Ford invests in 3D map technology firm, Civil Maps
Motus Ventures lead investments from Ford Motor Company, Wicklow Capital, StartX Stanford and AME Cloud Ventures to raise $6.6 million in funding for Civil Maps,
Month: July 2016
ADAS Forward Collision/Lane Departure Warning & Blind Spot Monitoring are worth $861 per car
Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering researchers have found that the public could derive economic and social benefits today if safety-oriented, partially automated vehicle technologies were
TBA Tesla News: SEC, NHTSA, Radar, Crashes, Invites & Gifts
This feature started out being called “Top Best a’ Tesla.” In recent weeks, after the death of Joshua Brown, it may be should be “Too
e-Chips & Connected Car News Tips: 5G, FTC, Delphi, AT&T, IBM, Visteon, Volvo, On, Luxoft & Mentor Graphics
Entities mentioned in embedded chips and connected car news tips this week include the opening of 5G spectrum by the FTC, WiTricity, Delphi, AT&T, IBM,
Nissan Pathfinder new connected car features
The new 2017 Nissan Pathfinder is on the path of new connected car features with a range of enhanced “family adventure-ready” connectivity and infotainment systems.
Drivers are angry, aggressive & alarming
Nearly 80 percent of drivers expressed significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the past year, according to a
JLR tests V2V, V2I, Convoy, Connected Autonomous Modes with over horizon warning, safe pullaway EVW & roadwork assist
Jaguar Land Rover is testing Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technologies. The first of these research cars will be driven on a new 41 mile
July & August Top Months for Auto Theft: Connected Car Theft Increasing
Watch out connected car drivers, July and August are the best months for car thefts. That’s why it is National Vehicle Theft Protection Month. Nationally,
Stop the human testing self-driving Tesla Autopilot insanity, says consumer groups
Consumer groups are calling for the testing of autonomous technology with live humans on the road using the Tesla Autopilot to be stopped after the
HARMAN updates ECUs OTA with NXP Gateways
HARMAN announced the launch of its HARMAN Software Update Gateway product withpartner NXP Semiconductors as the latest addition to the HARMAN Software Management portfolio. NXP’s
Pokémon Go contributes to distracted driving, causes crash & injuries
On Monday, while walking my dog, I saw a car load of four young men looking at their phones obviously playing Pokémon Go in the park.
Nissan intros one-lane ProPilot for cruise control, lane keeping & steering
Nissan announced that the new Serena, scheduled to go on sale in Japan in late August, will come equipped with the company’s ProPILOT autonomous drive