Car News recent articles in category Autonomous Vehicles
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Tesla intentionally makes some of its cars worse but this is not necessarily a bad thing?
Tesla intentionally makes some of its cars worse but this is not necessarily a bad thing? The most natural thing for a company to do would be to charge every one of their customers the maximum they would pay for their product. If companies were to adapt this maximum pricing philosophy, Apple could charge the super-rich the tens of thousands...
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World’s largest car market, China, just announced an imminent end to petrol and diesel cars
Chinese officials have said in Tianjin this week that the government is working on a timetable to end “production and sales of traditional energy vehicles,” This means that petrol and diesel engine cars are on the radar of the Chinese government. Regulators have said that they have begun the “relevant research,” on the issue and the new policies on traditional...
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Tesla cars made to travel further during hurricane Irma
How did Tesla make some of its cars travel further during Hurricane Irma? The electric-car giant Tesla assisted their customers during Hurricane Irma by remotely boosting their vehicles’ battery capacity. Although this was a generous act on behalf of the electric car company, this act of kindness actually highlighted the fact that Tesla has apparently been selling identical cars at...
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New technologies could make hydrogen cars a reality
New technological developments in materials science could help make the hydrogen car a far more viable alternative to electric and fossil fuel vehicles. Electric cars are considered the immediate answer to reducing fossil fuel pollution but hydrogen models have remained a very attractive alternative to even EV technologies. In many cases, hydrogen cars are more environmentally friendly than electric cars...
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Domino’s and Ford to test self-driving pizza delivery cars
Domino’s and Ford to test self-driving pizza delivery cars Ford and Domino’s Pizza will collaborate soon to test self-driving pizza delivery cars in the State of Michigan in the USA. The two companies are trying to better understand how customers respond to and interact with autonomous vehicles. In the next few week, randomly selected Domino’s customers in Ann Arbor, Michigan...
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Ireland could be left behind in the electric vehicle race
Ireland could be left behind while the world embraces the demise of petrol and diesel engines in favour of sustainable energies. The UK's decision to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 only goes to highlight the complacency of the Irish Government on the issue of banning petrol and diesel vehicles. Basically speaking, the government is...
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The next media revolution looks likely to come from driverless cars
The next media revolution looks likely to come from driverless cars Who'll want to listen to the radio when you could play Gran Turismo in the car? Whether we like it or not, driverless cars are here to stay and within a decade we will see a huge impact on the motor industry with the introduction of autonomous vehicles. As...
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Toyota, Intel and Ericsson teaming up to collect Big Data from cars
A new consortium between Toyota, Intel and Ericsson are collaborating to build a new data pipeline that will make connected cars a reality. Toyota is joining forces with these giant tech companies and other auto industry suppliers to create a new big data alliance to support the development of connected cars. The alliance is being dubbed as the Automotive Edge...
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Researchers say they can trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs
Researchers from the University of Washington have identified a very simple way to trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs. They have found that by strategically placing stickers on different road signs, they can effectively fool the image-processing software in autonomous cars. In one dangerous experimental incident, stickers attached to a stop sign caused the onboard sensors to misidentify it...
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Irish company, Cubic Telecom raises $40m to advance driverless cars technology
Irish global connectivity platform provider, Cubic Telecom has raised $40m to advance driverless cars technology. The new funding will allow the mobile tech company to expand its value to $200m Cubic Telecom was started in Dublin five years ago. The chief executive, Barry Napier, said that the company is developing network and software systems that can allow cars to communicate...