While the Obama Administration’s focused on safety issues vis-à-vis self-driving vehicles, the current administration aims to ease the rules of business. On Monday, the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation stated that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will unveil revised guidelines for self-driving vehicles in the coming months. The announcement follows calls by auto…
Toyota is funding the move given the immense brand visibility and marketing potential. In a significant breakthrough, On Saturday, Toyota Motor Corp along with engineers demonstrated their flying car with which they hope to light the Olympic flames for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. In 2014, a group of 30 engineers…
In the future, human truck drivers are likely to be restricted to local deliveries and pickups. On Thursday, Alphabet’s autonomous car driving division, Waymo, disclosed that the company is working on developing self-driving trucks. The company is looking for expand into self-driving trucks after it made significant headway in developing self-driving cars. It expects self-driving…
The startup will need a lot more funding before its drones can become reality. Did you ever wonder why some companies prefer to ship vide ships instead vide air? It most probably is because air freight continues to remain expensive. The additional cost of crew and fuel quickly adds up. As per Natilus, self-driving drones…
In a significant step for the future of next gen public transport, HTT has begun building the pod that will carry passengers at close to the speed of sound. In a significant development that could see through the next stage in public transport systems, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has stated that it will begin the construction…
Tekedra Mawakana will help Waymo naviguate the minefield of placing autonomous vehicles on the road and deal with various state governments while at the same time respect concerns on job security and safety. For Alphabet’s self-driving car project, the biggest challenge isn’t the technology per say, its ensuring that there is regulatory framework that allows the placing…
The rebate program kicks in only after April 1. Before you signed on the dotted line ensure that the EV that you have been eyeballing can avail of the tax credit. With more than three quarters of the states in the U.S. offer some kind of financial incentive to consumers, the State of New York…
In a tactical move, Hyundai has preferred to focus on efficiency rather than mile range in its new green Ioniq range of cars. Although Hyundai has been dragging its feet on the Hybrid technology front, the Korean automaker is serious on playing catch up: the company has decided to launch three Ioniq green hybrid vehicles…
Trump’s EPA nominee Scott Pruitt, has made it clear that the Obama-era standards will remain. Not wanting to meet stringent fuel efficiency standards set in the U.S., car manufacturing companies in the country have shot off a letter to President Donald Trump in the hope that he loosens things up. Car manufacturers in the U.S.,…
Production of the batteries for the Model 3 have already begun in Tesla’s Gigafactory. Check this video for more details on the Model 3. For those amongst you who are anxiously awaiting the delivery of Tesla Model 3, here is some fabulous news for you. Reuters has reported that Tesla is set to start production…
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