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Mar 22, 20232 min read
Vay’s Teledriving Technology Driving Without a Safety Driver in the Car in European Road Traffic.
Remotely controlled from the teledrive center, an electric car from Vay has driven through the German City of Hamburg. According to the...

Mar 21, 20232 min read
EU to Introduce a 2 Year Zero-Tolerance Alcohol Limit for All Novice Drivers
EU rules on driving licences and cross-border enforcement of traffic offences to significantly reduce injuries and deaths among novice...


Mar 21, 20232 min read
Ford All-Electric Explorer Engineered And Built In Europe
This week Ford revealed the new all-electric Explorer, a new electric vehicle that combines German engineering with American design....


Mar 20, 20233 min read
Fear of Self-Driving Cars on the Rise, AAA Survey Suggests.
The US-based AAA conducts an annual automated vehicle survey which this year revealed that while there is still a high level of interest...


Mar 20, 20231 min read
AI-SEE measurement campaign at JARI, Tsukuba Japan.
AI-SEE cooperated with VVM, on a measurement campaign inside the JARI (Japan Automobile Research Institute) weather chamber in Tsukuba,...

Mar 18, 20235 min read
With all That Extra Weight, How Safe Are Electric Vehicles?
When electric vehicles were first tested, the automotive community was primarily concerned with fire risk, as everyone quickly realised...


Mar 17, 20231 min read
Audi Q6 e-tron Prototype in Winter Testing
Audi has released images of engineers putting their production-oriented Q6 e-tron prototype through its paces in the far north of...

Mar 17, 20234 min read
Protection for Rear Vehicle Occupants Falls Short in Most Midsize SUVs During Crash Tests.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) following a series of Crash Tests, most midsize SUVs offer inadequate front c


Mar 15, 20232 min read
Porsche and UP.Labs Found First Joint Startup for Machine Learning
Porsche AG and UP.Labs have jointly founded their first company. Los Angeles-based startup Pull Systems is developing a...


Mar 14, 20234 min read
Continental Develops Modular Platform for E/E Architecture Using Infineon's AURIX TC4
Continental will collaborate with the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG to develop server-based vehicle architectures....


Mar 14, 20234 min read
Behind the Scenes at Skoda's Crash Test Lab
Crash testing in the Czech Republic has been carried out for five decades, and the VW Group subsidiary ŠKODA has played a significant...

Mar 14, 20232 min read
Insight into Latest Safety Innovations with Breakthrough Airbag Technology
Hyundai Mobis has released images and insight into its Brain Injury Prevention Airbag, which has received a perfect score in the Brain...


Mar 13, 20232 min read
Volta Trucks Secures European Whole Vehicle Type Approval for their All-Electric Volta Zero.
Volta Trucks has received the European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) for its 16-tonne all-electric Volta Zero vehicle. The ECWVTA...


Mar 9, 20233 min read
GM's Ultra Cruise Will Debut a Unique ADAS Sensor Suite
General Motors has announced that Ultra Cruise, the company's next-generation advanced driver assistance system designed to enable...


Mar 9, 20232 min read
Start of Production For New ZF Automotive Software "cubiX"
For a pleasant driving experience, engineers must harmoniously coordinate a vehicle's longitudinal, lateral and vertical dynamics. This...


Mar 9, 20232 min read
“X-in-1” Nissan Unveils New Approach to Electrified Powertrain Development.
Nissan has unveiled its new approach to electrified powertrain development, which it calls “X-in-1”. Core EV and e-POWER powertrain...


Mar 6, 20232 min read
Latitude AI, Established by Ford, To Develop Future Automated Driving Technology
Latitude AI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, will focus on developing a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road automated driving sys


Mar 6, 20234 min read
Robo-Taxis: VIRTUAL VEHICLE and AVL Present Research Project SHOW
The European SHOW research project is currently the largest and most comprehensive initiative for testing automated vehicles in urban...


Mar 3, 20232 min read
Toyota THUMS Simulation Release, Total Human Model for Safety Version 7
Toyota's Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) is a software capable of evaluating safety for men, women and children, thanks to its...


Mar 2, 20233 min read
Small Overlap Front Crash Rating Program Saves Lives.
A new IIHS study has found that a driver in a good-rated vehicle is 12% less likely than a driver in a poor-rated one to be killed in a...
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