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Talks of Electric Hummer Brand Revival Heat up as GM Works on New UAW Deal: Report
Oct 19, 2019 5:35 PM
Australian Police Roll out Unmarked BMW M3 Squad Car for High-Speed Pursuit Duty
Oct 19, 2019 3:00 PM
2020 Porsche Taycan Goes Head-to-Head with Star Wars TIE Fighter in Newest Ad
Oct 19, 2019 2:00 PM
Germany Firmly Rejects Speed Limits on Autobahn Unrestricted Zones
Oct 19, 2019 1:00 PM
Historic Vehicle Society Denounces Converting Classic Cars to Electric Power
Oct 19, 2019 11:15 AM
Turbo Proposal: Man Successfully Uses Turbocharger to Pop The Question
Oct 19, 2019 10:00 AM
Mercedes-Benz Recalls Thousands of E-Class Wagons Over Detaching Rear Spoilers
Oct 18, 2019 12:26 PM
UAW Extends Strike One More Week After Reaching Tentative Deal With General Motors
Oct 18, 2019 12:13 PM
Mazda Teases Its First EV, Which Most Definitely Doesn't Look Like a Sports Car
Oct 18, 2019 10:29 AM
New Bill Could Force Automakers to Install In-Car Breathalyzers to Prevent Drunk Driving
Oct 18, 2019 10:05 AM
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By Edward Niedermeyer Jul 16, 2019

Tesla Adjusts Pricing As Markets Weigh "Full Self-Driving" Promise

Tesla's continues search for an optimal balance between demand and margins, but these changes hardly matter in the face of its Full Self-Driving ambitions.
By Bertel Schmitt Jul 16, 2019

How to Get Around the Moon in Style and Comfort

Pressurized moon rover will be built by Toyota.
By Bertel Schmitt Jul 15, 2019

In the New Nissan Skyline, You Can Take Your Hands off the Wheel Without Getting Arrested

Nissan will even supply the bandwidth for texting while driving.
By Bertel Schmitt Jul 10, 2019

Toyota Moves into Silicon

JV with DENSO will bake TRI-AD-developed technology into Toyota’s own chips.
By Kartik Tiwari Jul 9, 2019

Driving Complexity and Speed: The Puzzle-Piece Synchronicity Between Tele-operation and Autonomy

Kartik Tiwari, the Chief Technology Officer at Starsky Robotics, explains why autonomy and teleoperation go together like peanut butter and jelly.
By Bertel Schmitt Jul 5, 2019

China Switches Over to Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and Toyota Delivers the Tech

Japanese fuel cell components go into growing numbers of Chinese buses.
By Bertel Schmitt Jul 4, 2019

Suddenly, Solar-Powered Cars Have a Bright(er) Future

Toyota tests plug-in Prius with its battery range provided by the sun.
By Bertel Schmitt Jul 3, 2019

Automakers Turn into Chipmakers

China’s Geely makes its first SOC, to be followed by a more powerful Tesla-Chip-like version
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 26, 2019

Merge Now Episode #8: Bryan Salesky of Argo AI On The Evolution Of Autonomy

The founder and CEO of Argo AI reflects on autonomy's transition from experiment to product development and addresses the space's burning questions.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 26, 2019

Starsky Begins Testing Fully-Uncrewed Trucks On Florida's Public Roads

The freight trucking startup takes another big step, thanks to Florida's laws allowing vehicles on public roads with nobody on board.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 25, 2019

Can Insurance Solve One Of Micromobility's Biggest Challenges?

An Israeli startup is expanding from commercial drone insurance to shared scooter insurance, offering a potential solution to safety concerns.
By Bertel Schmitt Jun 25, 2019

Behold, the Self-Driving Wheelchair. Yes, It Has LIDARs

Panasonic is working on a wheeled chair that will whisk you autonomously from Gate C45 to A39.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 24, 2019

EPA Join Local Authorities In Evaluating Clean Air Act Compliance At Tesla Factory

The environmental issues at Tesla's Fremont, CA factory are looking more serious, as federal investigators perform increasingly-rare evaluations.
By Bertel Schmitt Jun 24, 2019

How to Build a Self-Driving Car: Forget About the Car

Automakers should start with the software, a leading autonomous drive expert says.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 20, 2019

Merge Now Episode #7: Building The Motorcycle Of The Future, with ARC Vehicles CEO Mark Truman

We talk to ARC Vehicles CEO Mark Truman about his tech-drenched electric motorcycle, the Vector, and using new technologies for enthusiast purposes.
By Bertel Schmitt Jun 20, 2019

Love Affair Between Waymo and the Renault-Nissan Alliance Turns Hot

Originally kicked out of the Chairman’s office, Google is now in the self-driving seat.
By Bertel Schmitt Jun 16, 2019

5G-Connected, Level 4 Autonomous Nissan Leafs to Soon Prowl China by Themselves

WeRide's Level 4 Leafs will use LIDAR sensors with an 820-foot range.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 13, 2019

Shifting Alliances Hint At New Balance Of Power In Autonomous Cars

Once upon a time, autonomous drive developers could dictate terms to automakers but that seems to be changing.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 13, 2019

Starsky Robotics Becomes First Uncrewed Truck To Hit 55 MPH 

To the best of our knowledge, this is the fastest an uncrewed road-legal semi truck has ever driven.
By Bertel Schmitt Jun 13, 2019

Flash! Armies of Microcontrollers in Our Cars Hunger for Memory, and Renesas Feeds Them

The Japanese chip monster equips tiny in-car microcontrollers with hefty 24 meg flash memory.
By Bertel Schmitt Jun 13, 2019

NISMO Boss: The Future Nissan Leaf Could Leave The GTR in the Dust

A day with Nismo offers a tantalizing glimpse at Nissan's electric performance aspirations.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 12, 2019

Book Review: Are We There Yet? The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless

Dan Albert's new book looks to the history of America's complex relationship with the car in order to understand its unpredictable future.
By Bertel Schmitt Jun 12, 2019

A Hydrogen Station in Norway Blows Up, Truth is Among the Victims

In the fight against global warming, we need all the technologies and ideas we can get. What we don’t need are battery vs. fuel cell holy wars.
By Carl Pickering Jun 12, 2019

To Save Lives With Automation, Look To The Human Brain

The former head of autonomous and HMI strategy at JLR explains how medical research into cognition can make automated driving—and our roads—safer.
By Edward Niedermeyer Jun 11, 2019

Musk Rallies The Faithful At Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting

The divide between those who believe Elon Musk and those who don't grows wider with every utterance from the Tesla CEO.