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Intel Capital is targeting $250m of new autonomous driving investments over the next two years, according to its CEO.
Speaking at LA Auto Show, AutoMobility this week, Brian Krzanich said that the new investments would ‘make autonomous driving a reality’.
Intel has already developed a platform solution that spans hardware and software for advanced driver systems, software defined cockpits and the heavy compute...
The world’s first 5G connected car has been trialled in South Korea by SK Telecom.
The company demonstrated the car in partnership with Ericsson at the BMW driving centre in Incheon.
The car, named ‘T5’, is supported by Gbps throughput and ultra-low, sub-millisecond 5G latency.
BMW’s driving centre is over 240,000 square metres, and the trial network covers the entire track, supporting over 20Gbps peak rates. SK Telecom and Ericsson jointly developed and deployed the 5G radio and core...
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Imagine walking up to a rental car, not filling in any paperwork; just confirming that it’s the right one on your app, hopping in and driving off into the sunset.
For anyone who has ever stood in a queue at a rental car company in an airport, this will sound like a dream. But it’s a dream that’s quickly becoming reality, thanks to Avis.
The company has made smartphone-only car rental available in the US and is trialling it at several...
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Jaguar has released details of its first ever purpose-built electric vehicle. The Jaguar I-PACE Concept is due out in 2018, with the production version to be released next year.
The five-seater sports car is a first real electric alternative to a traditional premium SUV, the company said.
The car will have a cab-forward, sporting driving position, with no tailpipe...
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Many drivers, learners in particular, hate complicated maneuvers such as reversing around corners and three-point-turns.
But Google has said in its latest self-driving car update that it’s teaching its cars to handle these sorts of moves.
When manually driving a car, it’s sometimes difficult - especially down narrow streets lined with...
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Samsung is set to make a significant advancement in car technology, as it looks set to acquire connected car tech firm Harman International Industries.
Automotive technologies are an area that have been on Samsung’s strategic radar for some time now, and last year it set up an Automotive Electronics Business Team to identify opportunities in the car tech sector.
The deal, which is expected to close mid next year, is said to be worth up to $8bn in value.
Partnerships and scale are...
Australia’s transport body has said it will remove regulatory barriers to automated vehicles, according to a newly published paper.
The National Transport Commission (NTC) reported that Australian ministers had agreed to a series of reform initiatives over the next two years.
These will bring about more testing and trialling of automated vehicles, as well as increased confidence in the safety of driverless...
Volkswagen has just released info on its new Golf, and connected car enthusiasts everywhere will be pretty happy with some of the advances in technology within the new model.
From 2017, new VW Golf cars will have a next-gen infotainment system as well as city emergency braking with a pedestrian monitoring function and traffic jam assist.
Over 33 million Volkswagen Golf cars have been sold around the world to date, making it easily the most successful model in the company's...
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T-Mobile has launched a device in the US that allows more cars to make use of connected features.
The SyncUP Drive goes on sale in late November at $149.99 or free if you sign up to a two-year, no-ost finance agreement with a 2GB or more internet plan. It’s unclear if the company will release the device in the UK, or when.
The SyncUP Drive turns your car into a Wi-Fi hotspot and includes vehicle...
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Tesla has announced it will have a European presence after acquiring German firm Grohmann Engineering.
The company has increased its output target to half a million cars per year by 2018 and as such, sought out engineering talent in automated manufacturing systems.
After the acquisition, automated manufacturing company Grohmann Engineering will become Tesla Grohmann Automation.
The business will also serve as the first base for...
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In-car technology is becoming the norm in almost every new model that’s arriving on the scene for 2017 and beyond.
The problem with the rise in sophistication of car tech however is that in the future, there will be vast numbers of older cars which aren’t connected.
One potential solution to the issue - at least for those with Android phones - is Google’s latest announcement.
The tech giant has rolled out Android Auto as a...
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The UK’s House of Lords science and technology committee will continue its investigation into driverless cars tomorrow, with a session discussing what progress has been made in testing the tech.
There are several driverless car research projects happening in the UK at the moment, including the University of the West of England’s Venturer programme in Bristol, and the
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While fully-autonomous cars becoming a mainstream feature in our towns and cities may still be a decade or so away, researchers and governments are already looking at their potential impact in a number of areas.
So far studies have looked at people’s perception of driverless cars, as well as their impact on safety, insurance and the environment.
But one paper that’s just been published has examined autonomous vehicles from a perspective...
Trucks with self driving capabilities are coming to UK roads as soon as next year, according to Oxford-based auto tech company Charge.
The company builds easy-to-assemble, energy efficient and autonomous-ready smart trucks and are developing some for sale in the UK market in 2017.
It's also opening its first factory next year in Oxford, which it says is "the first of many".
Charge's trucks range from 3.5 to 26 tonnes and are built using ultra-lightweight composite materials that reduce the...
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There will be over half a million electric vehicles on the roads of Europe by the end of the year, according to a new report.
Incentives such as the extension of the UK's plug-in-van grant scheme and Germany's electromobility scheme means there's been an uptake in the number of these types of vehicelss.
However, sales of electric vans are at a fraction of that of cars,...
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Ford has announced it is expanding its driver assist technology, with a range of next-generation features to make avoiding crashes, parking and detecting objects in the road easier.
New features it is developing at its research and development centre in Aachen, Germany, include a cross-traffic alert system, with braking technology designed to detect people and objects about to pass behind the car,...
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Connected cars from General Motors (GM) are about to get a whole lot more personalised, with a partnership involving IBM's machine learnign algorithm platform Watson.
GM's in-car tech subsidiary OnStar and IBM Watson will come together to create OnStar Go, a cognitive mobility platform that'll be rolled out to millions of cars early next year.
This is good news for advertisers and marketers, as Watson will learn the driver's preferences - with...
Fleet automation software company RideCell has hired two former Cisco connected car executives.
Mark Thomas joins the San Francisco based company as vice president of marketing, and Paul Drysch joins as vice president of business development, as well as general manager of APAC.
RideCell's automation platform can integrate ride-sharing, car-sharing, and fixed route services. The company powers new mobility businesses from end to end, from consumer apps to day-to-day fleet management, demand and supply...
A tech startup that helps connected car makers to monetise their data has raised $12m in Series A funding.
Otonomo, based in Israel, has added to its previous $3m funding round to develop its cloud-based SaaS platform, which worls to "disrupt the connected and autonomous car arenas" and monitor customer experience.
The company integrates servies, analytics and a new software layer based on open APIs and real time information into cars. The platform can work with any car manufacturer or third-party app...
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It’s no big secret that UK drivers are wary of self-driving cars, with recent studies and research proving a general skepticism for the tech.
Over half would prefer to drive a flying car than a driverless one on the ground (who wouldn’t?) and a similar amount said they’d be uncomfortable