Tesla says its Model 3 car will go on sale on Friday
NEW YORK – Electric car maker Tesla says its keenly awaited Model 3 car for the masses will go on sale on Friday. CEO Elon Musk made the announcement Monday on Twitter. The car is to start around $35,000 and with a $7,500 federal electric car tax credit, could cost $27,500.
Autonomous cars will bring a moveable feast of products and services
Would you be comfortable buying glasses sight-unseen? Despite the undeniable rise in online shopping, there are still products we are concerned to buy online. Touching, feeling, wearing, and testing out physical products are where the value of brick and mortar retail truly shines. On high-end purchases, the shopping experience is part of what we pay for.
Ford exec points to ‘great progress’ on driverless cars
Ford is making “great progress” towards its goal of deploying its first fully self-driving car by 2021, says the automaker’s top research executive. But don’t expect Ford to be first. “We don’t worry too much about where the competitors are,” Ken Washington, Ford’s vice president of research and advanced engineering and chief technology officer.
Dubai deploys tiny robot cars to police city streets
The self-driving police car will offer 360-degree surveillance technology and can be programmed to patrol areas. It will be able to use biometric scanners to look for suspects, identify suspicious objects, launch a mini drone and even give chase to suspects. The robot, named the O-R3, was developed by Singapore start-up OTSAW Digital.
Ford realizes it should have an AI and robotics team
It’s no secret that Ford has been lagging when it comes to the ‘futuristic’ tech that its rivals are already on top of. It’s still three years away from releasing a long-range electric car (GM already has the Bolt on the market) and only launched its self-driving focused ‘ mobility’ subsidiary little over a year ago.
NVIDIA vs. Alphabet in the World of AI Technology — The Motley Fool
((( NVIDIA NASDAQ:NVDA) and Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOG) NASDAQ:GOOGL) have turned out to be the unlikeliest of rivals in a slugfest for a greater share of the artificial intelligence (AI) market. So far, Alphabet has been using NVIDIA’s GPUs (graphics processing units) to power AI applications on the Google Cloud Platform, though it looks like the search giant has now decided to go it alone in this lucrative space.
Elon Musk’s boring update suggests drilling work is well and truly under way
Elon Musk hit Twitter on Wednesday to give us a boring update. The billionaire entrepreneur said The Boring Company had finished drilling the first segment of tunnel beneath Los Angeles, heralding a successful start to his company’s bold mission to drill a vast network of tunnels criss-crossing the city in a bid to ease traffic congestion at street level.
Baidu leads China’s self-driving charge in Silicon Valley
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Baidu, China’s leading internet search company, is set to announce the first vehicle manufacturing partners for its self-driving software next week, including Chery Automobile, one of the country’s biggest carmakers, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Hummer factory gets second life making electric cars
A U.S. auto plant that once made giant gas-guzzlers will now make cars that don’t need gas at all. AM General, which previously built the Hummer H2, sold its factory in South Bend, Indiana to the electric carmaker SF Motors, both firms announced Thursday.
General Motors Paves Future: Chevy Bolt, Cruise Automation, Maven, And Lyft
41 mins ago by Steven Loveday Like all automakers, GM spends a vast majority of its time and money designing and manufacturing cars. However, and especially as of late, the innovative automaker is making sure that it’s ahead of the curve when it comes to the future of mobility services, which are potentially more important.