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Signs from above: Drone with projector successfully trolls car AI

Enlarge / A Renault Captur in more idealistic conditions. (credit: Renault)
After a recent demo using GNSS spoofing confused a Tesla, a researcher from Cyber@BGU reached out about an alternative bit of car tech foolery. The Cyber@GBU team
Ford is laying off 12,000 workers in Europe

Enlarge / A Ford sign at the Ford Engine Plant in Bridgend, South Wales—one of the plants slated to be closed in the next 18 months.
Ford is planning to lay off 12,000 workers across Europe, the company announced on
Report: Tesla working on battery-cell R&D to loosen ties with Panasonic

Enlarge / A Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric automobile sits connected to a charger inside a Tesla store in Munich, Germany, on Monday, March 30, 2015. (credit: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
According to a report today from
Swapping spark plugs for nanopulses could boost engine efficiency by 20%

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Here in 2019, only the most fringe reactionaries are able to claim with a straight face that climate change is not a thing. But after years of the media doing its “two sides” thing,
BMW speeds up plans to electrify 25 new models, now due by 2023
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The BMW Vision M Next (left) joins the Vision Next 100 (center) and the BMW iNext (right) on stage in Munich. [credit: BMW ]
In Munich on Tuesday, BMW revealed it is speeding up the plan to electrify its model
German regulator says it discovered new illegal software on Daimler diesels

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Over the weekend, Germany’s auto regulator told Daimler that it would have to recall 42,000 Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles after the group discovered illegal software on the cars that would