EV/AV Report: Electric vehicles build for the future; while self-driving cars dismantle court claims
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly electric and autonomous vehicle report, Linamar announces its plans to supply the EV industry from a new Ontario giga-casting plant; and Tesla avoids legal action in a recent California jury vote. Giga-casting with gusto In an announcement made on Wednesday, Linamar declared its plans to develop a giga-casting plant […]
EV/AV Report: Tesla plans diner and drive-in for future charging station; Uber driver charged in fatal self-driving accident
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly electric and autonomous vehicle report, Tesla gets permits for an extravagant charging station; an Uber driver catches a felony for a fatal self-driving car collision and Orlando debuts a self-driving shuttle—only for it to crash two days later. Dinner, a show and a recharge Tesla has been granted permits […]
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 […]
One Tech Fits All: Tesla replacing ultrasonic sensors with ‘camera-based Autopilot system’, says OEM
Toronto, Ontario – Tesla is removing ultrasonic sensors (USS) from its Model 3 and Model Y vehicle lines, a change with strong implications for third-party repairers. According to a press release released on Wednesday, Tesla announced that USS functionality would be replaced by the vision-based occupancy network –a sensor suite in the Full Self-Driving (FSD) […]
EV/AV Report: March 15, 2021
Toronto, Ontario — This week, Quebec-based battery recycler Lithion joins forces with an OEM, Saskatoon inches closer to electrifying its city fleet and Canadian Tire unveils endeavours in the world of autonomous trucks. Hyundai battery boost Hyundai Canada and Quebec-based battery recycler Lithion Recycling have announced a service agreement to increase the OEM’s sustainable production […]
AV Report: GM to launch self-driving cars by 2019; Velodyne launches new LiDAR sensor for driverless cars
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 3, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, General Motors makes a big announcement, the most popular LiDAR unit, a delay in the Uber/Waymo trial, and much, much more! General Motors held its highly anticipated investor presentation this past week. The future of the auto world came into […]
The Autonomous Report: BlackBerry QNX runs first on-street test
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 15, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, a BlackBerry QNX autonomous vehicles (AV) takes to the road in Ottawa, Google’s new self-driving public relations campaign, the tremendous energy costs of autonomous driving and much, much more! – The biggest news in the AV sector in […]
The Autonomous Report: Mass introduction of AVs won’t occur for ‘20 years or more’
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 10, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into why experts at the Technology in Motion conference say we won’t see a mass rollout of true autonomous vehicles (AVs) for at least 20 years, the “lack of respect” between Silicon Valley and Detroit, how AVs will […]
The Autonomous Report: Proliferation of advanced systems may make drivers worse
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 13, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into the unexpected high costs of autonomous vehicles (AVs), the deleterious effect of automation on driving skills, a self-driving “hoax” turns out to be a research project in disguise and much, much more! – One reason not to […]
The Autonomous Report: Audi’s A8 is world’s first level 3 AV
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 23, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at Audi’s launch of the world’s first commercially available level 3 autonomous vehicle (AV), why California is repainting its roads for AVs, a new company that will pay for your dashcan or cellphone videos and much, much more! […]
