Dec 3, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, Europe, Featured
Carmakers have sold more than 500,000 battery electric cars in Europe during 2020, a milestone in a move away from fossil fuels. Sales of all plug-in cars, including hybrids, have surpassed 1m during the year in the UK and the largest 17 European markets, according to...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government, Regulation, Safety
U.S. auto safety regulators said Thursday they are opening a formal regulatory proceeding that could eventually result in the adoption of new safety standards for autonomous vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it was issuing an...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
Motional, the joint autonomous driving partnership between Aptiv and Hyundai, today announced it has received permission from the state of Nevada to test its autonomous cars without a driver behind the wheel. The company says this is part of the completion of a...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
Waymo has published a report analyzing collisions involving their self-driving vehicles. The data was collected during more than 6 million miles of driving and includes 18 actual collisions as well as 29 simulated collisions. The Waymo team presented...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Investment
Volkswagen has raised its planned investment on digital and electric vehicle technologies to 73 billion euros ($86 billion) over the next five years as it seeks to hold onto its crown as the world’s largest carmaker in a new green era. Under a plan...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Rideshare
Uber may be close to waving the white flag on its autonomous driving ambitions. The ride-hail giant is reportedly in talks to sell its Advance Technologies Group — which has been beset by infighting and setbacks — to self-driving car startup Aurora. The talks have...
Nov 19, 2020 | Climate, Electric Vehicles, Environment
Britain is beginning to look at its growing fleet of electric cars as both a way to create jobs and balance the power grid, moving transport to the center of the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday called for phasing out...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Batteries, Drones
Somewhat reminiscent of aerial refueling in planes, it’s not clear whether the system would only work on stationary vehicles, or if the system could work while the car is still moving. It’s likely it could only work with stopped vehicles for safety...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) announced today a strategic relationship with TuSimple, a global autonomous trucking technology company, to provide tires and tire management solutions to TuSimple’s Autonomous Freight Network (AFN). As part of...
Nov 19, 2020 | Climate, Electric Vehicles, Europe, Featured
Europe is taking unprecedented steps to phase out gasoline and diesel cars and bring an end to the almost 150-year-long era of the internal combustion engine. The UK’s 2030 ban on these cars and Germany’s four-year extension of subsidies for electric...
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