Tesla autopilot drove into an overturned truck
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Could not detect a large rectangular object right in front of it

A viral video of a Tesla Model 3 smacking into the roof of an overturned truck trailer seems to show that the car's autopilot feature has a problem with large objects right in front of it.

SemiDrive is using Imagination’s PowerVR Series9XM GPU
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X9 smart cockpit chip taped out

Nanjing-based SemiDrive has signed up to use Imagination’s PowerVR Series9XM GPU which has been taped out and is ready to go.

Coronavirus has stalled move to electric cars
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Lithium battery producers in survival mode

The coronavirus pandemic has stalled electric vehicle production and producers of battery metal lithium are in survival mode with output cuts, expansion delays and sales of major assets.

Tesla delays Roadster release
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Moans about lockdown

Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a podcast interview that the company’s planned Roadster sports car would be delayed.

Chinese boffins come up with fuel free jet propulsion
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We thought you were not supposed to put an ion in a microwave

A team of boffins at the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University have demonstrated a prototype device that uses microwave air plasmas for jet propulsion instead of ordinary aircraft fuel.