Vauxhall has confirmed the new Astra will be priced from £18,885 when it goes on sale in UK car dealerships on August 1. The facelifted model will be offered in five-door hatchback and Sports Tourer bodystyles and introduces a brand-new range of RDE2-compliant engines. News of the new models’ specification comes in a week when its… Continue reading Vauxhall announces pricing for new Astra facelift – AM
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South Korean battery maker LG Chem aims to rely less on Japanese parts amid trade row
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd is pushing for the localization of some battery parts in an effort to reduce its dependence on Japan amid a deepening political and economic feud, its president said on Wednesday. LG Chem, which counts the likes of Apple Inc and General Motors as customers for batteries used… Continue reading South Korean battery maker LG Chem aims to rely less on Japanese parts amid trade row
Toyota and Pony.ai
The Japanese manufacturer Toyota and the Chinese startup Pony.ai are working together. The startup Pony.ai was founded in 2016 and has had some success last year. They started the first robot taxi service in China, they test in Peking and you have your own fleet elevated. This year you got one license for the operation… Continue reading Toyota and Pony.ai
Apple contractors were allegedly listening to 1,000 Siri recordings a day — each
Each of the big five tech companies has been caught secretly using human contractors to listen to conversations recorded by their gadgets and services. Pro-privacy Apple is one of those companies, and thanks to a report from the Irish Examiner, we may know a little more about the actual work Apple contractors did, including having… Continue reading Apple contractors were allegedly listening to 1,000 Siri recordings a day — each
Microsoft: We Stopped Listening to Your Xbox Convos “Months Ago”
Microsoft has admitted that it let human contractors review Xbox users’ private conversations — but says it halted the practice long before Vice published a story exposing it on Wednesday. “We stopped reviewing any voice content taken through Xbox for product improvement purposes a number of months ago, as we no longer felt it was… Continue reading Microsoft: We Stopped Listening to Your Xbox Convos “Months Ago”
Audio specialist: Sennheiser is again successful – and enters the automotive industry
Daniel (left) and Andreas Sennheiser Painful, but successful renovation. (Photo: imago images / Future Image) Dusseldorf Andreas and Daniel Sennheiser get high visit next Thursday. Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) pays a visit to the entrepreneurs on his journey through the middle class. Her grandfather Fritz founded the “Laboratory Wennebostel” in Hanover in… Continue reading Audio specialist: Sennheiser is again successful – and enters the automotive industry
Rivian roofs, Porsche Taycan dash, CHAdeMO vs. CCS: Today’s Car News
Porsche teased the first look inside its Taycan electric car. Rivian announced that its upcoming R1S SUV will offer four different roof options. We take a tally of DC fast charging. And our latest Twitter poll asks readers if they think crash-test ratings are more or less important for EVs. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
Rivian revealed in a Tweet that its new R1S electric SUV will be available with four different roofs: steel, removable composite panels, and two glass options.
Along with an announcement that it will be the first car to offer integrated Apple Music, Porsche gave the first glimpse inside its new Taycan electric car.
Even as automakers in the U.S., Europe, and Korea agreed to use CCS chargers, CHAdeMO fast-chargers still outnumber them in terms of number of stations.
And our latest Twitter poll looks at a number of new top safety ratings for electric and fuel-cell cars, and asks whether readers see them as more or less important than those for conventional gas cars.
The co-founder of embattled Chinese electric-car startup Nio stepped down.
Finally, Ford recalled more than 100,000 2015 Ford Fusions and Lincoln MKZs, including their hybrid versions, because their seat belts can erode.
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Our Journey to Driverless Cars
Two years ago, we launched our first-generation fleet of self-driving cars at a small retirement community in San Jose. It blows my mind to think how far Voyage has come since then. Today, Voyage’s self-driving technology is robust, reliable, and capable of complex interactions and maneuvers. We launched our second-generation fleet of self-driving cars with… Continue reading Our Journey to Driverless Cars
Building Self-Driving Cars by Embracing Remote Engineering
Work from anywhere in the U.S. and engineer truly driverless cars at Voyage Billy Okal, a remote Voyage engineer Building a self-driving car has always been regarded as a hands-on exercise. It’s easy to imagine why, with state-of-the-art autonomous vehicles containing dozens of hardware components interacting with many layers of complex software. This delicate dance has resulted… Continue reading Building Self-Driving Cars by Embracing Remote Engineering
‘£500million annual profit is not enough for car makers to survive’
Ever get the feeling that some corporations charge motorists too much for car-related products? That their profit margins are obscenely high? That they’d still be fabulously profitable, even if they seriously slashed their retail prices? For emergency and other reasons, the mobile phone is essential for today’s car user, and the iPhone is among the… Continue reading ‘£500million annual profit is not enough for car makers to survive’