Tesla Offers A Fix To Its Self-Driving 'Summon' Feature
Tesla confirmed that the issue on its self-driving feature had already been addressed.
Tesla confirmed that the issue on its self-driving feature had already been addressed.
California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) held a workshop on January 28, Thursday about how it can regulate the rules of the road for self-driving cars to maintain safety yet not stymie the development of driverless vehicles. Last December the DMV released a draft of new regulations about how Californians can get driverless cars after companies have finished road testing their prototypes.
Tesla Motors announced on January 29, Friday that CEO and co-founder Elon Musk increased his stake in the electric car company by $100 million. Musk spent about $50 million in cash to cover the cost of the price of the exercise and related taxes to show his stalwart faith the company's stocks will rise. The move will give the company a boost as it speeds up production for the Model X crossover SUV and plans to introduce the Model 3 sedan in March.
Google's new Project SkyBender is developing solar-powered drones to beam Internet connectivity from the sky, following its Project Loon that uses high-altitude balloons to deliver web access to rural and remote areas. The search giant is reportedly testing millimeter wave Internet at Spaceport America in New Mexico. This new tech can transmit data 40 times faster than the 4G long-term evolution (LTE) wireless standard and could power 5G Internet.
The "Back to the Future" film series' iconic sports car will have a new production run on automobile factory assembly lines after a 34-year hiatus. On January 27, Wednesday the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) announced that it would start manufacturing the DeLorean DMC-12 models in the state of Texas.
General Motors’ luxury brand, Cadillac, is known for its classic, luxurious and almost purist design. However, the company is reinventing itself by releasing cars that not only stands steadfast to its century-old tradition but also appeals to new-age consumers. The latest to sport this design philosophy is the 2016 Cadillac CTS V-Sport.
Google's new deal with chipmaker Movdius will develop more advanced machine intelligence processing on mobile devices such as Android handsets, to produce real-time facial recognition. The search giant has already squeezed a neural network into a smartphone through its Google Translate app, which uses the phone's camera to capture images allowing the processor to translate text.
A brand new airplane design concept has been unveiled that could allow passengers to travel from London to New York In only 11 minutes, which is almost 12 times faster than the Concorde supersonic jet. Rocket boosters would power the Antipode during take-off, then reach speeds of Mach 24 after the pilot would switch on the aircraft's supersonic engines.
The World Economic Forum discussed the controversial topic of autonomous weapons last week in Davos, Switzerland. Experts warned that unless governments act to limit the risks of killer robots, there would be new, dangerous war weapons two years from now.
Aston Martin's 2016 Vulcan race car is sleek, lightning-fast race car that the auto company will ship 24 units of worldwide. Only three of the 200-mph supercars will be sent to the United States, and one exported to Cleveland last fall is now officially on sale with a $3.4 million price tag that is about $1 million higher than the British automaker's sticker price.