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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2j2-DqcPfM Poor ol' Tyrannosaurus Rex - the once fearsome dinosaur can't seem to get a break from Internet jibes. With the help of the Audi A7 piloted driving concept, there's some hope …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGAIfWG2MQQ The Grand Theft Auto video game franchise isn't perhaps the most obvious means of developing real-world, autonomous driving capabilities, considering that general wrongdoing is, literally and figuratively, the name of the …
The first Tesla Autopilot-related crash fatality reportedly occured in China in January, five months before the widely covered incident in the United States in May. The incident was under investigation earlier this …
With Tesla's Autopilot 8.0 update, the electric automaker's autonomous driving systems now place greater reliance on radar, rather than on cameras as it has done before. The hardware required is already in …
BMW Connected, which was introduced in Europe last month following an initial deployment in the United States back in March, is set for another expansion, this time platform-based. The range of personal …
The idea of flying cars - no, not the rallying kind - have been bandied about for a long time, and now, passenger aircraft company Airbus is looking at a more localised …
Smart home integration technologies such as Amazon Echo bring voice command convenience with the Alexa voice service, which now extends to taking command of the Genesis G80 and G90 - to an …
Documents have now surfaced showing that Apple has a patent for an articulated vehicles steering system, for use in a multi-section, tracked design. The technology giant filed for the patent in July …
The next Lexus CT, slated for revealing before 2018, will offer "something above" the current car, according to Toyota senior manager Rembert Serrus in an Autocar report. He hinted that the next …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSxg97m8lLA Different types of transmission have different characteristics because of their different designs, and therefore require different ways of handling. For the continuously variable transmission (CVT) in particular, it has its own …
Infiniti has revealed the world’s first, production-ready variable compression ratio engine, which will make its public debut at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. The new VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged) unit is a 2.0 …
Electric automaker, Tesla is in the midst of working on a host of mechanical upgrades to complement the upcoming Autopilot 2.0 update, which will include additional radars as well as a triple …
Think energy regeneration, and usually innovations in the powertrain aspects come to mind. With a prototype named "eROT", Audi has applied the same principles to the chassis, or more specifically the dampers …
At the recent BMW Group Innovation Days 2016 in Munich, the company announced first details of its updated EfficientDynamics engines. The new three- and four-cylinder mills will replace the current B38 and …
Technology giant Apple is understood to have been developing a car under the codename Project Titan, and the latest recruitment from the automotive world is Dan Dodge, formerly head of Blackberry's automotive …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQAvaDhb8jo Video gaming fans have long said it, and now it has added academic backing. As told to the Association of Psychologcal Science, “our research shows that playing easily accessible action video …
Early results from an internal audit allegedly point towards Takata providing incomplete data for airbag inflator test results, according to Brian O'Neill, audit investigator who told Automotive News. "We have found examples …
While some car companies are looking to build fully-autonomous vehicles that can handle both highway and urban environments in the near future, Volvo is apparently steering clear of the latter. According to …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnke9JkPfUI Nissan has made quite a hoopla regarding the ProPILOT system in the new Nissan Serena – which is slated to go on sale in Japan in late August – billing it …
Right after announcing its development of autonomous off-road technology, it has also emerged that Jaguar Land Rover will start testing self-driving technology, and will grow its test fleet to 100 units over …
