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Autonomous Cars with no Human Backup to the Road in 2018

08. June 2017 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation · Tags: autonomous, cars, new technology, transportation, travel, vehicles

Autonomous vehicles with no human backup will be put to the test on roads next year.
Seeing a car with no human backup is moving closer to reality after two companies announced a partnership to test fully-autonomous cars on public roads in 2018.
Two companies, Delphi, a U.K.-based company with U.S. headquarters in Metro Detroit which is an automotive electronics and parts maker, and Transdev, a French transport company, are planning to use autonomous taxis and a shuttle van to carry passengers on roadways in France.

Nails Spill On 91 Freeway, Flattening Tires On More Than 40 Vehicles In Corona

03. June 2017 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation, Travel · Tags: cars, transportation, travel, vehicles

Spilled nails left dozens of vehicles stranded on a 15-mile stretch of 91 Freeway, Corona.

Several motorists headed east on the 91 eastbound freeway in Corona were stranded at the border of Orange and Riverside counties after running over spilled nails and screws, according to the California Highway Patrol logs. The incident happened at 11 a.m. Thursday between the Weir Canyon Road and McKinley Street exits and left approximately 40 vehicles stranded with flat tires over a fifteen-mile stretch. According to reports, a construction vehicle possibly had accidentally spilled the nails on the road. The vehicle that spilled the nails on the 15-mile stretch of 91 Freeway has not been discovered yet, the California Highway Patrol said. More »

The Tesla Model 3 to Have Just One Display

02. April 2017 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: autonomous, cars, electric vehicle, new technology, transportation, vehicles

Tesla bucks the tradition and the company is going to release the Model 3 with a single central display.
After almost a year of rumors and speculation, Elon Musk has confirmed that Model 3 will not feature a head-up display. That means everything, from navigation to music, will be on the one display.
There will not be a traditional gauge cluster behind the steering wheel, and no head-up display, either; no speedometer, fuel gauge, temperature gauges, rev counter, or even a clock in front of the driver. More »

BMW Will Pay Border Tax or Build His Cars in the USA, Says Trump

22. January 2017 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation · Tags: cars, transportation, vehicles

President-elect Donald Trump has warned that German carmakers will pay a border tax of 35 per cent on cars imported to the U.S. market.
Trump said that in an interview with a Geman newspaper a few days ago. His words drew sharp criticism from Berlin and hit the carmakers’ shares.
In the interview, Trump criticized German automakers such as BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler for building factories in Mexico and importing the cars to the U.S. market. More »

The New Beast Will Debut on Inauguration Day

15. January 2017 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation, Travel · Tags: cars, transportation, vehicles

Donald Trump’s Cadillac One, the upgraded presidential limousine, will make its debut at his inauguration on January 20.

A total of $15 million has been paid by General Motors to develop the vehicle.

Some of the pictures that went viral show that the presidential car also known as The Beast will have features much more impressive than some of the past ‘beasts’ used by Trump’s predecessors. More »

Tesla Announced Autopilot Upgrades for 1,000 Cars

03. January 2017 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation · Tags: autonomous, cars, electric vehicle, Tesla, transportation, vehicles

Tesla Motors Inc. has announced the activation of Autopilot features for cars equipped with the “Hardware 2” camera and sensor set.
Tesla is now beginning to roll out upgraded software to customers with newer cars that launched in October. All Model S and Model X electric cars built since then are fitted with Hardware 2 that includes eight cameras, radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors and a new supercomputer. More »

Uber Pulls its Autonomous Cars from San Francisco Streets

25. December 2016 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: autonomous, cars, new technology, transportation, vehicles

Uber removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets on Wednesday bowing to the state’s DMV.
The ride-hailing company pulled its fleet of autonomous cars off San Francisco streets after California’s regulations revoked Uber’s vehicle registrations.
Hours after Uber launched a self-driving car service in its hometown last week, the state’s regulators threatened legal action. More »

Uber Continue Self-Driving Car Testing on SF Roads in Defiance of DMV

20. December 2016 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: autonomous, cars, new technology, transportation, Uber, vehicles

Uber won’t stop self-driving car service in San Francisco, despite California regulators say it is illegal.
The legal fight started last Wednesday when any passenger in San Francisco requesting a ride from Uber, might have been picked up by an autonomous car. After receiving on his phone a notification in the Uber application, one could accept or cancel and then request a regular ride. More »

Tesla Buys German Robot Maker to Boost Electric Car Production

14. November 2016 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation · Tags: cars, electric vehicle, new technology, Tesla, transportation, vehicles

The biggest factory in the world, the new Tesla Gigafactory, will be run by robots, boasted Elon Musk.
Electric car maker Tesla Motors has announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy Germany’s Grohmann Engineering to accelerate its production rate, the automaker said in a blog post.
Grohmann Engineering is based in Pruem, Germany and specializes in highly automated manufacturing techniques. The German firm has production lines for battery and fuel cells and produces batteries for numerous German and international automobile manufacturers. More »

High-Tech Automated Parking System Will Soon Park Your Car

01. November 2016 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation · Tags: autonomous, cars, new technology, vehicles

Instead of throwing your keys at the parking valet or struggling to manoeuvre in a multistorey car park, why don’t you leave your car in a special bay at the front of the building? Just check in at a kiosk and a radical new system, called Automated Parking, autonomously parks the car for you inside of a parking garage.
The system is developed by Unitronics Automated Parking Solutions, the U.S. subsidiary of Unitronics. More »

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