Tag: autonomous
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Tesla Launches Full Self-Driving Subscription, Even Though It Is Nowhere Near Achieving Full Autonomy
Tesla has launched its monthly subscription service for its Full Self-Driving package, even though it is still a long way away from offering a true Level 5 fully-self driving package to customers. The car manufacturer has previously sold its Full Self-Driving package as a $10,000 option but it has now ditched that option in favor…
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30 Tesla Crashes With 10 Deaths Linked To Advanced Driving Systems Investigated By Feds
Since 2016, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes, 10 of which involved fatalities, in which advanced driver assistance systems, like Autopilot, were suspected of having been used. The U.S. safety regulator released the list of investigations to Reuters, which is the first full accounting of all investigations…
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Waymo Secures Another $2.5 Billion In Latest Investment Round
Waymo has raised an additional $2.5 billion in a new funding round as it continues its work on developing advanced autonomous driving systems. The self-driving division of Alphabet is regarded as one of the conglomerate’s ‘Other Bets’ alongside the likes of Access, Calico, CapitalG, GV, Verily, and X. For many years, Waymo was operating solely…
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Police Arrest 25-Year-Old Sitting In The Backseat Of Tesla With Autopilot Enabled
California police have arrested a man for riding in the backseat of a Tesla Model 3 while the EV’s Autopilot system was enabled. The man, 25-year-old Param Sharma, was charged with reckless driving and disobeying a police officer on Monday after multiple 911 calls were made about an individual sitting in the rear of a…
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Two Senators Working On Legislation To Put Autonomous Cars On American Roads
Democratic senator Gary Peters and Republican senator John Thune are working to create legislation that would allow automakers to put a large number of autonomous vehicles on the road. The pair are looking to attach the legislation to a bill providing $100 million in funding for science and technology. According to Reuters, the amendment seeks…
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VW Annoyed With China’s Beetle Clone, Chevy’s 9000 RPM Corvette Z06, New Lancia 037-Based Supercar, Tesla Autopilot Tricked: Your Morning Brief
Fantastic morning and welcome into our everyday digest of automotive information from around the World, starting with… Consumer Reports Gets Tesla Model Y To Drive Without Anyone Behind The Wheel Following Elon Musk denied Autopilot was activated in the Model S crash that killed two guys in Texas lately, neither of whom had been driving,…
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Huawei To Invest $1 Billion Into EVs And Autonomous Car Technologies
Technology giant Huawei has revealed it will invest $1 billion researching electric vehicle and self-driving car technologies. Huawei has partnered with BAIC Group, Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. to co-develop self-driving vehicles. These vehicles will include Huawei badging and help the company rival fellow tech giant Xiaomi which recently committed to…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Automonous Cars Are Robots, Many Things Can Be Done With The Tech
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has spoken about the tech giant’s curiosity about autonomous vehicles at a recent interview about the ‘Sway’ podcast. In recent months, reports have now already been rife about Apple restarting its project to develop an increasingly all-electric car with advanced autonomous technologies. The business has stayed tight-lipped concerning the project…
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NIO Partners With Nvidia To Develop Autonomous Tech For Its EVs
NIO has revealed that it will partner with Nvidia to accelerate the development of autonomous driving systems and use its Drive Orin system-on-a-chip. The Nvidia Orin is the world’s highest-performance autonomous vehicle and robotics processor. It is a scalable supercomputer that delivers 254 trillions of operations per second and can also be scaled down to…
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Waymo To Stop Calling Their Technology “Self-Driving,” Criticizes Automakers Who Do
As autonomous driving technology becomes more prevalent, the distinctions between various systems are increasingly important. SAE International has been a driving force behind this as their definitions for automation were first released in 2014. They’ve been updated since then, and now range from relatively ‘dumb’ cars at Level 0 to fully autonomous Level 5 vehicles that…