Electric car sales soaring
130,000 cars sold globally each week
The electric vehicle (EV) market is soaring, with 130,000 cars sold globally each week, roughly equivalent to sales for the entire year in 2012.
Xilinx starts 8-megapixel automotive camera era
OMNIVISION Demonstrates Industry’s First 8-Megapixel LFM Image Sensor
If you ask Elon Mask, cameras are the most important sensor in order to get to the full self-driving. We believe that a combination of radar, camera, and lidar, if price permits, is the best way, but this is just us. In that light, Xilinx, in partnership with OMNIVISION has demonstrated the Industry’s First 8-Megapixel LFM Image sensor system for forward-looking automotive camera systems. In plain words, an 8-megapixel camera will make the car see much further, clearer, and get more detail, directly increasing the security of the vehicle and its passengers.
Sony wants to create its own car
Boldly going where Apple could not
Sony will launch a company this spring to examine entering the electric vehicle market, looking to harness its strengths in entertainment and sensors to play a bigger role in next-generation mobility.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform scores Honda
One of the big ones
Part of today's Qualcomm CES Automotive focused keynote CEO Cristiano Amon and Nakul Duggal, SVP & GM, automotive, announced that Honda chose 3rd generation Snapdragon Automotive cockpit solutions for its upcoming US and Worldwide cars.
Hyundai gives up on internal combustion
Shuts down development team
Hyundai announced that it is shutting down its internal combustion engine development team as the automaker focuses on electric cars.