Last month, the relevant authorities in Japan went ahead and made it legal for auto manufacturers to forgo the use of side mirrors and instead rely on high-quality cameras and video feeds as a means of providing an awareness of the vehicle’s surroundings. The move is an important one, as … [continued]
Tesla’s “Master Plan, Part Deux” spends a large portion of its content on heavier transportation, especially cargo and buses. Tesla is an intelligently incrementalist company which is very data driven, so how is this likely to play out? The first cut that’s necessary is about pickups in North America vs everything else that Tesla … [continued]
Mercedes-Benz will be creating a new sub-brand for electric vehicles, with 2 new fully electric SUV models and 2 new fully electric sedan models now in the works, if rumors are to be believed. The rumors have reportedly been confirmed by 2 unnamed people familiar with the plan, according to Bloomberg, … [continued]
Nissan’s “No Charge to Charge” program just keeps growing, and it is nice to find some Florida cities in the group of 10 new markets added to the program — environmental incentives are all too scarce in the Sunshine State. “Participating Nissan LEAFs have spent a combined 19.4 years at public … [continued]
Nissan Future Lab (initiated in 2014) examines the future of mobility. Along the way, Nissan explains how the company is advancing mobility. Nissan Future Lab’s work is illuminated with developments in automotive technology related to electric, autonomous, and connected vehicles, including electric carsharing, and ridesharing. The work involves a series of “real-world experiments and … [continued]
The recent Tesla Quarter 2 financials call yielded a lot of new information, including some interesting new comments about the company’s progress towards the achievement of fully autonomous driving. Of particular note was a series of comments made by CEO Elon Musk concerning the use of “increasingly sophisticated neural maps” … [continued]
Going by his comments on the matter on the recent Tesla Quarter 2 earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t happy with the way that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has been handing out zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) credits. Here are the exact words that were used: “The California … [continued]
I loved watching the video below — especially because last weekend, on a St. Petersburg street filled with lots of parking and adequate EV chargers, I found the same spots repeatedly blocked by ICE SUVs or cars — I even wondered if it was intentional. I mean, the signs are quite … [continued]
The fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil will be investing $15 million into the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to support its emerging technology development program, according to a new press release from ExxonMobil. The investment will be used to fund joint research initiative projects intended to develop technologies or … [continued]
As you surely know by now, Tesla Gigafactory 1 is open for business, and it is a big deal. An excellent video showcasing the Tesla Gigafactory has surfaced… helping to make the 1.5+ year wait for Model 3 reservation holders perhaps a bit more bearable. The video comes from popular Tesla … [continued]
