Volkswagen wants its electric vehicles to be the apple of the consumer’s eyes. Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker is now turning to U.S. tech giant Apple for guidance on how to style its new generation of electric cars, said VW’s top… Read More ›
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Continental AG aims to tap burgeoning autonomous self-driving vehicle markets, hires JPMorgan for potential break-up
Across the supply chain of the auto industry, investors are cheering firms who break away from the mold of the combustion engine centered model, which they see as a sunset industry, to that of new age self-driving, autonomous, automated vehicles…. Read More ›
GM increases the fleet of its test self-driving cars from 30 to 100 in San Francisco
The development comes in the wake of a U.S. Senate panel approving the legislature for self-driving vehicles on U.S. roads. Cruise Automation, General Motors Co’s self-driving unit has disclosed that it has more than doubled the size of its test… Read More ›
Uber discontinues the usage of self-driving cars in its fleet after accident
Uber is withdrawing from the driverless car project, pending the results of an investigation into the accident. Uber is playing it safe. With one of Uber’s autonomous vehicle crashing on a roadway in Arizona, the ride-hailing company has suspended its… Read More ›
Autonomous version of Nissan’s LEAF seen cruising at 50mph in London
Nissan has tested the autonomous version of the LEAF in Silicon Valley and in Tokyo. This marks its first test in a European city. Nissan took the first step towards the testing of its first self-driving car in Europe. Guided… Read More ›
Hyundai Motors increases its pace in the race to develop self-driving cars
The company has hired Lee Jin-woo, 47, former researcher at General Motors to oversee its research into the field of autonomous automated transportation technology. The Hyundai Motor Group has jumped in the fray of developing next generation vehicles. The company… Read More ›
UK plans on removing a major hurdle facing self-driving vehicles
Britain’s transportation minister is set to make self-driving friendly insurance rules, a fact which could nurture the nascent industry which globally has been valued at $1.1 trillion by 2025. In what is likely to be a major strategic shift to… Read More ›
Tesla’s former head of its Autopilot system caught poaching engineers from Tesla
Sterling Anderson former head of Tesla’s Autopilot system, and Chris Urmson, ex-head of Google’s self-driving program, have launched a startup in Silicon Valley by the name of Aurora Innovation. Tesla has sued the former head of its Autopilot system, which… Read More ›
No evidence of product safety found in Tesla Model S – U.S. Regulators
In September 2016, Tesla upgraded its Autopilot system, and added new limits on hands-off driving and other features which Elon Musk said would most likely have prevented the accident. In a significant development, U.S. auto safety regulators have disclosed that… Read More ›
Ford expects increased costs in 2017, more profits in 2018
Increased costs due to factors, including those related to the outcome of the U.S. elections as well as those related to the challenges of self-driving cars are likely to push up Ford Motor’s costs in 2017. GM, however, has provided… Read More ›
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