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The US administration is planning to impose sanction on imports of smart cars made in China in order to protect data privacy. (Bloomberg)

Joe Biden plans sanctions on Chinese smart cars to protect data privacy

3 min read . 09 Feb 2024

A Vay remotely-driven vehicle seen in operation in Las Vegas United States. These vehicles are autonomous in nature but are not self-driven. A person remotely drives these vehicles to ferry passengers. (via REUTERS)

Rent a car in Las Vegas with remote driver, courtesy German engineering

1 min read . 17 Jan 2024

Jaguar Land Rover ties up with Nvidia to develop software for SUVs beyond 2025.

Jaguar Land Rover ties up with Nvidia to develop software for SUVs

1 min read . 17 Feb 2022

Upcoming cars will see greater implementation of technologies and digitalisation. (HT Auto/Sabyasachi Dasgupta)

Outlook 2022: Top 5 automotive trends to watch out in next year

2 min read . 27 Dec 2021

Toyota deployed a fleet of driverless vehicles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to showcase its autonomous technology.

Toyota buys software firm Renovo to accelerate self-driving tech development

1 min read . 28 Sep 2021

Smart cars, not e-cars, are 'gamechanger', says Volkswagen CEO

2 min read . 07 Sep 2021

Audi Grandsphere EV Concept: First Look

03 Sep 2021

Audi Grandsphere Concept, the second of the carmaker's three new concepts, is an autonomous car with a level four capacity.

Audi Grandshpere, a self-driving luxury ‘private jet’ for the road, debuts

2 min read . 03 Sep 2021

Pony.ai, founded by former Google and Baidu Inc engineers Peng and Lou Tiancheng in 2016, has so far raised more than $1 billion.

Toyota-backed self-driving startup Pony.ai considers going public

2 min read . 25 Jun 2021

Autonomous cars are only as good as the human drivers they learn from — so the people who teach these systems need to be excellent drivers themselves. (Photo courtesy: YouTube)

Apple’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road

6 min read . 25 Jun 2021

Audi to pull the plug on combustion cars in 2032, says German media report

1 min read . 22 Jun 2021

Electronics giant Huawei targets 2025 in race for its driverless car technology

1 min read . 11 Jun 2021

Tesla may not achieve full self-driving technology this year: Report

1 min read . 07 May 2021

Huawei will build an ‘ecosystem’ of car-equipped sensors.

Huawei to invest $1 billion on car tech it claims can surpass Tesla's

2 min read . 12 Apr 2021

The joint venture, which will be headquartered in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, will develop in-car operation software systems for Volvo Cars.

Volvo Cars to launch joint venture with ECARX to develop smart car softwares

1 min read . 23 Mar 2021

A Waymo self-driving car pulls into a parking lot at the Google-owned company's headquarters in Mountain View, California. (AFP)

Alphabet's Waymo says its tech would avoid fatal human crashes

2 min read . 09 Mar 2021

Hyundai Motor and Apple plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric cars by March. (File Photo) (REUTERS)

Hyundai, Apple near deal on autonomous cars: Reports

1 min read . 05 Feb 2021

Volkswagen plans to challenge Google with own autonomous car software

1 min read . 03 Feb 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks to media as he arrives to visit the construction site of the future US electric car giant Tesla in Germany. (File photo) (AFP)

Elon Musk takes shot at Waymo boss for doubting Tesla's full self-driving system

1 min read . 25 Jan 2021

Intel Corp.’s Mobileye unit expects to have full-stack autonomous driving technology for robo-taxis by 2022.istockphoto

Exemptions from some safety rules eyed for self-driving cars

2 min read . 16 Jan 2021