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Tesla Halves the Price for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving Features
Tesla Halves the Price for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving Features

4 Mar 2019, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Those who got possession of their Model 3 before February 28 can pay $2,000 for the Autopilot and $3,000 for the Full Self-Driving features

 
Jeep Renegade EV Made Possible By GKN
Jeep Renegade EV Made Possible By GKN

28 Feb 2019, 12:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A front-wheel-drive Renegade with an electric motor instead of internal combustion? That's what GKN developed this time around, and Jeep is certain to take note

 
Volkswagen Cloud Moving to Cover U.S., China as ID Launch Approaches
Volkswagen Cloud Moving to Cover U.S., China as ID Launch Approaches

27 Feb 2019, 14:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For car owners, that translates into the ability to access services like media streaming, connected smart home, in-car office, personal assistant and more

 
Volkswagen EA211 1.5 TSI Evo Could Be Offered In the U.S.
Volkswagen EA211 1.5 TSI Evo Could Be Offered In the U.S.

19 Feb 2019, 18:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Four cylinders, a turbo, and 1.5 liters of displacement. If all goes according to plan, the 1.5 TSI Evo could be offered in the U.S. as well

 
DARPA Working on Ways to Stop Self-Driving Cars from Being Duped
DARPA Working on Ways to Stop Self-Driving Cars from Being Duped

7 Feb 2019, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA says self-driving cars can be tricked by means of visual alterations into seeing a stop sign as a 45 mph speed limit posting

 
Self-Driving Mercedes-Benz S-Class Puts on a Turquoise Light Show
Self-Driving Mercedes-Benz S-Class Puts on a Turquoise Light Show

1 Feb 2019, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are lights fitted onto the roof, in the windscreen, the radiator grille, the headlamps, the exterior mirrors and the lower area of the windows

 
DARPA to Teach Self-Driving Cars the Meaning of Incompetent
DARPA to Teach Self-Driving Cars the Meaning of Incompetent

1 Feb 2019, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Regardless of how smart they are, none of the systems currently available can evaluate their own abilities and admit when something is beyond their scope

 
Future Cars to Project Direction of Travel on the Road to Warn Pedestrians
Future Cars to Project Direction of Travel on the Road to Warn Pedestrians

29 Jan 2019, 14:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Jaguar Land Rover presented its idea of a projection system meant to communicate a self-driving car’s intentions to the humans near it

 
Faster Charging Than Tesla's Supercharger? Porsche Promises It For the Taycan
Faster Charging Than Tesla's Supercharger? Porsche Promises It For the Taycan

28 Jan 2019, 18:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 60-plus miles of range in four minutes? Looks like Elon Musk won't have the last laugh as far as charging times are concerned

 
Volkswagen Preps for the Future, to Start Mobile Fast Charging Production
Volkswagen Preps for the Future, to Start Mobile Fast Charging Production

25 Jan 2019, 15:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It can be installed independently from any power supply and, as soon as the energy levels drop below 20 percent, it can be changed with a fully charged one

 
Valeo Voyage XR Allows Backseat Driving, Snooping In on New Drivers
Valeo Voyage XR Allows Backseat Driving, Snooping In on New Drivers

18 Jan 2019, 14:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / French company unveiled Voyage XR at CES 2019, says it will allow “teletransporting” family on board and remote-control driving

 
Humanoid Robot ARISA Starts Second Trial Run at Tokyo Subway Stations
Humanoid Robot ARISA Starts Second Trial Run at Tokyo Subway Stations

11 Jan 2019, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is preparing for the influx of tourists with the 2020 Olympic Games, in the context of a shortage of workforc

 
AI Transforms Sound into Tactile and Visual Cues for Hearing-Impaired Drivers
AI Transforms Sound into Tactile and Visual Cues for Hearing-Impaired Drivers

11 Jan 2019, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When the siren of an ambulance is heard, that ambulance, along with the direction it is approaching from, appears on the HUD

 
Genesis G80 Demo Car Shows the Wonders of Augmented Reality HUD at CES 2019
Genesis G80 Demo Car Shows the Wonders of Augmented Reality HUD at CES 2019

10 Jan 2019, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The AR system is used to project navigation alerts, lane guidance, destination points, and current speed, as well as ADAS features

 
Guardians of the Galaxy’s Rocket Becomes Star of Audi’s CES 2019 VR Experiment
Guardians of the Galaxy’s Rocket Becomes Star of Audi’s CES 2019 VR Experiment

8 Jan 2019, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The VR game shown at CES is only a proof of concept that would accommodate anything from movies to educational programs.

 
The Kia READ Looks Like HAL 9000 as a Kid
The Kia READ Looks Like HAL 9000 as a Kid

8 Jan 2019, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kia is showing the READ emotion-reading tech at CES 2019 in Las Vegas in three configurations: READ Me, READ Now, and READ Motion

 
Toyota to Bring the Future of Wheelchairs at CES 2019
Toyota to Bring the Future of Wheelchairs at CES 2019

7 Jan 2019, 14:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The wheelchair concepts to be shown at CES 2019 are the Evowalk, Moby, Phoenix Ai Ultralight Wheelchair, Qolo, and Quix.

 
Nissan Brings Virtual Reality Metaverse at CES 2019
Nissan Brings Virtual Reality Metaverse at CES 2019

4 Jan 2019, 15:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At CES 2019, Nissan will be bringing the Invisible-to-Visible, or I2V array of features which blends virtual reality with holograms

 
Toyota to Show P4 Autonomous Car Based on the Lexus LS at CES 2019
Toyota to Show P4 Autonomous Car Based on the Lexus LS at CES 2019

4 Jan 2019, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The P4 is powered by a new chip technology that can “operate more machine learning algorithms in parallel for faster learning

 
Chevrolet Working On Power Swinging Doors For New Corvette
Chevrolet Working On Power Swinging Doors For New Corvette

28 Dec 2018, 13:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If Chevrolet engineers the mid-engine Corvette with power swinging doors, that would add unwanted weight to the most dynamic 'Vette ever