Tag: car hacks

  • A Robot To Top Up Your Tesla

    A Robot To Top Up Your Tesla

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    The convenience of just plugging in your car in the evening and not going into a gas station is great as long as you remember to do the plugging. You really don’t want to get caught with an empty battery while you’re in a rush. [Pat Larson]’s Tesla plugging robot might be a handy insurance…

  • Alfred Jones Talks About the Challenges of Designing Fully Self-Driving Vehicles

    Alfred Jones Talks About the Challenges of Designing Fully Self-Driving Vehicles

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    The leap to self-driving cars could be as game-changing as the one from horse power to engine power. If cars prove able to drive themselves better than humans do, the safety gains could be enormous: auto accidents were the #8 cause of death worldwide in 2016. And who doesn’t want to turn travel time into…

  • Fail of the Week: Roboracer Meets Wall

    Fail of the Week: Roboracer Meets Wall

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    There comes a moment if our job sees the light of day, openly presented to folks who are curious to find the results of our hard work, only for this to fail at a spectacularly awkward way. This is the dreaded “Demo Curse” also it recently befell the SIT Acronis Autonomous team. Their Roborace automobile…

  • Battery Swap Gives Nissan LEAF New Lease on Life

    Battery Swap Gives Nissan LEAF New Lease on Life

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    It’s often said that one of the advantages of owning an electric vehicle is reduced maintenance costs, and for the most part, that’s true. That is, until the vehicle’s battery pack starts to show its age. Then you might be on the hook for a repair bill comparable to swapping out the engine on your…

  • Tesla Begins “Full Self Driving” Public Beta as Waymo and Cruise Go Unattended

    Tesla Begins “Full Self Driving” Public Beta as Waymo and Cruise Go Unattended

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    Self-driving technology is a holy grail that promises to forever change the way we interact with cars. Thus far, there’s been plenty of hype and excitement, but full vehicles that remove the driver from the equation have remained far off. Tesla have long posited themselves as a market leader in this area, with their Autopilot…

  • See This Casio? Watch It Unlock My Tesla!

    See This Casio? Watch It Unlock My Tesla!

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    The whole point of gaining the distant unlock ability for our cars was to prevent us from suffering the indignity of standing there in the rain, working a key into the lock while the groceries become soaked. [Mattia Dal Ben] reports that even Teslas get the blues and don’t unlock reliably all the time, in…

  • Navigating Self-Driving Cars By Looking At What’s Underneath The Road

    Navigating Self-Driving Cars By Looking At What’s Underneath The Road

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    When you put a human driver behind the wheel, they’ll use primarily their own eyes to browse. The two to use any aids, like navigation supporters and maps and to keep on the road. For cars, handling the latter will be relatively simple, as the system would use the advice in a manner that is…

  • New Silicon Carbide Semiconductors Bring EV Efficiency Gains

    New Silicon Carbide Semiconductors Bring EV Efficiency Gains

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    Electrical automobiles have hit the streets, after spending much of the 20th century languishing in development hell. Automakers are working tirelessly to boost range and recharge times to produce cars more palatable to consumers. Having uncertainty regarding the future of fossil fuels and a base of earnings, developments are happening at a rapid pace. Every…

  • Tesla’s Smart Summon – Gimmick or Greatness?

    Tesla’s Smart Summon – Gimmick or Greatness?

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    Tesla have aimed to position themselves a part technology firm, as part automaker. Their distinctive offering is that their vehicles feature technologies not available from their market rivals. The business has touted it s “” technologies that was self-driving that was complete, and routine software upgrades have unlocked new performance over recent years. The hottest…

  • Converting a Tesla to a Pickup Truck

    Converting a Tesla to a Pickup Truck

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    The renowned inventor of useless robots [Simone Giertz] has outdone herself this time. She, along with a group of engineers comprising [Rich Rebuilds], [Laura Kampf], and [Marcos Ramirez], lately made a decision to convert a Tesla into a pickup truck, and earn a movie together the way, while salvaging what remains they can of the…