Sunday, October 6, 2024

Automotive

Baidu Robocar Achieves L5 Autonomy, Won’t Need Human Operator

Baidu has recently revealed that its robocar is capable of level 5 (L5) autonomous driving functionality. In other words, this means the vehicle with no steering wheel and automatic gull-wing doors doesn't need a human to operate. It can...

Elon Musk Signals Competition Concerns Over Nvidia-Arm Deal: Report

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has signaled competition concerns over Nvidia's planned purchase of British chip designer Arm, the Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing multiple sources.E-commerce giant Amazon and smartphone maker Samsung have also lodged opposition to the...

Hyundai, GM EV Battery Fires Linked to Cells Manufactured at LG Plants

Shares of Korean battery maker LG Chem slid to a nine-month low on Friday as investors digested reports linking fires in General Motors Co and Hyundai Motor Co vehicles to LG batteries from at least two Asia plants.Documents...

Amazon-Backed EV Maker Rivian Files for IPO

Electric vehicle maker Rivian said it has confidentially filed paperwork with regulators for an initial public offering, setting the stage for a blockbuster year-end market debut as it looks to tap into a red-hot IPO market in the...

Waymo to Stop Selling LiDAR Self-Driving Car Sensors to Other Firms

Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo said on Thursday that it has ended a two-year effort to sell light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors to other companies.This is a reversal from its earlier strategy to sell the LiDARs to non-automotive...

Xiaomi Prepares Autonomous Driving Expansion as Revenue Surges 64 Percent

Smartphone maker Xiaomi's second-quarter revenue rose a record 64 percent from a year earlier, it said on Wednesday, announcing the purchase of an autonomous driving startup as it prepares to expand into the competitive market.Sales reached CNY 87.8...

Waymo Begins Testing With Public in San Francisco

Alphabet's Waymo has started taking a few San Franciscans on rides in its self-driving sport utility vehicles and hopes to open the robotaxis to anyone in the city in less than the three years it took to launch...

Huawei Said to Get US Approval for Licences to Buy Auto Chips

US officials have approved licence applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars for China's blacklisted telecom company Huawei to buy chips for its growing auto component business, two people familiar with the matter said.Huawei, the world's largest telecommunications...

Nobel Laureate Akira Yoshino on Tesla, Apple, and the Electric Future

Akira Yoshino, a co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on lithium-ion batteries, can take credit for the upheaval in both the automotive and technology industries.Lithium-ion batteries have provided the first serious competition in...

Taiwan Seeks Again to Reassure US Over Tackling Chip Shortage

Taiwan is doing all it can to address the global shortage of semiconductors, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Tuesday after talks with the newly-appointed de facto US ambassador in Taipei, a problem that has idled some auto production...
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Garmin Venu 2 Plus

Verdict The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is a Venu 2 with a slightly trimmer frame and some new smartwatch-style...
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