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EV/AV Report: Charger collaboration, a Level 3 land grab and robotaxis

Toronto, Ontario — General Motors follows Ford’s lead and welcomes charger collaboration with Tesla, Mercedes-Benz gets the green light for Level 3 deployment in California and the NHTSA’s defects director dives into the robotaxi sector. This is the latest in electric and autonomous vehicles. Charging clique The bandwagon must be pretty comfortable as fellow legacy […]

EV/AV Report: Zero emission legislation, power cuts and donuts

Toronto, Ontario — The European Union approves the 2035 phase out of CO2-emitting cars, a new NHTSA recall after 637 Lucid Airs lose power to their motors and a self-driving car collides into a car doing donuts at 1 a.m. This is the latest in electric and autonomous vehicles. Stamp of Approval The European Union […]

Bots and Builders: Tesla to automate fascia inspections in Fremont factory

California, United States — Tesla has expanded the use of automated assembly robots to its Fremont factory, following the City of Fremont granting Tesla a permit to install “power and structural anchorage to support two new robots required to automate fascia inspection.” According to a Drive Tesla Canada, this decision may have come from build […]

Musk Movie Magic: Tesla Autopilot head testifies 2016 self-driving video was staged

Toronto, Ontario — A lot of people call Elon Musk a renaissance man, and if that’s true, he can now list special effects artist on his resume, after a Tesla engineer testified under deposition that a 2016 video showing off the automaker’s Autopilot technology was faked. According to Reuters, a video posted to Tesla’s website […]

Look, No Eyes: Ford and GM petition NHTSA for non-transparent glass in autonomous vehicles

Toronto, Ontario – Ford and General Motors are seeking to deploy experimental autonomous vehicles (AVs) on American roads in the next two years. These vehicles could potentially lack the usual manual controls present in consumer cars, omitting windshield wipers, rear-view mirrors and, in one case, transparent windshield glass. A petition by the two OEMs aims […]

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