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Ford investment in electric cars by 2022
Ford is planning to radically boost its investment in electric vehicles to $11bn in the next five years which is more than doubling a previous commitment. The Chairman of the historic manufacturer, Bill Ford said the car manufacturer would have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its range by 2022, which is only four years away. This is coming...
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Self-driving cars could be ‘weaponised’
Autonomous vehicles could be weaponised The tech giant has warned global car manufacturers the vital need to address security concerns over autonomous vehicles. It has been identified that Autonomous vehicles have can have security vulnerabilities and are in danger of being hacked by terrorists and turned into “weapons”. This is leading governments around the world to block cars operated by...
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General Motors to launch autonomous cars next year
Giant car manufacturer, General Motors has announced plans to mass-produce self-driving cars by 2019. They are planning to release the fourth generation of its driverless, all-electric car, the Chevy Bolt. The latest self-driving car from GM will not feature traditional controls like steering wheels or pedals. The new Bolt EV is currently being tested on the public roads of San...
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NVIDIA unveils its powerful Xavier SOC for self-driving cars
NVIDIA to unveil the Xavier SOC for autonomous cars A new NVIDIA computer processing system can process 30 trillion operations per second. At the moment, there is a huge need for more powerful processors in the emerging self-driving and semi-autonomous car grows. NVIDIA is making sure it stays ahead of the current trend in A.I. autonomous computer processing. At CES,...
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Hyundai and Kia developing AI assistants for cars
From 2019, Hyundai and Kia vehicles will have a voice-powered virtual assistant with built in artificial intelligence (AI) The Hyundai and Kia AI voice assistant is being dubbed “Intelligent Personal Agent,” The new AI voice system will leverage the connectivity provided by connected cars combined with voice recognition software which will in turn tap into users’ other services to provide...
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Apple Reveals More of its Self-Driving Technology
Apple has released results from several of the companies artificial intelligence AI projects. Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Apple’s director of artificial intelligence research addressed roughly 200 AI experts who had signed up for a free lunch and peek at how Apple uses machine learning, a technique for analyzing large stockpiles of data. Each of the projects involved giving software capabilities needed for...
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Connected smart cars could help identify and track potholes
The smart connected cars of the future will be programmed to spot potholes on motorways and automatically transmit the information to the authorities and councils to schedule repairs. An intelligent network coupled with connected vehicles would greatly improve the condition of our roads and make sure that they are maintained to a higher level and at the same time improve...
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China’s Xiaomi hints it is looking to build cars
China’s smartphone maker Xiaomi is planning to build electric vehicles. They are joining a large contingent of tech companies that are looking to electric and autonomous cars as the next-generation smart devices. In a regulatory filing in India published last week, Xiaomi said it may sell “all types of vehicles for transport, conveyance and other transport equipment, whether based...
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China Blocks Foreign Companies from Mapping Its Roads for Self-Driving Cars
As one can imagine, self-driving cars need high-quality digital maps to function properly. They not only utilise digital mapping to find their general location, but also in some cases to locate landmarks that aid maneuvering in low-viability situations, or when a GPS link isn't available. Digital map data has become a major priority for car manufacturers around the world, especially...
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Ford Executive claims that for now, Hybrids beat EVs as self-driving cars
Ford Executive claims that for now, Hybrids beat EVs as self-driving cars07 Thanks to the Chevrolet Bolt EV (Electric Vehicle) General Motors has been fairly successful in the development of their self-driving technologies. But Ford Motors thinks there a better solution than EVs, at least for the moment. They are developing autonomous technology using petrol-electric hybrids and not pure electric...