Tag: Autonomous

BMW and Mini launch pay-as-you-go subscription service

BMW and Mini have launched a subscription service that rolls all the costs of car ownership into monthly instalments. Payments, which start from £131 per week (equating to around £568 a month), include the costs of insurance and maintenance, as well as breakdown cover, as one bill. Although BMW is the first major car maker to offer such a service… Continue reading BMW and Mini launch pay-as-you-go subscription service

Lyft Expands Subscription Ride-Hailing Test to Dozens of Cities

Lyft Inc. is testing a subscription service in more than two dozen cites, hoping to lock in customers as competition with Uber Technologies Inc. heats up in the U.S. In recent weeks, the San Francisco-based company began experimenting with a variety of subscription packages, now available in 30 markets. Lyft President John Zimmer said he… Continue reading Lyft Expands Subscription Ride-Hailing Test to Dozens of Cities

Nissan to show three electric vehicles at Auto China 2018

New model to be displayed alongside Nissan LEAF and IMx KURO, highlighting commitment to electrification BEIJING (April 9, 2018) – Nissan will show three electric vehicles at Auto China 2018, as part of a lineup that offers an exciting glimpse of the future and shows the company’s strength and depth in the highly competitive and… Continue reading Nissan to show three electric vehicles at Auto China 2018

Self-Supervised Learning: A Key to Unlocking Self-Driving Cars?

The holy grail for many artificial intelligence (AI) startups is to easily obtain data, and then extract value from that data with minimal human intervention. Self-supervised learning is an innovative approach that uses visual signals or domain knowledge, intrinsically correlated to the image, as automatic sources of supervision, thus removing the need for humans to… Continue reading Self-Supervised Learning: A Key to Unlocking Self-Driving Cars?

DS 4 and Citroën C4 owners can take part in the SCOOP project

• The SCOOP project is part of the rollout of V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) systems to facilitate communication between vehicles and their environment• As part of the experiment,  DS 4 and Citroën C4 vehicles can communicate to exchange information aimed at improving road safety Groupe PSA is offering its customers the chance to test V2X functions on several roads… Continue reading DS 4 and Citroën C4 owners can take part in the SCOOP project

Visteon’s DriveCore™ Autonomous Driving Platform Accelerates Adoption of Self-Driving Technology

Visteon’s DriveCore™ Autonomous Driving Platform Accelerates Adoption of Self-Driving Technology Scalable central computing system for Level 3 and above autonomous driving solutions, based on open standards Consists of three components: DriveCore™ Compute, Runtime and Studio Visteon demonstrates highway pilot feature at American Center for Mobility grand opening YPSILANTI, Mich., April 4, 2018 – Visteon Corporation… Continue reading Visteon’s DriveCore™ Autonomous Driving Platform Accelerates Adoption of Self-Driving Technology

Phantom Auto will drive your autonomous car if it gets confused

Imagine, you’re sitting in your autonomous taxi when suddenly the power goes out and the traffic signals in your area no longer function. To keep things moving, traffic officers arrive at the intersection, waving cars through and the vehicles with human drivers move on without too much trouble. But your robot-controlled car stops. The car… Continue reading Phantom Auto will drive your autonomous car if it gets confused

Mahindra enters into Joint Venture with Ideal Motors for vehicle assembly in Sri Lanka

Mahindra enters into Joint Venture with Ideal Motors for vehicle assembly in Sri Lanka – Mahindra to take 35% stake in the JV– Partnership to create a win-win for both companies in the automotive space. April 3, 2018, Colombo: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a part of the USD 19 billion Mahindra Group based in India,… Continue reading Mahindra enters into Joint Venture with Ideal Motors for vehicle assembly in Sri Lanka

Hyundai has no reason to overreact to Elliott’s demands; regulator

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) — The chief of South Korea’s financial regulator on Thursday said he views Elliott Advisors Ltd.’s demands for more efforts to improve corporate governance at Hyundai Motor Group differently from Elliott’s intervention in the merger of two Samsung Group affiliates three years ago. In a venture startup fund event held in… Continue reading Hyundai has no reason to overreact to Elliott’s demands; regulator