BMW is working away on a new EV project thought to be called the i5, with replacements for the i3 and i8 coming shortly after as the manufacturer ramps up its EV presence. Automobile Magazine is reporting that BMW engineers are currently developing a new EV project, codenamed the iNext, […]
Autonomous
Tesla Autopilot 2.0 update coming with 3 cameras – report
Tesla’s 2.0 update for its autopiliot system will feature a host of new hardware, including new camera and radar technology, according to reports. The next iteration of the autopilot system, known as ‘Autopilot 2.0’, will reportedly receive a new host of high-tech sensors, including an updated radar system and a […]
Tesla Autopilot vulnerable to hacking?
A group of researchers is claiming it has successfully fooled several aspects of Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ feature, which eventuated in the system not recognising real-world obstacles in the vehicle’s path. The group, a collaborative effort of researchers from China’s Zhejiang University, University of South Carolina and Chinese security firm Qihoo 360, […]
Tesla Autopilot drives man to hospital, saves his life
An American man suffering from a life-threatening pulmonary embolism has said that Tesla’s AutoPilot saved his life after the vehicle drove the incapacitated man to the emergency room. On July 26, Joshua Neally, a Missouri resident, was driving his Tesla Model X on a return journey from work with the […]
Tesla planning ‘level 4’ autonomous tech, “will blow people’s minds”: Musk
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has teased ‘level 4’ fully autonomous technology, complete with a form of artificial intelligence that could be implemented “sooner than people think”. During a press conference reserved for Tesla’s quarterly report, Elon Musk lightened the mood by hinting that Tesla’s level 4 tech is currently in […]
Mercedes bus concept shows off potential autonomous future
Mercedes is showing off an autonomous bus which might make friendly (and rude) bus drivers around the world slightly nervous. Called, aptly enough, the Future Bus, it uses technology developed from its autonomous truck concepts to point the way forward for public transport. It uses a system derived from the […]
Jaguar Land Rover starts real-world autonomous & connectivity testing
Jaguar Land Rover has announced it will soon begin testing a fleet of around 100 autonomous vehicles to fine-tune its CAV (Connected and Autonomous Vehicle) capabilities. JLR is currently in the process of creating a one-hundred vehicle fleet, fitted with its CAV array of sensors, 3D cameras and communication software, […]
New Nissan Serena debuts ProPILOT autonomous tech
Does anyone remember the Nissan Serena minivan from the 1990s? Much unloved, it was a mid-engined Toyota Tarago, pensioned off here after the first (SR20-powered) generation. Autocar called the glacial diesel version ‘the worst car of the decade’. Anyway, two generations later it is still being made in Japan. The […]