Driverless solar car startup wins $2 million in ARENA funding
Driverless car designed to generate 60% of energy needs from integrated solar roof to take next step towards production with $2m in funding from ARENA.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
Elon Musk plays down self-driving chip controversy, says more features coming in March
Elon Musk says Tesla will release more Full Self-Driving features before end of Q1 2020, and plays down switch of autonomous computer hardware in Chinese Model 3s.
Small, smart and autonomous-ready EV concept unveiled by Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover unveils compact, flexible Project Vector concept, to be tested in "living laboratory" on streets of Coventry as part of "future mobility service."
Self-driving Nissan Leaf completes record 370km drive across UK
Autonomous Nissan Leaf completes complex 370km drive across UK as part of £13.5 million project to make self-driving as human friendly as possible.
Party at mine: Elon Musk to host hackathon to accelerate self-driving tech
Elon Musk to host "super fun" hackathon event at his house with Tesla self-driving AI team, apparently to solve full self-driving puzzle.
GM to build electric ute and autonomous shuttle at EV-only Detroit plant
GM decides against closing Detroit plant, and will instead invest $A3.26 billion to produce its first electric ute and an autonomous electric shuttle.
Elon Musk says feature complete Full Self Driving coming “soon”
Musk tells Twitter that feature complete Full Self Driving will be available "soon", having missed end of 2019 timeline.
Cannon-Brookes says Zoox “robot” cars will be on the road within two years
Mike Cannon-Brookes says first Zoox "robot cars" should be on the road within two years, and may re-define our thinking about road transport.
Hyundai to focus on autonomous and electric vehicles in $24 billion push
Hyundai commits $A24.5 billion into five year push to become top electric vehicle maker, with focus on future smart mobility technology including connected services and autonomous driving.
Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don’t mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?
Videos showing autonomous or self-driving vehicles weaving in and out of crossroads at speed without colliding suggest this technology will solve traffic problems. The reality is that they don’t fit.