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BMW Operating System 7.0 Officially Revealed
BMW Operating System 7.0 Officially Revealed

18 Apr 2018, 12:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Corona rings-influenced digital gauges in the instrument cluster, 5G technology, and real-time hazard warnings. That's what BMW presented at Digital Day 2018

 
MIT Develops Automated Roadmap Building Technology
MIT Develops Automated Roadmap Building Technology

17 Apr 2018, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MIT's RoadTracer is a tool which might help Google map the world faster and more accurately than ever before, promises team.

 
Electric smart EQ Models to Use Digital Certificate Charging Solution
Electric smart EQ Models to Use Digital Certificate Charging Solution

17 Apr 2018, 11:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Daimler says it created a new authorization and payment system for charging electric vehicles, one that does not require an app

 
Amazon's Alexa to Control Kia Vehicles
Amazon's Alexa to Control Kia Vehicles

17 Apr 2018, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kia will introduce UVO Skill, which would allow owners of selected models remote voice control over some of the vehicle functions

 
Toyota Commits to Connected Cars in the U.S. by 2021
Toyota Commits to Connected Cars in the U.S. by 2021

17 Apr 2018, 06:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota to provide the vehicles it produces with Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) starting 2021 in the United States.

 
BMW to Set Up New 3D-Printing Center
BMW to Set Up New 3D-Printing Center

16 Apr 2018, 12:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW will invest heavily into the research and production of 3D-printed parts in a new facility called Additive Manufacturing Campus

 
Sweden Opens World’s First Stretch of Electrified Road
Sweden Opens World’s First Stretch of Electrified Road

16 Apr 2018, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A road near Swedish capital Stockholm was fitted with 1.2 miles (2 km) of electrified track to allow cars to power up on the go

 
Volkswagen to Offer Autonomous Parking from 2020
Volkswagen to Offer Autonomous Parking from 2020

16 Apr 2018, 07:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen working on autonomous parking, which will be offered on a variety of the group's models starting no later than 2020.

 
Google Rolls Out Android Auto Wireless, Compatible With Pixel And Nexus Phones
Google Rolls Out Android Auto Wireless, Compatible With Pixel And Nexus Phones

15 Apr 2018, 15:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Apple made CarPlay wireless in October 2016, Google follows suit with Android Auto Wireless. It was about time, guys!

 
BMW Invests in Street Level Imagery Company Mapillary
BMW Invests in Street Level Imagery Company Mapillary

13 Apr 2018, 08:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW joins Daimler in investing in a street-level imagery and HD maps provider, as it prepares to launch a research project into AVs

 
Porsche to Research Artificial Intelligence for Product Development
Porsche to Research Artificial Intelligence for Product Development

12 Apr 2018, 07:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Porsche and UnternehmerTUM partner for the development of an AI system capable of data-based product development and predictive maintenance.

 
Honda to Make Sensing Driver Assistance Tech Standard from 2022
Honda to Make Sensing Driver Assistance Tech Standard from 2022

12 Apr 2018, 06:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Honda to make automatic emergency braking available across 95 percent of its fleet two years before the 2022 deadline the carmaker has agreed to.

 
BMW Opens Autonomous Cars Tech Campus in Germany
BMW Opens Autonomous Cars Tech Campus in Germany

11 Apr 2018, 14:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW opens new research center in Unterschleißheim, Germany, where 1,800 employees will be working on autonomous car systems

 
Kia Working on Wireless Fast Charging Just Because
Kia Working on Wireless Fast Charging Just Because

10 Apr 2018, 13:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kia and Mojo have developed a wireless fast charging technology which they tested on the Soul EV, but no plans are to make it widespread.

 
Porsche Will Know Where You Are, When You Are, Why You Are
Porsche Will Know Where You Are, When You Are, Why You Are

9 Apr 2018, 06:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Porsche invests in Israeli start-up Anagog, trying to find the best way to create an anticipated customer behavior tool for its customers.

 
MIT Tech Could Allow Self-Driving Cars to See Through Fog
MIT Tech Could Allow Self-Driving Cars to See Through Fog

6 Apr 2018, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MIT team works on a technology which would allow autonomous cars cameras to see through fog, thus replacing radar-based systems.

 
Simulator to Allow Self-Driving Car Testing Off Public Roads
Simulator to Allow Self-Driving Car Testing Off Public Roads

5 Apr 2018, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British company creates what it says is the world's first simulator for autonomous cars, needed for initial testing of these systems

 
Apple to Fight Boredom in Self-Driving Cars with VR Headset
Apple to Fight Boredom in Self-Driving Cars with VR Headset

4 Apr 2018, 08:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Apple filed for a patent to a VR technology that is to be used to fight motion sickness and boredom for passengers in self-driving cars

 
World’s First 3D Printed Steel Bridge to Serve Pedestrians in Amsterdam
World’s First 3D Printed Steel Bridge to Serve Pedestrians in Amsterdam

3 Apr 2018, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Starting from later in 2018, pedestrians will be able to cross a canal in Amsterdam on the world's first 3D-printed steel bridge.

 
California to Allow Level 5 Autonomous Cars Testing
California to Allow Level 5 Autonomous Cars Testing

3 Apr 2018, 07:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Legislation in California to allow companies to test Level 4 and Level 5 automated cars on public roads with no human on board