This undated photo provided by the University of Michigan College of Engineering shows vehicles as they drive through the Old Woodward Avenue and East Maple signalized intersection, which was retimed using the Optimized Signal as a Service (OSaaS), in Birmingham, Mich. Smarter vehicles could mean some of the most dramatic changes for the traditional traffic […]
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US forges new ‘battery belt’ in hopes of electric future
EV fast-charger manufacturer Kempower is investing around $40 million in North Carolina, with a facility in Durham. Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar Toyota battery plant is offering him a reason to stay put. The 28-year-old from Greensboro is […]
BMW says EU probe into China EV subsidies against free trade
German automakers have invested heavily in China in recent decades. The chief executive of German luxury carmaker BMW on Wednesday warned the European Union’s investigation into Chinese electric car subsidies runs counter to free trade. The EU launched the inquiry last year, fearing that Chinese subsidies are a threat to Europe’s own vast automotive industry. […]
Japanese auto giant Toyota posts record net profit
Toyota’s earnings have been boosted by a weak yen and brisk sales, particularly of hybrid vehicles. Toyota reported record annual net profit of more than $30 billion on Wednesday but the world’s largest automaker by sales warned that the current year would be less spectacular. Helped by a weak yen and strong hybrid vehicle sales, […]
Global car giants seek tech allies in China’s cutthroat EV market
A number of foreign firms have announced tech partnerships un China as they try to get a hold in the world’s biggest electric vehicle market. Struggling foreign automakers in China are looking for help from local tech giants to try to stay competitive in the world’s biggest electric car market, where shiny smart screens, assisted […]
US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked
Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system. In a letter to Tesla posted on the agency’s […]
Tesla to cut hundreds more jobs in Musk cost push: Report
Tesla is cutting hundreds of more jobs in part of Elon Musk’s latest cost-cutting push. Tesla plans hundreds of additional job cuts beyond a recent company-wide layoff as it cracks down on costs in a tough electric vehicle market, according to a US media report. Elon Musk’s EV company, which moved earlier this month to […]
Voice at the wheel: Study introduces an encoder-decoder framework for AI systems
CAVG is structured around an Encoder-Decoder framework, comprising encoders for Text, Emotion, Vision, and Context, alongside a Cross-Modal encoder and a Multimodal decoder. Credit: Communications in Transportation Research, Tsinghua University Press Recently, the team led by Professor Xu Chengzhong and Assistant Professor Li Zhenning from the University of Macau’s State Key Laboratory of Internet of […]
US opens investigation into Ford crashes involving Blue Cruise partially automated driving system
The Ford logo is seen on the grill of a Ford Explorer on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh, on Feb. 15, 2024. Two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise partially automated driving system have drawn the attention of U.S. auto safety regulators. Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File Two fatal crashes […]
Tesla wins key China security clearance during Musk visit
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gets off a minibus before boarding his private plane at Beijing airport. Tesla received a key security clearance from China during owner Elon Musk’s whistlestop visit to the world’s biggest electric car market, which wrapped up on Monday. The tech billionaire arrived on Sunday for his second trip to China in […]
China’s EV giant BYD misses Q1 revenue estimates
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Major Chinese electric carmaker BYD reported lower-than-expected revenue for the first quarter of 2024 on Monday, as an aggressive domestic price war and Western regulatory pressure weighed on the company’s growth. BYD posted an operating revenue of 124.94 billion yuan ($17.25 billion) for the first three months of the year, up […]
Tesla founder Musk visits China as competitors show off new electric vehicles at Beijing auto show
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, Sunday, April 28, 2024. Musk met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital Sunday, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the […]
Daimler Truck braces for possible strike in 3 southern US states
UAW President Shawn Fain said workers at Daimler Truck are prepared to strike if their demands are not met. Around 7,200 workers with Daimler Truck in three southern US states were poised Friday for a potential strike as labor contract talks headed down to the wire. Representatives for the United Auto Workers and Daimler Truck […]
US probes whether Tesla Autopilot recall did enough to make sure drivers pay attention
The logo for the Tesla Supercharger station is seen in Buford, Ga, April 22, 2021. Faced with falling global sales and a tumbling stock price, Tesla has slashed prices again on some of its electric vehicles and its “Full Self Driving” system. Tesla releases first-quarter earnings Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File […]
Electric cars and digital connectivity dominate at Beijing auto show
Visitors take photos of a Zeekr car during the opening of China Auto Show in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana Global automakers and EV startups unveiled new models and concept cars at China’s largest auto show on Thursday, with a focus on the nation’s transformation into a major market and […]
Honda announces US$11 bn EV battery and vehicle plant in Canada
Honda’s new Canadian factory will have a production capacity of 240,000 electric vehicles per year and a batteries output of 36 GWh per year. Japanese auto giant Honda announced Thursday the largest automotive investment in Canada’s history, worth Can$15 billion (US$11 billion), for a massive new EV battery and vehicle assembly plant. Honda chief executive […]
Chinese automakers redefine the car as a living space at Beijing Auto Show
Visitors look at an MG car during the opening of China Auto Show in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana How about turning a car’s front bucket seats 180 degrees so they face the rear seats and extending out a table so the occupants can play cards or eat a meal? […]
Five things we learned at the China Auto Show
The consumer tech giant is the latest entrant to China’s cut-throat EV market, with its new SU7 model the star of the show. One of China’s largest auto shows kicked off in Beijing on Thursday, with electric vehicle makers keen to show off their latest designs and high-tech accessories to consumers in the fiercely competitive […]
Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot
A Tesla sign is seen at a dealership, Dec. 3, 2023, in Buena Park, Calif. A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle on Friday, April 19, 2024, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure that Tesla drivers […]
Car giants vie for EV crown at Beijing’s Auto China show
The Mercedes Benz Concept Cla Class model is among those on display. Chinese car giants locked in a cut-throat price war descended on the capital for the start of the Auto China show Thursday, vying to draw consumers and headlines in the world’s biggest electric vehicle market and abroad. China’s EV sector has exploded in […]
Child pedestrians, self-driving vehicles: What’s the safest scenario for crossing the road?
Crossing roads for children can be a risky calculation, especially when the vehicles are self-driven. In a new study, University of Iowa researchers determined pre-teenage children are safest when self-driving vehicles signaled their intent to yield with a green light when they arrived at the intersection, then stopped. Credit: Tim Schoon, University of Iowa Crossing […]
Advancing the safety of AI-driven machinery requires closer collaboration with humans
Examples of off-road mobile machinery in the Innovative Hydraulics and Automation (IHA) laboratory at Tampere University. Credit: IHA Laboratory, Tampere University An ongoing research project at Tampere University aims to create adaptable safety systems for highly automated off-road mobile machinery to meet industry needs. Research has revealed critical gaps in compliance with legislation related to […]
Volkswagen revamps its approach in China in bid to overtake upstart EV makers
Workers stand near a sign marking Volkswagen’s 40 years (in China) in Beijing, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Foreign automakers have been caught flat-footed in China by an electric vehicle boom that has shaken up the market over the last three years. That has left manufacturers like Volkswagen scrambling to develop new models for a very […]