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  First Tesla Autopilot fatality in China, not US – report

  15 September 2016 / 17 comments

  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 year, and the […]

   

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  Tesla Model S, Model X to gain Autopilot 8.0 – greater reliance on radar, “would have” prevented fatal crash

  13 September 2016 / 1 comment

  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 place; the Model […]

   

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  BMW Connected for Android to debut in October

  7 September 2016 / 4 comments

  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 mobility services will […]

   

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  Airbus working on CityAirbus flying car to beat jams

  24 August 2016 / 12 comments

  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 need where aviation […]

   

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  Genesis G80, G90 gains Amazon Alexa compatibility

  21 August 2016 / 3 comments

  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 extent. “With this […]

   

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  Apple’s multi-section, articulated steering patent

  17 August 2016 / 7 comments

  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 2015, and the […]

   

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  Next Lexus CT to get semi-autonomous tech – Toyota

  16 August 2016 / 13 comments

  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 CT will be […]

   

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  VIDEO: What not to do with a CVT-equipped vehicle

  15 August 2016 / 41 comments

  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 quirks too, and this […]

   

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  Infiniti reveals new 2.0 litre VC-T engine – world’s first, production-ready variable compression ratio unit

  15 August 2016 / 22 comments

  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 litre four-cylinder petrol […]

   

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  Tesla to gain mechanical upgrades for Autopilot 2.0 – to include more radars and a triple front-facing camera

  15 August 2016 / 2 comments

  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 front-facing camera. The […]

   

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  Audi developing regenerative damper technology

  10 August 2016 / 16 comments

  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 of a vehicle, […]

   

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  BMW details updated EfficientDynamics engines

  3 August 2016 / 10 comments

  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 B48 petrol units […]

   

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  Apple focusing on development of driverless car tech

  2 August 2016 / 6 comments

  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 software division, according […]

   

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  Video games make you a better driver – study

  2 August 2016 / 16 comments

  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 games for as little […]

   

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  Audit: Takata altered test results before sending to Honda, set for auction amidst ongoing scandal

  22 July 2016 / 10 comments

  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 of what I […]

   

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