Self-driving Vehicles

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) plans to build a new family of premium electric pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant beginning in late 2021, possibly reviving the imposing Hummer brand on some of them…

South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery-maker LG Chem believes EV sales will account for 15% of global auto sales by 2024, according to Reuters. Business Insider Intelligence The forecast represents rapid growth for the EV market, as EVs only accounted …

With an approximate range of 250 miles per charge and a fast charging system capable of reaching 80% charge in less than 30 minutes, Los Angeles-based electric vehicle maker Canoo is hoping to convince car owners to ditch their gas-operated vehicles for a mon…

It should probably go without saying that the main reason most people buy an electric vehicle (EV) is because they want to reduce or eliminate their usage of gasoline. Even if you aren’t terribly concerned about your ecological footprint, the fact of the matt…

Toyota has unveiled the concept "LQ" car which will debut at the Tokyo Auto Show this month. The car includes "Yui," an onboard artificial intelligence program. The program learns primarily from facial expressions and the driver's conversations with Yui, re…

A future Apple-designed self-driving vehicle may not show any external signs of its automated functionality, with Apple looking into how radar systems could be made smaller, lighter, and cheaper in a bid to hide them from the view of other road users looking …

Sweden-based Einride, which is developing autonomous, electric pods for logistics companies and supermarkets, raises $25M Series A (Chris O'Brien/VentureBeat)

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The consortium includes ARM, Bosch, Continental, DENSO, General Motors, NVIDIA, NXP Semiconductors and Toyota (whose P4 Automated Driving Test Vehicle is pictured above), who will collaborate on overcoming some of the most significant challenges posed by auto…

Autonomous vehicles are exceedingly complex to develop, so Arm announced a consortium today to tackle the various safety and computing probles in a collaborative way. Dipti Vachani, senior vice president of automotive and embedded at Arm, announced the Auton…