Car News recent articles in category Autonomous Vehicles
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Porsche will make a flying car
Luxury sports car manufacturer, Porsche is planning to develop a flying passenger vehicle. Detlev von Platen, the company’s sales chief said in an interview with the German magazine Automobilwoche, that passengers would be able to use the cars without a pilot’s license. It is proposed by Porsche that most operations would be automated, but they could maintain some control. Von...
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Tesla dominating luxury car segment in Europe
According to market research carried out by JATO Dynamics who provide automotive market intelligence to the motoring industry, the Tesla Model S is now dominating the luxury car segment in Europe. Tesla has had a foothold in its home country, the United States for a few years now but up until now it has not surpassed some of the flagship...
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Volkswagen boss attacks Tesla Motors for “barely selling 80,000 cars a year”
Volkswagen boss attacks Tesla Motors for “barely selling 80,000 cars a year” During a discussion on the future of the automotive industry, the head of Volkswagen, Matthias Müller ripped into Tesla during a panel discussion. The VW CEO certainly set the cat among the pigeons. Prompted by a comment from the moderator, Müller laid into the electric car company for...
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An Unlikely Technology that Can Help Autonomous Cars See Better
It may be that the old-school paint makers are key in enabling sensors to detect oncoming vehicles. A century ago, when Henry Ford revolutionized transportation with the mass-produced Model T, it only came in just one colour: black. After this, car makers were eager to customize vehicles to buyers’ tastes, car manufacturers began to produce cars in almost every hue...
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Fear Of Self-Driving Cars Is Declining
Waymo, the self-driving car company created by Google has been testing its self-driving cars in the United States. Back in November Waymo announced it was modifying its self-driving program. Since then they have removed the backup driver from behind the steering wheel and have begun testing the cars with only an employee in the back seat. The company has been...
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Self-driving cars and AI may leave a ‘third of the population unemployed’
Self-driving cars and AI (Artificial Intelligence) will leave a 'third of the population unemployed' and cause people to slip into a meaningless life of misery, expert warn Dr Subhash Kak of Oklahoma University made the comments going as far as saying that self-driving cars could make millions of people unemployed as AI takes over. The worry from many quarters is...
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Glasses could prevent motion sickness in self-driving cars
A new patent has been filed, which if it becomes a reality in the future could help to prevent motion sickness in self-driving cars. Never mind festooning a self-driving car in lights and other devices to fend off motion sickness, you may very well just have to put on a pair of glasses. University of Michigan researchers have patented a...
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Ford investment in electric cars by 2022
Ford is planning to radically boost its investment in electric vehicles to $11bn in the next five years which is more than doubling a previous commitment. The Chairman of the historic manufacturer, Bill Ford said the car manufacturer would have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its range by 2022, which is only four years away. This is coming...
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Self-driving cars could be ‘weaponised’
Autonomous vehicles could be weaponised The tech giant has warned global car manufacturers the vital need to address security concerns over autonomous vehicles. It has been identified that Autonomous vehicles have can have security vulnerabilities and are in danger of being hacked by terrorists and turned into “weapons”. This is leading governments around the world to block cars operated by...
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General Motors to launch autonomous cars next year
Giant car manufacturer, General Motors has announced plans to mass-produce self-driving cars by 2019. They are planning to release the fourth generation of its driverless, all-electric car, the Chevy Bolt. The latest self-driving car from GM will not feature traditional controls like steering wheels or pedals. The new Bolt EV is currently being tested on the public roads of San...