Tesla CEO Elon Musk presents Powerwall 2.0 and SolarCity solar roof Enlarge Photo First it was electric cars, and then came the mission to conquer space exploration and Mars. Now, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has set his sights on yet another lofty venture called Neuralink. According to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), […]
That’s starting to change, though, and on Tuesday we saw a major step taken by the government with the Department of Transportation presenting guidelines for the safe testing and deployment of autonomous cars, which you can read in full here. The decision to go ahead with the guidelines is based on the government’s belief […]
Hailed Rides will be in autonomous cars on 2021, Lyft president and Co-Founder John Zimmer said. Zimmer made the prediction in a manifesto of sorts titled The Third Transportation Revolution: Lyft’s Vision for the Next Ten Years and Beyond, which you can read here. He also predicts that by as early as 2025, privately-owned […]
Divergent 3D has partnered with French auto giant PSA Group to introduce 3D-printed metal components in mass-produced cars. Divergent is a startup based in Los Angeles that has developed a proprietary “software-hardware platform” that can efficiently produce complex metal components using 3D printing. PSA Group, the maker of Peugeot, DS and Citroën cars, has signed a letter […]
Let’s read the news about Uber. Uber on Thursday announced the acquisition of Otto, an American startup with around 90 staff working on developing self-driving trucks. The announcement was made on the same day Uber announced a deal with Volvo to source additional test cars for its growing fleet of self-driving cars. Otto co-founder […]
2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Enlarge Tag Heuer Replica WatchesPhoto Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Müller last week announced an all-encompassing strategy that will see the automaker through the next 10 years and hopefully leave behind any lingering thoughts of the recent emissions cheating scandal, which incidentally VW is close to settling in the United States. The new […]
One of the automaker’s more recent developments was forged composites, which is nearly as strong as conventional carbon fiber but can be produced at much lower cost and faster speed. Lamborghini has been researching lightweight materials for use on its cars for more than three decades and has dedicated research facilities set up to develop […]
Zee.Aero is entirely unrelated to Google, which Page is no longer running (he’s still in charge of Google parent company Alphabet, though). Some details have finally made their way online regarding Google founder Larry Page’s ultra-secret startup, Zee.Aero, and they might surprise you: He’s working on a flying car. Patent filings have revealed that Zee.Aero’s […]
Couple the growing popularity of ride-sharing services such as Uber with the impending arrival of fully autonomous cars, and it’s clear the rate of car ownership in major cities will be trending down. The automotive industry is in the early stage of a major transition, brought about by disruptive forces such as autonomous technology and […]
Among its contemporaries, Porsche was the first to expand into SUVs and offer a hybrid, and with the launch of the production version of the Mission E concept will likely be the first with an electric car. Porsche has a long record of innovation and is once again breaking new ground with the establishment of […]
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