Tag: autonomous cars
As we approach the end of the year, and analysts and journalists sharpen their pens and gaze with steely concentration into the mists of 2018, we thought we would take a moment to reflect on the year and – for the moment – simply sift through the hype. When you ask most senior executives what […]
There is a wonderful irony brewing (assuming irony brews) in the American car industry. While the world – particularly the richest bits – focus on electric and self-driving trucks and cars, the demand for good old work horse trucks keeps rising. So does the price. This might raise the question: when the deadline approaches when […]
News highlights for 31 August 2017 US House to vote on speeding up self driving car deployment (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles, congressional aides said. Read more… Fujitsu using […]
News highlights for 8 August 2017 Kids should explore the digital world, to save us all LONDON (Reuters) – Parents who think they are being responsible by limiting their children’s time online should think again: they could be putting their kids and Britain’s security at a disadvantage, according to a former British spy chief. Read […]
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Intel Corp raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts on higher expectations for its mainstay personal computer business and growth in newer areas such as artificial intelligence and autonomous driving. Shares of the world’s largest chipmaker, which also beat second-quarter estimates, were up 1.3 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday. Intel has […]
News highlights for 19 July 2017 US House panel approves 100,000 self-driving cars WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel on Wednesday approved a sweeping proposal by voice vote to allow automakers to deploy up to 100,000 self-driving vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards and bar states from imposing driverless car rules. Read more… […]
Bold predictions and skeptical challenges abound regarding the speed with which autonomous vehicles could emerge. The evangelists believe we could see a rapid evolution from “level 1” function-specific automation of tasks – such as stability control – through to “level 4” fully self-driving vehicles. Indeed, in early 2017 Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, claimed […]
News highlights for 5 June BP and ENI extend are running blockchain trades alongside live trading systems LONDON (Reuters) – Oil majors BP and Eni are deepening their foray into blockchain technology, starting to run blockchain trades in parallel with their live trading systems, according to developer BTL Group. Read more… Trump administration will unveil […]
Uber is now even more on the back foot. The partnership between Waymo and Lyft puts Lyft streets ahead of Uber when it comes to developing autonomous cars but is likely to cost it heavily in the coinage of data. Uber has described autonomous autos as “existential” to its long-term future and in that regard this […]
In the aftermath of the WannaCry carnage, a relatively unsophisticated virus attack that crippled old computers across the world, it seems right to reflect. It is probably not a nice thing to do, but it seems that we are beginning to wake up and realise that the hype has gone. And the grim news is […]
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