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Tesla could have millions of electric autonomous cars on the road by 2023
Tesla is known for taking the lead in the self-driving autonomous motoring arena and it is looking very could have millions of cars on the road by 2023. There is no doubt about it that Tesla is expected to roll out tens of thousands of electric cars onto the roads in the next few years, giving the company a huge...
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Mercedes Ireland has warned that the new car market here is dysfunctional
Mercedes Ireland has warned that the new car market here is dysfunctional According to a Mercedes Ireland executive, fake registering and not UK imports, is the greatest threat to the health of the new car market here. Mercedes Ireland has said that Ireland could be heading for a major financial implosion and has indirectly criticised their major competitors for fanning...
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Dyson to make electric cars from 2020
Dyson, the engineering company well known for their vacuum cleaners and fans are to make electric cars from 2020. They plan to spend £2bn (€2.25bn) in a “radical” new battery-powered electric car to be launched in just over two years time. Dyson has said that they have had 400 staff working on the secret project for the past two years...
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Australian researchers say Driverless cars will make more traffic
Researchers in Australia have predicted that the rise of autonomous vehicles will make congestion worse and not better? The researchers are based at University of Sydney's Institute of Transport and Logistical Studies. The institution has been publishing its Transport Opinion Survey (TOP) since 2010. In the most recent study released, it has been found that while Australians may love the...
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Uber denied licence to operate in London in shock move that bans cars from city's streets
Uber denied licence to operate in London in shock move that bans cars from city's streets Uber has been stripped of its licence to operate in London in a shock move to ban cars from the city streets. The ride-sharing company has launched an unprecedented attack on Transport for London in mid-September, accusing the transport body of bending to minority...
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Mercedes-Benz invests $1bn to make electric cars in US
Investment extends German group’s production of new technology vehicles to three continents Daimler who owns Mercedes-Benz is investing $1bn to produce electric cars in the US for the first time. It will invest the money to prepare its manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for producing electric cars. This now means that Mercedes-Benz will have production locations for EVs and batteries...
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Ford Motors patents a retractable table for autonomous cars
The Ford Motor Co. in Detroit have patented a retractable table for autonomous cars that resembles a kitchen or office conference room table. The giant car manufacturer lodged the patent for a retractable table earlier last month and the fascinating thing is that the new autonomous vehicle table comes with an airbag. In the autonomous future, it will not be...
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You can now earn a degree in self-driving cars
You can now earn a degree in ‘self-driving cars’ courtesy of Lyft and Udacity Lyft is a transportation network company based in San Francisco, California, which develops, markets and operates the Lyft car transportation mobile app. Udacity is a for-profit online teaching startup who originally focused on offering university-style courses and now focuses on vocational courses for professionals. These two...
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Greenpeace activists board ship transporting Volkswagen diesel cars to UK
Greenpeace activists and protesters from boarded the vehicle carrier Elbe Highway a few weeks ago, in an attempt to block its shipment of Volkswagen cars to the UK. Their actions come in the wake of increasing global concern over the dangers of diesel emissions and as a result the environmental activists boarded the ship and attached themselves to the large...
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Tesla is working with chip company AMD to develop its own A.I. chip for self-driving cars
Tesla Motors is working with AMD to refine its new chip, which they hope will reduce their reliance on Nvidia. Tesla has more than 50 employees involved in the project to develop its own chip for handling autonomous driving tasks in its cars. The project goal for Tesla is the push to be vertically integrated and decrease reliance on other...