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Ford and VW are forming an alliance—here’s why it’s a smart move
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of a VW-branded Transit van. (credit: Aurich / Ford)
We have seen a couple of big news days for two of the world’s biggest automakers. On Monday, Ford used the North American International Auto Show in
Pwn2Own contest will pay $900,000 for hacks that exploit this Tesla
Pwn2Own has been the foremost hacking contest for more than a decade, with cash prizes paid for exploits that compromise the security of all manner of devices and software. Browsers, …
Man says CES lidar’s laser was so powerful it wrecked his $1,998 camera
A man attending this week’s CES show in Las Vegas says that a lidar sensor from startup AEye has permanently damaged the sensor on his $1,998 Sony camera. Earlier this week, roboticist and entrepreneur Jit Ray Chowdhury snapped photos
Musk: Tesla getting “regulatory pushback” on remote-control feature
Enlarge / Elon Musk. (credit: DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
Elon Musk’s dream of customers driving their Teslas around parking lots “like a big RC car” has hit a snag, the mogul said on Twitter Thursday. The software for Tesla’s
Fiat Chrysler settles in lawsuit over diesel-emissions cheating
Enlarge / A row of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Dodge Ram trucks sit on display at a car dealership in Moline, Illinois, on Saturday, July 1, 2017. (credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The US Justice Department (DOJ) on
Walmart trials new self-driving delivery service in Arizona
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Walmart is launching another pilot project involving self-driving technology, the company announced Tuesday. Customers in the Phoenix suburb of Surprise, Arizona, will be able to order groceries for delivery from a nearby Walmart store.
Walmart is
Why I’m skeptical about Toyota’s approach to self-driving cars
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As most of the car industry have scrambled to develop fully driverless car technology over the last few years, Toyota has taken a pointedly contrarian tack.
“None of us in the automobile or IT
Canadian plans to transport oil as solid briquettes move forward
A Canada National Railway Co. train in Alberta. (credit: CN )
The Canada National Railway Company (CN) has spent years developing a product called CanaPux, in which thick bitumen crude oil from Canada’s oil sands is mixed with a polymer