Robert Bosch develops a 3D sensor
Lower the cost of self-driving cars
German automotive supplier Robert Bosch said Thursday it has developed a sensor that lets cars “see” a three-dimensional view of the road, aiming to lower the cost of technology that could speed the development of self-driving cars.
Tesla must face racism claims
Judge rules case must proceed
A federal judge rejected Tesla efforts to dismiss claims by two former workers that the California electric car factory where they worked was a hotbed of racial hostility.
Xilinx powers Baidu’s ACU for Automated Valet Parking
Reprogrammable automotive hardware for Tier 1 and OEM’s
Western readers are mostly focused on the automotive market of Europe, the USA, Japan and S Korea and in the last few years, China has become the automotive superpower. Automated Valet Parking and hardware necessary to make it a reality is highly complex, and Xilinx’s Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC (XAZU5EV) scored a hit with Baidu’s Apollo Computing Unit (ACU)
Turkey comes up with its own electric SUV
Wants to produce 175,000 annually for people who can't afford them
Turkey unveiled its first fully domestically-produced car, saying it aimed to eventually produce up to 175,000 a year of the electric vehicle in a project expected to cost $3.7 billion over 13 years.
Boeing fires CEO
737 Max plane crashes were a train wreck
It looks like Boeing has decided that the scapegoat for the 737 MAX fiasco will be its Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg who is boeing, boeing, gone.