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Self-driving cars and geospatial data: Who holds the keys?
Feb 06, 2019 (SPX)
The geospatial data can be used to draw new maps identifying the spaces where we live and travel. That information is currently housed in technological and corp...
Muscovites declare cold war on corrosive snow salt
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
Trucks carry mounds of snow through the night towards melting plants in the capital's outskirts, while smaller vehicles hum down the pavements scattering salt m...
Mean streets: Self-driving cars will 'cruise' to avoid paying to park
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
Even worse, because cruising is less costly at lower speeds, self-driving cars will slow to a crawl as they "kill time," says transportation planner Adam Millar...
Tesla posts higher earnings but still falls short
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
But the company's irascible founder Elon Musk remained upbeat, telling investors that 2018 was its "most successful" year as well as its most challenging. He al...
Chinese engineer charged in theft of Apple car secrets
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
Jizhong Chen was arrested in January, a day before he was booked on a flight to China where he had applied for a job with an autonomous car company, according t...
Apple puts brakes on car team but keeps eye on road
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
Apple's comment came in response to a CNBC report that the staff of a secretive Project Titan was reduced this week by more than 200 people, some of whom were t...
Ford reports 4Q loss on weakness in China, Europe
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
The US auto giant, which had notched $2.5 billion profit in the year-ago period, also cited $877 million in one-time pension expenses as a factor in the loss, w...
Boeing flying car prototype completes first test flight
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft said the test was carried out Tuesday outside the US capital Washington, the company said in a statem...
Tokyo airport tests driverless bus to shuttle visitors
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
Six Japanese firms, including national carrier ANA, jointly started a 10-day experiment with a self-driving prototype minibus last week. On Tuesday, officials a...
Waymo revs up self-driving car making near Motor City
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
The company owned by Google-parent Alphabet collaborated with Michigan's economic development corporation on a plan to use a manufacturing facility in that stat...
Tesla recalls 14,000 cars in China over Takata airbags
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
The US giant will recall imported Model S cars made between February 2014 and December 2016, the State Administration of Market Regulation said, joining other c...
Tesla recalls more than 14,000 cars in China over Takata airbags
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
The US giant has already announced the recall of some Model S vehicles as part of a global industry-wide rooting out of parts made by Takata, which went bust in...
World first integrated driverless technology trial launched in Australia
Jan 18, 2019 (The Lead)
Developed by SAGE Automation, the mobile Matilda transport hub aims to work with any driverless vehicles while providing users with an interactive experience to...
Keeping roads in good shape reduces greenhouse gas emissions, Rutgers-led study finds
Jan 16, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers found that extending the life of pavement through preventive maintenance can reduce greenhouse gases by up to 2 percent; transportation agencies...
Intel vet takes wheel of self-driving car startup Zoox
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
The Senegal native will become head of Zoox, and a member of the startup's board starting on February 26. "I'm thrilled to join Zoox and challenge the status qu...
Opel helps France's PSA buck China, Iran auto downturn
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
PSA sold 3.88 million vehicles, up 6.8 percent from 2017 when it acquired the Opel business which includes British-based Vauxhall. PSA said that without the Ope...
Trade war delays Chinese automaker GAC's entry into US
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
"We originally had the plan to launch our first vehicle in the US at the end of 2019," GAC President Yu Jun said through a company interpreter. "However we have...
GM sees higher 2019 profits on job cuts, solid US, China sales
Jan 11, 2019 (AFP)
GM, which has faced criticism from President Donald Trump and other US politicians over the planned layoffs, expects $2-2.5 billion in additional profits this y...
2D materials may enable electric vehicles to get 500 miles on a single charge
Jan 11, 2019 (SPX)
Lithium-air batteries, which currently are still in the experimental stages of development, can store 10 times more energy than lithium-ion batteries, and they ...
Fiat Chrysler to pay $515 mn in US 'dieselgate' settlements
Jan 10, 2019 (AFP)
The auto giant will recall and repair more than 100,000 diesel vehicles sold in the United States at a cost of about $185 million. The remaining funds will go t...
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