Urban Mobility
Atticus 4P is a safe, sustainable and automated solution for mobility, car sharing, and an active lifestyle. Paulo Camasmie, an engineer by trade, is said to have begun building his version of an electric vehicle in his garage following the injury of his sister in an auto accident, with the goal of integrating a variety of safety features, eventually including
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The driver is still responsible for, and ultimately in control of, the car. What’s more, you always have intuitive access to the information your car is using to inform its actions,” Tesla said in a statement in October when it first released Autopilot. A high ranking official of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has said drivers “could
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Jaguar Land Rover is updating its Range Rover next year with new semi-autonomous and connected car features Standard driver assistance technologies will include Rear Park Distance Control, Cruise Control and Speed Limiter, Lane Departure Warning and Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB). For buyers who are looking additional semi-autonomous functions, JLR offer ‘Drive Pack’ and ‘Drive pro’ Options. Drive Pack includes existing
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A US driver made it to hospital while suffering a pulmonary embolism after putting his car into autopilot. Joshua Neally was driving his Tesla Model X home from his office in the US city of Springfield, Missouri, to nearby Branson. But after pulling onto the highway, he started suffering piercing pain in his stomach and chest. Rather than call an
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Tesla made it into the history books last month, and for all the wrong reasons. It earned the dubious distinction of being the first automaker to record a fatality in a semi-autonomous car. A Tesla owner was killed when the car’s Autopilot system could not detect that a semi-truck was blocking the road and ran the car right into it.
Read moreMercedes-Benz has defended an advertising campaign for its new E-Class against allegations that consumers were being misled about the car’s self-driving capabilities, the latest backlash by consumer groups in the wake of a fatal Tesla accident. Consumer groups warned car buyers not to rely too heavily on advanced cruise control systems, which use computers and sensors to automatically steer and
Read moreDaimler’s answer to traffic congestion is a high-tech spin on the lowly city bus. The German automaker’s semi-autonomous bus—called the Mercedes-Benz Future Bus—made its first public journey on Monday along a 12-mile route dotted with tight turns, tunnels, and traffic lights between Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and the town of Haarlem. The company called the successful navigation of the route a
Read moreNissan Motor Co Ltd launched a suite of semi-autonomous driving functions on Wednesday stressing they were intended to assist and not replace drivers. Nissan’s ProPilot can drive a vehicle on single-lane motorways and navigate congestion. It said the feature will first appear on a Serena minivan model on sale in Japan from next month. Pushing a button on the steering
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