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BMW: EV’s wait until 2020
- March 22, 2018
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: Industry News
According to Reuters, BMW will not be mass producing electric cars until 2020. This is because today’s technology does not turn enough profit to justify the amount production will cost. In 2013, BMW released their first electric car and has been perfecting the electric motor technology, battery and software since. The company are continuing their [...] -
BMW doubles autonomous car testing
- March 22, 2018
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: Industry News
Despite the fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous car earlier this week, BMW has no plans to change their scheduling. In fact, they will be doubling their fleet of self-driving cars to about 80 in 2018. ‘Our estimation about autonomous driving technology remains unchanged even though this appears to be an extremely regrettable accident,’ Klaus [...] -
UK Autodrive demonstrates autonomous parking
- March 22, 2018
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: Industry News
A ground-breaking UK trial of connected and autonomous vehicle technology has been demonstrating how parking difficulties could soon be a thing of the past today in Milton Keynes. The UK Autodrive project has been using public roads and car parks in Milton Keynes to show how connected and autonomous vehicles could make the search for [...] -
PSA Group enhances European production
- March 22, 2018
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: Industry News
PSA Group has announced a number of new initiatives to improve its competitiveness in Europe. It will increase the agility of its manufacturing base by producing components as close as possible to car plants, while adapting its output to customer expectations, taking into account technological and energy shifts. These changes are also an opportunity to adjust production [...] -
Pedestrian killed in collision with autonomous car
- March 20, 2018
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: Industry News
An autonomous car has killed a pedestrian in what is believed to be the first fatal crash involving a self-driving car and a pedestrian. The incident happened in Arizona, America, when an Uber car in autonomous mode failed to detect a 49-year-old woman who was walking with her bicycle outside of the crosswalk. There was [...]