August 23, 2021 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced it was launching an investigation into Tesla's "self-driving" Autopilot system as it looks to solve the mystery behind 11 Tesla crashes involving emergency vehicles since 2018. more...
July 23, 2021 Stellantis, the world's fourth-largest automaker, announced Thursday that it plans to invest more than 30 billion euros in electrifying its range of vehicles by 2025. The automaker, which emerged from the January merger of Italian-American more...
July 23, 2021 A petrol-fuelled hybrid car powered by a BMW engine recently completed a 35-minute flight between two international airports in Slovakia, Nitra and Bratislava. While the prototype of a flying car called AirCar takes two minutes more...
August 3, 2021 To boost U.S. chip production, a group of senators has put forward a proposal that creates scope for a 25% tax credit for investment in semiconductor manufacturing. The proposal was supported by Ron Wyden, chairman more...
August 3, 2021 Automotive industry executives are paying more attention to the supply chain while monitoring suppliers as the industry moves to adapt fast and strong methods to cope with the high demand for automotive products caused by more...
August 3, 2021 Waymo, an American company developing technology for autonomous driving, recently announced that it is working with a major truck operator, J.B. Hunt, as its Class 8 trucks, equipped with autonomous software and hardware called Waymo more...
August 3, 2021 Apple has hired a former top executive of BMW AG's electric car division to help with its vehicle project, the tech giant announced on Thursday. Ulrich Kranz, formerly chief executive of electric car start-up Canoo more...
August 3, 2021 Chipmaker Nvidia is acquiring DeepMap, a high-definition mapping startup that would support Nvidia's autonomous vehicle technology sector, Nvidia Drive. The biggest challenges to achieving full autonomy are succeeding in proper localization and new mapping information more...
August 3, 2021 On Tuesday, the White House announced that the United States will work with allies such as Canada, Finland, Chile, Australia and others to secure the minerals needed for electric vehicles. The strategy includes new financing more...
August 3, 2021 Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently announced via Twitter that Tesla will cancel plans to produce a supercharged version of the upcoming Model S Plaid +. While Tesla's Model S Plaid has a powertrain that can more...