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  • $7 Trillion Annual Market Projected for Autonomous Cars

    Autonomous Car Market According to a new study by Intel, autonomous vehicles will generate $7 trillion per year by 2050. This autonomous vehicle revolution vehicles will see an unprecedented transformation of the global industry as autonomous vehicles displace human drivers all over the world. Large vehicle fleets, such as trucks, buses, taxis and delivery vehicles will be the likely first...

  • AA Ireland To Host Major Conference on New Car Technologies

    New Car Technologies AA Ireland will host a major conference on the social impact of new car technology in Dublin in October The purpose of the conference is to see how prepared Ireland is for the next wave of motoring technology, such as self-driving cars? Some of the issue on the conference agenda will be the social, legal and regulatory...

  • Tesla to charge for 'premium' internet on new cars starting from July 1st

    Tesla to charge for 'premium' internet Since its inception, Tesla has offered cellular data access in its cars, and since 2014 they have indicated that they would begin charging for the service in 2018. Four years later, that moment is now at hand. An internal Tesla sales team email has indicated that Tesla is launching a paid Premium Connectivity package...

  • Global Transportation to Change and Change Utterly

    Global Transportation set to Change The global transportation economy and landscape is totally changing and within 15 years virtually all vehicular traffic will be by autonomous electric vehicles (A-EVs). This will inevitably and fundamentally change how society works and thankfully, largely for the better. EV’s are cheaper. Period, which means we are going to use them and this transition won’t...

  • Saboteur discovered in Tesla

    Elon Musk has emailed all Tesla employees last Sunday night about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by an employee It is alleged that this employee tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorisation. At the moment, Tesla is laying off employees as part of its profitability drive. Last week, Tesla announced a broad restructuring, slashing at least...

  • Audi given permission to operate aircraft

    The German car manufacturer Audi has been given permission by German authorities to operate experimental aircraft in their hometown of Ingolstadt Audi has partnered with aviation giant Airbus and the German city of Ingolstadt to begin testing its prototype air taxis in and around the Bavarian city. Audi has said in a statement that the tests will help develop a...

  • Driverless cars to be tested on Scotland's roads later this year

    Driverless vehicles will be tested on Scottish roads later this year on a trial basis that will include delivery vehicles. The Scottish Government is keen to catch up with developments south of the Border in England, where they are already trialling autonomous vehicles for the past three years. The head of the commission which has been tasked with examining the...

  • Car insurers concerned about labeling 'autonomous' vehicles as autonomous

    Certain sectors of the motor insurance industry is warning car manufacturers against the use of the word "autonomous" in their marketing. This concern is particularly coming from the motor insurance sector in the UK. A report for the Association of British Insurers says the way some advanced vehicles are described can convince motorists that they have self-driving cars when that...

  • Cadillac to put SuperCruise hands-free driver system in all its cars

    Cadillac to install hands-free driver systems Cadillac will put SuperCruise 'hands-free' driver system on all cars beginning in 2020. The company’s driver-assistance system is currently on the marquee CT6, allowing drivers to take their hands off the wheel on some freeways. From 2020, the famous American car manufacturer is going to let a lot more of its drivers take their...

  • Remote operation of autonomous cars takes its first steps toward public trials

    A Silicon Valley startup is developing technologies for operating driverless vehicles remotely. Phantom Auto is partnering up with three European firms, NEVS (formerly SAAB Automobile), Einride and Transdev, to start deploying its systems in real-world vehicles. The European firms will start testing Phantom Auto's technology in vehicles and remote control operation centres. NEVS, Einride and Transdev will collaborate with Phantom...