Mar 11, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Government
In one of his first actions in January, President Biden announced an ambitious plan that he said would create jobs and reduce the federal government’s greenhouse gas emissions. “The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles,” he said...
Mar 11, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
Alphabet’s self-driving car unit Waymo is claiming that its artificial intelligence could have avoided or mitigated the majority of a set of fatal accidents. In a white paper published Monday, the company simulated 72 deadly-crashes that occurred between in 2008...
Mar 11, 2021 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
During that whole trip, Sergio Rodriguez spent 586 minutes charging at a cost of $159.85. He charged exclusively at DC fast chargers en route, with no overnight charging. “None of the hotels outside California had any” chargers. A...
Mar 4, 2021 | Detroit, Manufacturing
General Motors will keep two of its assembly plants shuttered until at least mid-April, another until the end of March and will idle a fourth, all due to a severe shortage of semiconductor chips used in various vehicle parts. But the automaker is doing everything...
Mar 4, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
Volkswagen plans to launch a self-driving electric van for urban ride-hailing service in 2025, deploying a commercial version of its ID. Buzz, an electric minivan inspired by the iconic 1960s VW Microbus. It will be the first VW vehicle to use the autonomous-driving...
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