Two former Apple employees also recalled how their colleagues built a model of a sport-utility vehicle with four seats facing each other, which some employees tested by sitting inside, similar to a design Mercedes advertised in 2015. As recently as 2016, Apple planned to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build research and development… Continue reading Apple, Spurned by Others, Signs Deal With Volkswagen for Driverless Cars
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UPDATE 3-Uber shuts Arizona self-driving program two months after fatal crash
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday. Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle program and will focus on limited testing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and two cities in… Continue reading UPDATE 3-Uber shuts Arizona self-driving program two months after fatal crash
DRIVE Xavier, World’s First Single-Chip Self-Driving Car Processor, Gets Approval from Top Safety Experts
Automotive safety isn’t a box you check. It’s not a feature. Safety is the whole point of autonomous vehicles. And it starts with a new class of computer, a new type of software and a new breed of chips. Safety is designed into the NVIDIA DRIVE computer for autonomous vehicles from the ground up. Experts… Continue reading DRIVE Xavier, World’s First Single-Chip Self-Driving Car Processor, Gets Approval from Top Safety Experts
Upstarts emerge to chase Tesla’s lead in electric vehicles
A slew of well-funded new entrants backed by massive amounts of capital are chasing Tesla’s lead in an effort to power the next generation of the electric vehicle industry. Electric vehicle startups have raised more than $2 billion in the U.S. over the first months of 2018 alone, a huge increase over the $650 million… Continue reading Upstarts emerge to chase Tesla’s lead in electric vehicles
This company wants to put “brains” in electric scooters and bikes to keep riders safer
Superpedestrian, a Cambridge, Ma.-based company, has been known until now for its electric Copenhagen wheel, which a user attaches to his or her bikes and operates through an app. It’s essentially a hub that houses a motor, a battery and sensors and is placed in the middle of the rear wheel, measuring how fast and how… Continue reading This company wants to put “brains” in electric scooters and bikes to keep riders safer
GM Gets Ready for a Post-Car Future
About a hundred years ago, the United States reached “peak horse.” In 1920 some 25 million horses roamed the plains, boulevards, cul-de-sacs, rodeos, stockyards, ports, farms, and dingy alleys of America—toting freight, plowing fields, fighting wars, carrying passengers on buggy rides, and making a complete mess. According to American Heritage magazine, in 1900 health officials… Continue reading GM Gets Ready for a Post-Car Future
WiBLE will replace its Kia Niro fleet with 100% electric vehicles in two years
Posted 05/23/2018 11: 39: 01CET MADRID, May 23 (EUROPA PRESS) – WiBLE, the car sharing service of Kia and Repsol that will operate in Madrid from June for 0.24 euros per minute, will replace its fleet of 500 Kia Niro with 100% electric vehicles in two years. The CEO of WiBLE, Javier Martínez Ríos, assured… Continue reading WiBLE will replace its Kia Niro fleet with 100% electric vehicles in two years
Israel’s defense expertise drives tech boom for autonomous cars
SHFAYIM, Israel (Reuters) – Technology that has helped Israel’s military drive tanks, guide and intercept missiles, and keep its computer systems secure is being redeployed in the development of driverless cars. FILE PHOTO: The logo Israeli driverless technology firm Mobileye is seen on the building of their offices in Jerusalem March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File… Continue reading Israel’s defense expertise drives tech boom for autonomous cars
Geely’s Korean Partner Mando Seeks Bounty in China’s EV Startups
For Mando Corp., a South Korean auto-parts maker, China’s market for battery-powered and driverless vehicles is the next big thing. The maker of camera sensors and electric steering systems that supplies to Chinese EV startups including Byton, is expecting sales in China to grow 10 percent annually in the next few years, according to Chief… Continue reading Geely’s Korean Partner Mando Seeks Bounty in China’s EV Startups
The Ford Fusion Energi hybrid is great but going away
A week before I took delivery of the Ford Fusion Energi (starting at $31,400), the automaker announced it would be ending the US production of all but one of its cars (the Mustang) in the next few years. The Fusion’s days are numbered and no single review would save it. So now what? The odd… Continue reading The Ford Fusion Energi hybrid is great but going away