The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has removed a key barrier for Google and other companies developing autonomous technologies saying that the computer that handles the car can be considered as drivers under the ...
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The US Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has announced that the US government will invest nearly $4bn to support development of automated vehicles technology. US government will include the outlay in its budget ...
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced its plans to launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology by 2020. The company said that the technology will hit mainstream, mass-markets in the US, Europe, Japan and China at ...
Electric car sales in China are expected to reach 220,000 to 250,000 this year, surpassing the US to rank first worldwide, China Association of Automobile Manufactures (CAAM) forecast. Worldwide electric cars sales will hit 600,000 and ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is providing $100 prepaid debit cards to recalled vehicle owners in the US to help them get their cars and trucks with potential safety issues repaired. The incentives have been said to raise the completion ...
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The 2016 models of US automotive giant General Motors (GM) will offer 22 safety technologies, covering a range including driver alerts and night vision. All the technological advancements will be put to test by safety engineers at GM's ...
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Advanced infotainment systems, over-the-air (OTA) updates, big data analytics, mobility services and in-car security are key technologies that will shape the global connected car market in 2015. Human machine interface (HMI) input and ...
Tags: Advanced Telematics, Connected Car
Mercedes-Benz has completed construction of a crash test facility at its Sindelfingen site in Stuttgart, Germany, said to be the world's most advanced. The new technology centre for vehicle safety (TFS) comprises a complete 90x90 ...
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Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has introduced the Freightliner Inspiration Truck, the first licensed autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway in the US. The company secured a license from the Nevada Department ...
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Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry has been able to develop all-electric models as the ...
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Volvo Cars has announced at the 2015 Mobile World Congress that it is exploring to use connected car technologies using in-car data and the Volvo Cloud. The Swedish automaker has developed Road Status technology, which is being piloted ...
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Power management and precision analog solution provider Intersil has introduced TW9984 four-channel analog video decoder with built-in analog video encoder to provide around-view parking assist application. The system is designed to ...
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Chevrolet is planning to showcase vehicle safety technologies at the North American International Auto Show. The technology includes Side blind zone alert which uses one left and a right short-range radar that are hidden in the rear ...
On December 10, 2014, Shacman natural gas port tractor delivery ceremony was held in Liaoning Yingkou port. Shacman port tractor won the favor of customers in Yingkou port with advantages of energy saving, environmental protection and smart ...
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Mercedes-Benz has announced that it is expanding its Sprinter based driver assistance systems to campers vans. The technology includes lane keeping assist, blind spot assist, highbeam assist, collision prevention assist and Crosswind ...
Tags: lane keeping assist, blind spot, collision prevention, Auto