In connected car news this week were SUVs, Geotab, Panasonic, Sumitomo, Lexus, DriveWyze, Mentor, Volvo, Geely, Microchip, SpotHero and lvl5. More SUVs than Babies Down Under New born babies may be cute but Australians don’t
Lyft is opening its own self-driving division, which is developing an open self-driving system (open SDS). An announcement made by VP Engineering at Lyft via Medium describes the details of Lyft’s plans for Level 5
Road rage, happiness, morality, panic, worry, despair, conflict, fright, curiosity, hope, humilty, pride and sadness will soon be detected in order to sense the viability of a driver taking over from autonomous drving through a
Nissan has big plans for self-driving and safety. The company showed two new technologies this week, one-pedal driving for the next Nissan LEAF and ProPILOT. ProPILOT is a suite of safety technologies that lead to
NAVYA, maker autonomous vehicles, announced it will establish its first assembly plant outside of Europe in Southeast Michigan. Beginning last year, the French company partnered with Mcity, a public-private partnership led by the University of
Hound Labs, Inc., creator of the gHound marijuana breathalyzer, announced that it has conducted high-speed driving tests on a track to observe drivers under the influence of marijuana. The objective was to measure THC breath
General Motors has launched GM Dev Client, an industry-first app that gives approved developers who have created in-vehicle applications the ability to test them in a real GM vehicle. In-vehicle app testing is the next
On Sunday, July 23, 2017 Washington’s Driving Under the Influence of Electronics (E-DUI) Act will go into effect. Drivers can no longer hold their phones while driving, and use of hands-free devices will be restricted
What new cars are the highest quality? Many new and redesigned models are leaders in Total Quality Impact study. While the Tesla Model S has lost its top spot while Detroit automakers are more than
Consumer Watchdog called on California’s seven members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to block proposed federal legislation that would undo California’s ground-breaking safety regulations covering the testing of autonomous vehicles. The House bill
CyberCar, completed a demonmstration of blockchain to connected cars using a blockchain-enabled a telematics device. By bringing blockchain to the connected vehicle, CyberCar delivers a “membrane of trust” around the entire vehicle ecosystem, enabling a
A number of strategies being used to generate solid state designs include Optical Phased Arrays, MEMS micro-mirror modules, Flash laser and Liquid Crystal Waveguide beam steering technologies for LiDAr for autonomous vehicles reports Strategy Analytics.