United Kingdom is at the forefront of technology for new forms of transport, including autonomous and electric vehicles
Source: safecarnews.com
This is good news for JLR, the queen is backing you!
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Otto, founded by ex-Googlers, is bringing self-driving technology to trucks
Levandowski, who lead Google’s self-driving car efforts, and Ron, formerly with Google Maps
Source: techcrunch.com
Trucking is low hanging fruit for self-driving given the high wages and terrible working conditions. Perhaps Anthony and others from Google got tired of waiting for the car market to accept the advanced mapping solution.
How Intel missed the iPhone revolution
it’s a choice between stagnation vs. a painful transition to a lower margin business. They’ll never get into hot growth areas like cars or IoT clients, and still keep the x86 lock-in plus high-margin gravy train rolling.
Source: techcrunch.com
Question is do they have the staying power to make the painful transition, especially in automotive where customer expectations are high and competition is extremely challenging.
FBI director says iPhone hack does not work on newer models – Mobile World Live
So we have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones,” he added
Source: www.mobileworldlive.com
Technology moves forward, so does the FBI need to. It would be good for them to dissemble newer phones before an attack occurs.
US: Toyota and UMTRI lead Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment
testing requires more cars, more drivers and more day-to-day miles travelled than any combination of research facilities could support
Source: safecarnews.com
Ann Arbor is becoming more famous for automotive than Detroit these days.
Karamba Security raises $2.5 million to keep hackers out of connected cars
Tel Aviv-based Karamba Security– co-founded by Ami Dotan, Tal Ben-David, David Barzilai and Assaf Hare—closed its seed round of funding in March this year
Source: techcrunch.com
Automotive security is not a problem, it’s an opportunity, worth billions.
Carmakers Could Save $35 Billion in 2022 by Doing This — The Motley Fool
average new car has about 200 million lines of programming code, and much of that code can be tweaked later to improve safety, update maps, or add entirely new features
Source: www.fool.com
That same $20B in warranty costs has been discussed for at least 10 years – but little done to wear it down. The issue is automaker culture and legacy silos. BMW and Tesla have the different culture to pull off OTA.
Really, you don’t want a steering wheel in your self-driving car
it takes a driver 17 seconds to respond to an autonomous car’s prompts to retake control of the vehicle. A lot can happen in 17 seconds at 70 mph
Source: mashable.com
Be sure to check out the Volvo concept GIF with a glass “guillotine” work table that extends over your lap, maybe this is the new design for seat belts in an autonomous car?
Nvidia is interacting with hundreds of deep-learning startups
Huang noted that $5 billion was invested last year in A.I. startups
Source: venturebeat.com
Please note that nVidia did not make those $5B in investments, it would break their balance sheet.
Elon Musk: Tesla self-driving cars “almost twice as good” as human drivers
recently launched a software update to its existing Tesla cars that allowed them to be autonomous in some select situations
Source: www.neowin.net
The big story is less about Tesla being semi-autonomous, but more the fact the owner can “download” these features. All the other car companies crave this elusive capability in their fleets.
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