General Motors is teaming up with ride hailing service provider Lyft to create an integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles in the US. Under the agreement, General Motors (GM) is planning to invest $500m in Lyft to help the ...
Global cockpit electronics supplier Visteon Corporation, will show a full range of head-up display (HUD) solutions for vehicles at the 2016 International CES, Central Plaza (CP20) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visteon will exhibit ...
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Ningbo Joyson, a Chinese company that produces automotive and industrial electronics equipment has acquired US based airbag maker Key Safety Systems (KSS) for $920m. KSS is a Michigan-based engineering safety products supplier of ...
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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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Eco-friendly cars and self-driving technology became the hot topics for the international automobile industry in 2015. In January at Detroit's North American International Auto Show, over 40 new vehicles were unveiled. They included a ...
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Chery Automobile has become the first Chinese automaker to have produced five million cars. The five millionth, Chery's best-selling model Arrizo5, rolling off a production line on Friday capped a good year for the company in defiance of ...
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China has recalled over 5.5 million cars so far this year. A record number of vehicles sold in China this year have been recalled for technical faults. Senior official of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and ...
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General Motors’ (GM) Indian division is voluntarily recalling 101,597 units of Chevrolet Beat Diesel due to issues with its clutch pedal lever. According to the automaker, the clutch pedal lever in the affected vehicles is suspected ...
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After Google, Ford is planning to test its self driving Ford Fusion Hybrid sedans on the streets of California next year. The company has enrolled itself in the California Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program that grants permission to ...
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California has released its first ever regulatory proposal for self-driving cars, which requires a licensed driver to be present in the car to take control of it in case of technical failure or emergency. It will also require ...
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Hyundai Motor has started testing its fully-autonomous Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) in the US after receiving a license from the US state of Nevada. The automaker testing two Tucson (ix35) Fuel Cell on the public roads to ...
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Online search giant Baidu Inc said on Monday that it has set up a new business unit to spearhead its automobile efforts and plans to put self-driving cars on the roads in the next three years. The Beijing-based company, which successfully ...
A research team from Nankai University in China has come up with a mind control car, which uses brain power to operate. The car is operated through brain signal-reading equipment that the driver has to wear to control the movement of the ...
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A consortium of European automakers consisting of Audi, BMW and Daimler has completed the acquisition of Nokia’s maps and location services Here for €2.55bn. HERE is a location based platform that can deliver high definition ...
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), announced that Dr. Herbert Diess, chairman, board of management, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming CES ...
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