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Motional is now testing fully autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas

Add Motional to the very short list of companies that have tested fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. The Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture announced that it has tested its vehicles without safety drivers behind the steering wheel on public streets in Las Vegas. The tests, which took place in February, came less than three months after… Read more

The Chevy Bolt is now a compact SUV with 250 miles of range and ‘hands-free’ driving

The original hatchback Bolt EV is also getting a refresh The Chevy Bolt is undergoing a growth spurt. General Motors unveiled two new versions of the Bolt on Sunday: an updated Bolt EV hatchback with longer range and new high-tech features, and the brand new Bolt EUV — essentially a compact SUV — with more… Read more

Waymo and Cruise dominated autonomous testing in California in the first year of the pandemic

Unsurprisingly, there was much less autonomous vehicle testing in California in 2020 compared to years prior. The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns forced many AVs off the road in the early part of the year. But companies licensed to operate AVs on public roads in California still logged nearly 2 million miles of testing, with… Read more

Toyota will debut its first mass-market EVs in the US this year

Toyota will finally introduce its first mass-market all-electric vehicles in the United States later this year, the world’s leading automaker announced Wednesday, though it offered no further details about vehicle type or pricing. Toyota has previously said it’s developing an electric SUV on a new flexible platform that can power multiple EVs, following in the… Read more

Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase clashes with its environmental aspirations

Tesla just gave bitcoin a big boost that’s likely to result in more greenhouse gas emissions from the energy-hungry cryptocurrency. After Tesla purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin and announced that it will accept bitcoin as payment in the future, the price of bitcoin reached an all-time high. “It’s hard to imagine, frankly a more credible… Read more

Microsoft, along with Cruise and General Motors, to develop self-driving vehicles

General Motors (GM), and the subsidiary specialized in the self-driving vehicles sector Cruise, have entered into a long-term partnership with Microsoft to accelerate and optimize the development of systems related to the creation, and future marketing, of vehicles capable of moving on the roads in complete autonomy by Carlo Pisani published 22 January 2021 ,… Read more

Microsoft joins General Motors' Robotaxi company

Microsoft wants to be the next technology company to get involved in the self-driving car business. The Windows giant is participating in a two billion dollar financing round of the robotaxi company Cruise of the auto company General Motors, as the company announced on Tuesday. Cruise was given a total of 30 Billion dollars. The… Read more

Sparkling doldrums: The auto industry at the Consumer Electronic Show 2021

Due to the Covid – 19 – pandemic decided the organizers of the CES 2021 already last summer, the most important electronics fair in the world this time not in the US – Gamblers’ paradise Las Vegas, but relocate to the Internet. However, as technology-savvy as the regular audience may be, the CES remains a… Read more

CES: GM shows what a flying Cadillac could look like

General Motors has presented a concept for a flying Cadillac: At the CES, the company showed how future high-flyers could automatically transport passengers through the air. General Motors’ VTOL concept can only carry a single passenger. At the presentation in the CES livestream, however, GM stated that a concept for two passengers was also in… Read more

iPhone as a car key: BMW will soon be using ultra broadband

BMW is expanding the functions of the iPhone car key: With the “Digital Key Plus”, in addition to the near-radio technology NFC, ultra-broadband (UWB) will also be supported in the future, as the car manufacturer has now announced. This makes it possible to unlock the vehicle with the digital key stored on the iPhone as… Read more

GM teases Cadillac Celestiq EV with adjustable glass roof and full-width touchscreen

General Motors teased a host of new electric vehicles at the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show, chief among them the forthcoming Cadillac Celestiq. The automaker described the Celestiq as “an ultra-luxury, fully electric … show car.” And while we still don’t have a release date or really any relevant specs of note, GM did reveal some… Read more

GM surprises with autonomous Cadillac and flying car concepts

CES wouldn’t be CES without some bonkers, far-out vehicle concepts. And thankfully, General Motors brought two. The automaker showed off a luxury egg-shaped autonomous vehicle and a single-seater electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft during its keynote address on Tuesday. Both vehicles are part of Cadillac’s Halo Portfolio and probably won’t be going into… Read more

GM unveils electric delivery van with 250 miles of range as part of new spinoff business

General Motors announced Tuesday it will be spinning out a new delivery and logistics business called BrightDrop, the first products of which will be an electrified pallet and delivery van. Both vehicles, which will be powered by GM’s Ultium battery platform, are slated for release this year. The announcement of the new logistics business comes… Read more

Ford, Volkswagen and Nissan: reduced production due to chip shortage

The lack of semiconductor supplies is impacting a lot on the public availability of CPU and GPU, as we have seen in the recent period. But not only that, the automotive market also seems to suffer consequences. by Rosario Grasso published 11 January 2021 , at 11: 01 in the Technology channel Ford Volkswagen Nissan… Read more

Applause from the founding fathers: Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Peugeot iOn & Citroën C-Zero

This article is the fourth part of a series, which is about exciting automotive pioneers that are about to be forgotten. Because mostly their courage was not crowned with success. Part 1: The lightning bolt that nobody wanted: Audi duo, first hybrid on the market Part 2: Nothing was Roger: General Motors’ first EV1 electric… Read more