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APTIV: Smart vehicle architecture: The backbone of the future

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The concept of Smart Vehicle Architecture (SVA) was born a few years ago at Aptiv. We define Smart Vehicle Architecture as the power and...

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Audi and Ericsson to pioneer 5G for automotive manufacturing

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

At Audi’s headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany, the two companies agreed on a range of activities exploring the potential of 5G as a...

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Communications protocols proliferate in the drive toward autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

It’s not news that the electronic content of an automobile takes up an ever-increasing percentage of its cost. In fact, it is estimated...

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RideOS raises $25M to become the traffic control center for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

A mere sprinkling of autonomous vehicles exist in a few dozen cities today. A smattering in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. A dusting in...

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Spending on future tech eats into BMW quarterly profit

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Net profit at BMW fell 6 percent in the second quarter as it spent more on developing new technologies for electric, autonomous and...

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CAD webinar series (XI): The L3Pilot project – a methodology for piloting automated driving on European roads

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Trucks, Webinars

L3Pilot is a European research project co-funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 programme. The project is led by Volkswagen...

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Optimising the human centric experience by improving ADAS performance

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Trucks, Webinars

AVL’s Erich Ramschak explains how the company’s technology is used for the calibration and testing of assisted driving features....

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Future-proofing to secure the connected automotive ecosystem

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Trucks, Webinars

Stacy Janes, Chief Security Architect at Irdeto, discusses the critical role future-proofing plays in protecting automotive systems from...

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Michigan brings its smart cities together for state-wide change

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Cars, News

To be part of the future–whether it’s autonomous cars and shared mobility or advanced healthcare and sustainable communities–it takes...

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Green light on lidar: Developing low-cost systems for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Webinars

For driverless cars to see mainstream adoption, engineers must solve critical lidar design challenges — including improving the detection...

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Elon Musk says Tesla A.I. chip project is ‘finally coming to fruition’

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the company’s custom-built chip for handling autonomous driving is nearly ready. Tesla is...

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Boeing to research autonomous vehicles at new MIT Location

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 in News

Boeing will lease approximately 100,000 square feet at MIT’s upcoming building in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The agreement makes...

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Part II: The autonomous car in your driveway

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Cars, Technology

HARMAN works with Rinspeed, a Swiss think-tank, to build concept cars that encapsulate these ideas about coming trends. Rinspeed cars seem...

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Sacramento eases into the self-driving scene

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Cars, News

Quick, think of a California hotbed of technological might. There’s Silicon Valley, duh. And enterprising Silicon Beach, down in the...

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Baidu Q2 revenues surge with Apollo blooming development

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Chinese Internet giant Baidu achieved a blooming second quarter with revenues surging 32% year on year to RMB 26 billion and net profits...

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Networked lighting to eliminate auto blind spots

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

It is a horror scenario for every driver: Suddenly, a previously invisible pedestrian comes out of the dark between two street lights or...

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Nissan: AVs useless without humans

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Nissan is collaborating with NASA to develop what is billed as the “world’s safest traffic control system,” to get autonomous vehicles...

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Winners revealed in Govt £12.1m autonomous vehicle giveaway

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Finance, News, Trucks

The Government has announced the winners of a collaborative R&D competition for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), with £12.1m...

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New material promises breakthrough IR sensing for autonomous cars

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

To overcome the issues inherent with using video or other forms of visible light detection (such as poor performance in fog, snow, and...

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Tesla’s autonomous ‘coast-to-coast’ drive on hold while autopilot team focuses on safety

Posted on Aug 1, 2018 in Cars, News

Tesla’s autonomous coast-to-coast drive, originally promised in 2016, is on hold while the company’s Autopilot team stays “heads down” on...

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