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Automated Cars Will Soon Drive at 130 km/h

An increase is in the works for the maximum speed allowed for automated vehicles in Europe to 130 km/h from the present limit of 60; the draft regulation also provides for automated lane changes.The plans must now be adopted by WP.29, the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations. The next meeting will be held…

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“Lüneburg Lens” 3D Printed on the Road for Autonomous Cars

Currently, around 15 to 20 sensors are needed to drive a car automatically. Arizona-based Lunewave, an automotive antenna and sensor technology company, says four of their radars would be enough for even L5 autonomous driving. The Lüneburg radar consists of 6,000 chambers, and its production can only be realized using 3D printing. Today’s radar sensors…

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Cruise-Waymo Robotaxi War Hots Up

After nine years of research, development and piloting autonomous vehicle technology, Cruise will begin charging the general public for robotaxi rides in San Francisco. The decision came after Cruise received permission from the California Public Utilities Commission to charge for rides without safety drivers behind the wheel—a first for a driverless ride hail service in…

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Geely Push C2x With Own Satellites

Geely is working on their own satellite network for vehicle communications. They’re calling it Geely Future Mobility Constellation, and this month, subsidiary Geespace launched the first stage, set to run until 2025, to put 72 satellites into orbit. In the second stage, another 168 satellites are to be launched, for a total of 240. Geely…

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Audi + Navistar = Safer Roads for School Buses, Ambulances

Last summer, the Volkswagen Group assimilated Navistar, the last iteration of a longstanding American maker of commercial vehicles (originally International Harvester), and folded it into Traton, a VW subsidiary that is now the world’s largest maker of trucks and buses. Now VW is beginning to transfer their sophisticated C-V2x (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology to Navistar for…

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Magna’s 360° Vision for Toyota Tundra

Toyota’s new Tundra will use Magna’s newest cameras and electronic control units to enable the vehicle’s 3D and surround-view systems. The Tundra has Magna’s complete surround-view system, including five cameras and an electronic control unit to provide a high-resolution view around the vehicle to assist the driver. Data from the cameras is fused and the…

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Hyperion: Nvidia’s In-Car Multifunction Platform

Nvidia has revealed several new developments in their ADAS and AD activities; notably related to Drive Map, which they call a multimodal mapping platform; and Drive Hyperion 9, their newest platform for software-defined AVs. It’s being developed with intent to see it installed in production vehicles for 2026, and is built on multiple Drive Atlan…

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Standards are Key to Connected Mobility

During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this past March, the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) presented the latest global advancements in Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2x) on the journey towards 5G-V2x. Johannes Springer is connected-car CTO at T-Systems, a part of Deutsche Telekom for information technologies and digital transformation. He spoke to TU-Automotive about the event and discussed…

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Wuling Mini EV Sales Performance per City

In April 2022, the registrations of the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV, a mini all-electric car model from SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), stands at 25,297 units, edging down 3.6 per cent YoY, while also plunging 40.6 per cent month on month, according to the data compiled by Gasgoo Auto Research Institute (GARI) Regarding April 2022 registration volume, the…

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Stellantis Free2move Buys Car-Share Biz from BMW, Mercedes

Stellantis has agreed to buy the Share Now car-sharing business from BMW and Mercedes-Benz as the two German automakers focus on the software part of their mobility alliance. Stellantis wants to position itself as a global leader in car-sharing, using this step announced on Tuesday to expand its existing business in the area. Share Now,…

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