Context & commentary: As you well know, Volkswagen got its shoes knocked off last year when researchers in West Virginia discovered that Volkswagen had been massively cheating diesel emissions tests. The company has repeatedly indicated that […]
NVIDIA and New York University (specifically, it’s well-regarded deep-learning research team) are partnering for a new research collaboration focused around the development of autonomous driving technologies, according to a new press release. The new research collaboration […]
Daimler Trucks is moving forward with its platform strategy to standardize electrics/electronics architecture across brands and regions, according to a new press release from the company. To put that perhaps more simply — there’ll be uniform hardware […]
Apple has spent more money on the research and development of electric, autonomous vehicles in the last few years than it did on the development of the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch — combined. So, needless to […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. It’s a certainty that Tesla is currently working on an upgraded “2.0” version of its Autopilot hardware suite — which is reportedly being developed with the intent of supporting fully autonomous driving. […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. We’ve previously reported on the Chinese internet mega-firm Baidu’s work to develop an autonomous vehicle. New reports have now revealed that Baidu is utilizing the Chinese IT manufacturer Inspur’s NF5568M4 server to offer […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Following reports of Tesla’s Summon feature possibly going rogue (Tesla disputes this), it seems that the company has decided to ensure that such occurrences aren’t possible — by forcing those initiating Summon […]
Mobileye and STMicroelectronics are co-developing the EyeQ5, the 5th generation of Mobileye’s SoC — with the intent being for the EyeQ5 to function as the central computer for sensor fusion in fully autonomous vehicles — according to […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. The head of GM’s Foresight and Trends Unit, Richard Holman, was recently quoted as publicly stating the Tesla and Google were responsible for accelerating the development of autonomous driving technology. The comments […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. A Utah man’s parked Tesla Model S recently went “rogue” and somehow crashed itself into the back of a parked truck, according to reports. The owner of the Model S involved has […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Carlos Ghosn was once aiming to make the Renault-Nissan Alliance the world’s electric vehicle leader. To some extent (if you look at sales of electric cars to date), it currently is, but […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Like in some previous quarters, I went ahead and put the full recording of the Q1 2016 Tesla financials conference call on YouTube. You can always listen to the conference calls on the […]
While it’s now widely realized that Google has been putting substantial amounts of its money into the development of autonomous driving technology over the last few years, it’s probably far less widely known that the Chinese […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Tesla is apparently really eager to get Model S drivers sipping the autopilot kool aid, and it’s kicking efforts into high gear. Model S owners with Autopilot hardware but who did not purchase […]
BMW has unveiled a new strategy, dubbed iNext, that calls for the company to focus on automated driving, digital connectivity, electrification, and lightweight construction, among other things, according to recent reports. The new “Project i 2.0” […]
