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Self-driving Engineer Training Base: Get hands On Real Self-driving Vehicles, Cohort II

Self-driving Engineer Training Base: Get hands On Real Self-driving Vehicles, Cohort II Nancy LeeBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingDec 27 Self-driving Engineer Training Base greeted its second cohort of participating engineers this week: attending course lecture about Autoware, finishing traffic lights recognition challenge, getting hands on the real self-driving car, debugging the codes and moving the car, eating, sharing and having… Continue reading Self-driving Engineer Training Base: Get hands On Real Self-driving Vehicles, Cohort II

The 100% electric crossover e-Niro, from Kia, completes a journey of almost 4,000 kilometers

Posted 12/27/2018 12:16:15 PM MADRID, Dec. 27 (EUROPA PRESS) – The new e-Niro 100% electric crossover, from Kia, has completed a journey of 3,741 kilometers by road, on a route that began in Lisbon and ended in the city where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place. (COP24), Katowice (Poland), as reported… Continue reading The 100% electric crossover e-Niro, from Kia, completes a journey of almost 4,000 kilometers

Fall of diesel: 10,000 to 15,000 jobs threatened in France

There will be no miracle. The fall of diesel in the Hexagon will cause breakage on the job. According to the Observatory of Metallurgy, between 10,000 and 15,000 industrial jobs are threatened by 2030, out of the 37,500 in the automotive sector. This is one of the conclusions of his prospective study on employment and… Continue reading Fall of diesel: 10,000 to 15,000 jobs threatened in France

Local Motors offers test drives in Washington

The US manufacturer of autonomous e-shuttles, Local Motors, offers test drives for interested communities in the US. In Europe, the manufacturer of autonomous e-shuttles is no longer represented, there was even a cooperation with the German train or with SBB, So shuttles from Local Motors also drove through Berlin or through Bad Birnbachwhere you meanwhile… Continue reading Local Motors offers test drives in Washington

BASF: Increased visibility through coatings

The chemical producer BASF wants to help the auto industry with the development of the lidar and relies on new coatings. The lidar is probably the most important sensor on board Autonomous Cars. This sensor enables the detection of the environment of a car in 3D. For example, with this information, the car can get… Continue reading BASF: Increased visibility through coatings

Honda at the CES 2019

The Japanese vehicle manufacturer Honda will also present its innovations at the CES 2019. This includes an autonomous off-road vehicle. Most industry participants in the field of Autonomous driving and Co. are also on the pendingCES 2019 in Las Vegas represented. This includes the Japanese manufacturer Honda, Honda ATV. Source: Honda Honda will showcase its… Continue reading Honda at the CES 2019

Vimcar strengthens fleet management

The company Vimcar wants to expand and expand its fleet management. Since 2015 offers Vimcar a logbook that with simplicity and Cyber security wants to score. Now you want to expand the concept to entire fleets and thus reach more customers. Thanks to a dongle, the management of the logbook for self-employed people is very… Continue reading Vimcar strengthens fleet management

After Ghosn, auto alliance faces uncertain future – Nikkei Asian Review

TOKYO — Just days after they cemented their landmark automotive alliance on March 27, 1999, the heads of Renault and Nissan inadvertently revealed a fundamental disagreement that lay at the heart of their new partnership. Speaking moments after a news conference in New York, Louis Schweitzer, Renault’s chairman and chief executive officer, raised the possibility… Continue reading After Ghosn, auto alliance faces uncertain future – Nikkei Asian Review

Tesla’s Active Safety Features Prevent Accidents, Caught On DashCam

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Published on December 18th, 2018 |

by Kyle Field

Tesla’s Active Safety Features Prevent Accidents, Caught On DashCam

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December 18th, 2018 by Kyle Field

Accidents happen. It sucks. But with a Tesla, you have extra protection to help keep you out of one.

As you’ll see below, a collision in front of a Tesla caused the car’s automatic emergency braking system to kick in, keeping one bad accident from getting much worse. Thanks to Tesla’s recent dashcam update, the whole thing was caught by the TeslaCam.

The video serves as a poignant reminder about how quickly Tesla’s network of sensors is evolving and just how good it is at preventing accidents. The mainstream media might report on anything that remotely resembles a fire as if the company were approaching a cliff at high speed, but the near misses thanks to Tesla’s advanced hardware and software inevitably go unreported.

Thankfully, Tesla’s new dashcam feature is able to capture some of these near misses and the excerpts we get show just how good the system is at preventing accidents. In this case, a stopped car forced an unusual merge. That, combined with insufficient following distances for human drivers, resulted in a collision between the two cars ahead of the Tesla. The Tesla reacted almost instantaneously to the change and prevented a two-car accident from becoming a three-car pile-up (or worse).

Looking through the comments on the Reddit thread, you can see multiple accounts of similar stories from commenters. The most impressive part of the tech to me is that the system not only looks at the car in front of it, but is often able to see two cars ahead for potential slowing or dangerous behavior and then reacts to that.

One Redditor noted that, “A few weeks into having the car I was driving with AP on. My car braked hard for no apparent reason. A second later the car in front of my slammed on its breaks. It was a big SUV so I couldn’t see around it. Turns out there was a stopped car making a left in our lane and the driver in front of me wasn’t paying attention.”

That’s freaking cool and adds real value by avoiding what would otherwise be definite accidents. My family and I have thankfully not had any close calls that required the use of the AEB system, but I regularly get help from the early detection setting on the forward-collision warning system. With this setting, it beeps at me loudly when the vehicle in front of me is slowing down and I am still accelerating. The early setting gives me enough warning that I can start slowing down without having to slam on the brakes, which could lead to getting rear ended from the next driver in line.

These features work together in a car that Tesla’s third quarter safety data imply is 4 times safer than the average non-Tesla vehicle, according to data from the US NHTSA. With Enhanced Autopilot engaged, Tesla’s vehicles are seemingly 7 times safer than the average US driver. That’s impressive and meaningful. Even if the possibility of getting hurt isn’t threatening enough, being able to avoid the headaches associated with an accident might be worth upgrading.

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Source: YouTube via Reddit

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Kyle 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. Tesla referral code: http://ts.la/kyle623

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Peugeot Returns to U.S. to Help People Get Around, but Not With Its Cars – The New York Times

PARIS — Nearly three decades ago, Peugeot abandoned the United States market, stung by years of dwindling sales that were punctuated by a dispiriting 4,291 cars sold in 1990. Two years ago, Peugeot’s parent, the big European carmaker PSA Group, announced its return to the cutthroat North American market. The move stunned some industry observers… Continue reading Peugeot Returns to U.S. to Help People Get Around, but Not With Its Cars – The New York Times