Despite massive improvements in traffic safety, 1.2 million people are still killed in traffic every year. In 2007, this spurred Volvo Cars, as the only automotive manufacturer in the world, to launch…
iPhone + App + Car = Amazing music [+video]
I usually like to have DVD’s playing in the background whilst I am driving. I am not really much of a radio person nor am I really savvy when it comes to music. Even my recent track days, I need…
Select Honda and Acura Vehicles Now Offering Siri Eyes Free Integration
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced that select Honda and Acura models including the 2013 -2014 Honda Accord and 2013 Acura RDX and ILX now offer Apple’s Siri Eyes Free mode as a dealer ins…
Collaboration to Accelerate Use of Autonomous Vehicles and AI Technologies Expands to New Testing and Validation System
Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development (TRI-AD) and NVIDIA last week announced a new collaboration to develop, train and validate self-driving vehicles at the GPU Technology Conference. The pa…
Apple confirms that they will layoff 190 people from their self-driving car project
In a letter to the California Employment Development Department, Apple has confirmed that they will be laying off 190 people from their self-driving car project dubbed as Project Titan. Tom Neumayr, w…
BOSE Introduces QUIETCOMFORT Road Noise Control [+video]
Bose announced at CES 2019 a new offering from its industry-leading portfolio of Active Sound Management solutions for cars: Bose QuietComfort Road Noise Control (RNC). Now available to global vehicle…
NVIDIA Introduces DRIVE AutoPilot, World’s First Commercially Available Level 2+ Automated Driving System
NVIDIA announced the world’s first commercially available Level 2+ automated driving system, NVIDIA DRIVE™ AutoPilot, which integrates multiple breakthrough AI technologies that will enable supervised…
Daimler Trucks invests half a billion Euros in highly automated trucks
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Daimler Trucks announced that it will invest EUR 500 million (around 570 million USD) over the next years and create more than 200 new jobs i…
Autonomous technology is here, but not in cars yet
The largest robot in the world isn’t a Gundam nor is it a Jaeger. It is actually an autonomous train located in Australia where it services are used to haul stuff between mines for Rio Tinto. Th…
Find out about BMW’s Autonomous Driving effort from Elmar Frickenstein
In September 2017, you and your team moved to the Autonomous Driving Campus in Unterschleissheim. What prompted the BMW Group’s decision to create this new site? We are currently experiencing the larg…
Audi to Exhibit New In-Car Entertainment Technologies at CES 2019
Top-quality entertainment for all the senses: Audi will turn the inside of the car into an amusement park at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The brand will present a completely new o…
Five stars for the Audi Q3 in Euro NCAP test
The new Audi Q3 offers bumper-to-bumper safety: The compact family SUV earned the top score of five stars in the Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme), one of the most important automobile safety t…
Hyundai Invests in Deep Learning Computer Vision Startup allegro.ai
Hyundai CRADLE Tel Aviv, Hyundai Motor’s corporate venturing and open innovation businesses in Israel, today announced its strategic investment in allegro.ai, a leading technology company specializing…
Volvo Cars and Baidu join forces to develop and manufacture autonomous driving cars
Volvo Cars has reached an agreement with Baidu, the leading Chinese internet search provider, to jointly develop electric and fully autonomous drive-compatible cars with the aim of mass producing them…
Hyundai Motor Group Reveals Solar Charging System Technology to Power Future Eco-Friendly Vehicles
Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors have today announced plans to introduce solar charging technology on selected Hyundai Motor Group vehicles. Electricity-generating solar panels will be incorporated into t…
Ford and Baidu to test autonomous vehicles together
Ford and Baidu announced that the two of them will start a two-year joint autonomous vehicle test project in China. What better can it be to pair both Ford and Baidu together to tackle the challenge t…
Hyundai CRADLE Invests in Perceptive Automata to Bring Human Intuition Software to Self-Driving Cars
Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Company’s corporate venturing and open innovation business, today announced it is investing in Perceptive Automata to develop artificial intelligence software for self-dr…
New Ford Ranger to Redefine Pickup Market with First and Only In-class Technologies
Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC), the sole distributor of Ford in Malaysia, today revealed more details about the upcoming new Ford Ranger lineup. The month-end launch will consist of the Ranger Wildt…
Microsoft invests into Grab for strategic partnerships
When the largest software maker decides to have a strategic partnership with you and also invests into your company, you know you are doing something right. That is what Microsoft aims to do with Grab…
Lexus to use digital side-view mirrors this October
Lexus is moving towards the use of digital side-view mirrors starting with the new ES this October. This works by installing small exterior cameras on the front doors, Lexus vehicles will provide its …