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China encourages autonomous driving development: MOT

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German auto giants BMW and Daimler team up to develop self-driving technologies

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The two companies will work together on a variety of autonomous technologies.

Daimler and the BMW Group are to work together on automated driving technologies.
In an announcement on Thursday, the auto giants said their initial focus would be on the development of “next-generation technologies” for automated driving on highways, driver assistance systems and parking features.
BMW and Daimler said that their collaboration would focus on Levels 3 and 4 of SAE International's levels of driving automation. Five “levels” of driving automation have been defined by SAE International, a global association of over 128,000 engineers.
At Level 5, automated driving features can drive a vehicle under all conditions. At Levels 3 and 4, automated driving features allow technology to drive a vehicle under certain, limited conditions.
The two companies said they viewed their partnership as being a “long-term, strategic cooperation”, adding that they were aiming to make “next-level technologies widely available” by the middle of the 2020s.
Thursday's announcement comes a week after BMW and Daimler announced anew one billion euro mobility partnership.
Earlier this week, the CEO of Arm Holdings told CNBC that it would be “a while” before self-driving cars become mainstream.
“It is a phenomenally hard problem to anticipate what a car could do under absolutely any set of circumstances,” Simon Segars, who was speaking with CNBC's Karen Tso at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, said earlier this week.

“I think you're going to start to see early services, in quite a constrained way, quite soon over the next couple of years,” he added, explaining that there was “some way to come” before the technology was “completely mainstream.”

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AEye Advisory Board Profile: Scott Pfotenhauer

We sat down with each of our Advisory Board Members to ask them about their vision for the future of self-driving cars…
Mr. Pfotenhauer began his career at Intel in the mid 1970’s and has since been involved with numerous technology companies. Since joining Morgan Stanley in 1996, he developed and leveraged an expansive network of investment banking and wealth management resources to help clients formulate exit strategies for their businesses. He is a Senior Investment Management Consultant with Morgan Stanley, advising private client and corporate executives. Pfotenhauer obtained both a BA and MBA in Business from California Coast University.

Q: Where do you see ADAS solutions, autonomous vehicles, and/or artificial perception, heading within the next few years? The next decade? Beyond?
I was fortunate enough to work for Intel from the mid 70’s to the mid 90’s — and participated in the advent of desktop and mobile computing, which had their foundation on Intel products.

In the last 25 years, I’ve continued to look around the corner to try and spot the next “big thing”. We now have the advanced computing tools that allow companies to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) within their decision making and take advantage of big data. These trends converge around the auto industry and its next inflection points — EVs and autonomy.

Q: What do you see as the next logical step for the auto industry?
When I think about the auto industry, it’s remarkable how many inflection points it has gone through. The internal combustion engine of 1876 made cars feasible, while mass production which began in the early 1900’s made them affordable. The starter engine of 1912 rendered hand cranks obsolete, and then the first transcontinental highway in 1913 opened up the nation. The pickup truck of the early 1930’s made the vehicle more functional, while the automatic transmission, power steering, and braking of the 40’s and 50’s made it easier and safer for just about anyone to drive.

Seat belts, anti-lock brakes, and airbags increased the safety, while GPS and maps made us all more efficient. Now we have begun the climb up the 5 levels of automation — we won’t get anywhere without a complete set of artificial eyes — that are always on, don’t blink, don’t get distracted, or won’t tire.

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Robots on the Move, Powered by Lidar

March 4, 2019 Photo via Knightscope The role of robots in the workplace is evolving through the power of lidar technology. Robots are moving beyond being stationary workhorses in industries, such as manufacturing, to becoming mobile machines that operate autonomously and traverse changing and unstructured environments. FedEx is the latest company to introduce mobile robot… Continue reading Robots on the Move, Powered by Lidar

Volkswagen opens electric platform to third-parties

e.GO to become first partner for e-mobility platform (MEB) MEB enables efficient production of smaller series – significant cost benefits from scaling Diess: “Volkswagen wants to establish its platform as a standard for e-mobility” ID. BUGGY on show at Geneva Motor Show highlights MEB’s variability even for small series The Volkswagen Group is opening its… Continue reading Volkswagen opens electric platform to third-parties

Hyundai Motor Group Develops Smartphone-based Digital Key

The NFC antenna for entry identification is located in the handles of the driver and front passenger’s doors, whilst one for starting the engine is located within the wireless charging pad. After unlocking the vehicle, the user can start the engine by placing the smartphone on the wireless charging pad in the center console and… Continue reading Hyundai Motor Group Develops Smartphone-based Digital Key

FlixBus, the German Uber-like bus service, is buying rival Eurolines from Transdev

While all eyes are on what Uber, Lyft and Didi will do this year as transportation-on-demand using private vehicles continues to consolidate, there’s also some interesting moves being played out in the adjacent business of bus and coach services. Today, FlixBus, the German startup backed by Daimler, General Atlantic, Silver Lake and others that has… Continue reading FlixBus, the German Uber-like bus service, is buying rival Eurolines from Transdev

Tesla Will Reveal Sub-$40,000 Model Y On March 14th In California

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Autonomous Vehicles Published on March 3rd, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Tesla Will Reveal Sub-$40,000 Model Y On March 14th In CaliforniaTwitterLinkedInFacebookMarch 3rd, 2019 by Kyle Field

Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped the news today on Twitter that the Tesla Model Y will be unveiled at an event at the Tesla Design Studio in Hawthorne, California, on March 14.
The highly anticipated compact utility vehicle is expected to enjoy higher demand than Tesla’s Model 3, will be 10% larger, and will cost 10% more, according to Musk. The projection is in line with the pricing gap between the Tesla Model S and the Tesla Model X, with the larger, heavier X commanding a premium price from customers looking to wow their friends and impress their neighbors with its pair of falcon-wing doors.
Speaking of falcon-wing doors, Musk took the opportunity to clarify that the Model Y will not have the hotly debated, over-engineered falcon-wing doors, much to the relief of many potential customers and shareholders alike. Introducing the Model Y into one of the hottest segments of passenger vehicles with normal doors opens it up to the largest possible number of customers and all but ensures that it will have a shot at enjoying the same early success of the Model 3.

The announcement of the Model Y reveal event comes just days after Tesla slashed prices of vehicles across its lineup, the last part of Tesla’s journey to deliver the $35,000 Standard Range Tesla Model 3. Taking the 10% price increase into account, the base configuration of the Model Y would tip the scales at just under $40,000. That is a very healthy price point and puts the car in direct competition with its competition in the internal combustion world, just without any of the the nasty emissions.
Looking at the competition, the BMW X3 starts at $41,000, the Mercedes-Benz GLC starts at $40,700, and the Porsche Macan will set buyers back $47,800. That puts Tesla’s sub-$40,000 Model Y at a significant advantage compared to the competition, on price alone. Looking beyond that, the competition comes with a very real risk that cities will ban combustion vehicles from city centers in the near future as a lever for combatting urban air pollution. As the icing on the cake, the Model Y will also be available in a performance version that will surely put the competition to shame.
Musk previously announced that the Model Y will share 76% of its DNA with the Model 3, allowing Tesla to streamline its parts supply chains and leverage greater economies of scale to get better deals from its suppliers. Building up from the low chassis, the Model Y CUV will have a larger profile, resulting in a slightly higher coefficient of drag than the Model 3, translating to lower efficiency, according to Musk.
While it will not be as efficient as the Model 3, we still expect the Model Y to lead its class in efficiency. Tesla’s ability to design and engineer its vehicles from the chemical composition of its batteries all the way up to the curvature of the nose has translated to a fleet of vehicles that the competition simply can’t touch. Thankfully, early customers have not been as worried about the efficiency of vehicles, focusing instead on the range they are able to achieve per charge.
Make no mistake, though, as electric vehicles continue to move into the mainstream, miles per kilowatt-hour will become the new miles per gallon. The more miles that can be squeezed out of the battery and each kilowatt-hour of power that it contains translates to a lower and lower cost of operation. Looking out 5 or 10 years, that efficiency will form the foundation for the total cost of ownership discussion for operators of large, fully autonomous fleets of electric vehicles.
The March 14th event in Hawthorne, California, at Tesla’s Design Studio will give participants some time with the Model Y, including test drives or at least test rides in the new vehicle. We will be at the event, so stay tuned to CleanTechnica for all the juicy details as they unfold in just two short weeks.

About the AuthorKyle Field I'm a tech geek passionately in search of actionable ways to reduce the negative impact my life has on the planet, save money and reduce stress. Live intentionally, make conscious decisions, love more, act responsibly, play. The more you know, the less you need. TSLA investor.

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