Qualcomm, ZF, And Mobileye Offer New ADAS Systems
Two new players have jumped into the ADAS space at CES this year — Qualcomm and Mobileye. The technology is expected to grow swiftly.
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Arcfox & Deepal Get China’s First L3 Autonomous Driving License Plates
You may be familiar with China’s green license plates for electric vehicles. They help people to notice which vehicles are electric and which aren’t. Now there’s apparently a new kind of license plate, and the first four of them have been delivered in Chongqing and Beijing. I reported last week … [continued]
How Many Robotaxis Are Crashing? Digging Into Some Data
It’s funny how things line up in the fabric of time at times. A few days ago, I wrote an article about Tesla having perhaps 29 supervised robotaxis in operation in Austin, Texas. It’s not clear what the exact number is, and it’s not clear exactly how many crashes these … [continued]
Volvo Doubles Down on the Software-Defined Car — CleanTechnica Field Trip
Volvo invited CleanTechnica to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its Charleston automotive factory where they will be adding production capacity for the XC60 and another yet-to-be-announced, second-generation, extended-range electric vehicle by 2030. Disclaimer: Volvo paid for the author’s travel and accommodations to attend this event. We sat down with Volvo … [continued]
Volvo Expands Operations at its Charleston Plant and Updates the 2026 EX90 — CleanTechnica Field…
Volvo’s manufacturing plant just outside Charleston, South Carolina, is the company’s first in the US and exclusively produces its fully electric EX90 as well as the Polestar 3. The factory opened in 2015, with Volvo investing $1.3 billion in the plant over the last decade. This week, the company announced … [continued]
Miami Jury Finds Tesla Liable For Deadly Crash — Awards $329 Million In Damages
A jury in Miami has awarded punitive damages against Tesla in a wrongful death case. But that may be the least of Tesla’s worries.
BYD God’s Eye Brings ADAS To The Masses
A few days ago, executive editor Zachary Shahan wrote about God’s Eye, a new automated driver assistance system (ADAS) from BYD. If you thought Tesla calling its Level 2 ADAS system Full Self Driving promised far more than the system could deliver, what to make of calling a system “God’s … [continued]
Waymo Robotaxis Safer Than Any Human-Driven Cars — MUCH Safer
Swiss Re, a top reinsurer globally, has analyzed a lot of data, and it has determined that Waymo’s robotaxis are safer than human drivers, and even safer than human drivers of new cars with the latest advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Swiss Re has more than 500,000 liability claims and … [continued]
El Paso Has a Great Challenge for ADAS Systems
When it comes to developing driver assist systems, autonomous vehicles, or even aiming for self-driving cars, it’s never easy. Even corporate behemoths like GM have been struggling to stay in the game when the challenges got to be too much and incidents on the road led to a loss of … [continued]
EV & ADAS Trends in Auto Industry, Tesla Cybertruck’s Big Moment — Interview with SEMA…
I recently interviewed Mike Spagnola, president and CEO of the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), for our CleanTech Talk podcast series. It was an atypical and interesting conversation for me, because it wasn’t with someone entrenched in and coming from the EV industry. This is a more conventional auto guy … [continued]
