milliseconds. While conventional LiDAR sensors on autonomous vehicles average around a 10Hz frame rate and revisit rate, iDAR sensors can achieve a frame rate in excess of 100Hz (>3x human vision), and an object revisit rate of >500Hz.
So what?A single interrogation point rarely delivers sufficient confidence – it is only suggestive. That’s why LiDAR systems must capture multiple detects of the same object to fully comprehend it, making the speed of subsequent interrogations/detects (the object revisit rate) significantly more critical to autonomous vehicle safety than frame rate alone. For conventional LiDAR sensors, the object revisit rate is the frame rate.
AEye’s iDAR not only has the ability to revisit an object within a single frame, it can revisit multiple points/objects of interest. The achievable object revisit rate of AEye’s iDAR system for objects of interest is microseconds to a few milliseconds – which can be up to 3000x faster, compared to conventional LiDAR systems that typically require hundreds of milliseconds between revisits.
Reducing the time between object detections within the same frame is critical, as shorter object revisit times keep processing times low for advanced algorithms that correlate multiple moving objects in a scene.
“iDAR takes the guesswork out of artificial perception and replaces it with actionable data.” – Dr. Allan Steinhardt, AEye Chief Scientist
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