Drivers of the fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge can soon optimize the driving range of their car even further, thanks to a new Range Assistant in-car app that is released in a beta version as part of the latest over-the-air software update for Volvo cars with an infotainment system powered by Android Automotive OS. With
Amazon has quietly pulled together a team to home in on autonomous vehicle technology and how to leverage it for the online retail giant’s needs, potentially aiding its quest for quick delivery, The Wall Street Journal reported. The team consists of about a dozen employees who focus more broadly on how Amazon can deliver its
In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in San Jose (California), drivers are complaining on the Autopilot software stating that it is dangerously defective. Vehicle owners stating that the cars, paid between $81,000 to $113,000, are acting strangely and often “lurching, slamming on the brakes for no reason, and failing to slow or
It seems that Volkswagen is recovering from the emission diesel scandal. For the first quarter automaker reported a 28 percent jump of operating profit. This development is supported by increase of growth at its core VW brand. Publishing main financial numbers, Volkswagen announced that up to the end of March, company made operating profit 1
Volkswagen AG is slowly moving from the scandal and closing the story by settling with the clients. New calculation is showing that the biggest automaker in the world will pay $157.45 million to settle environmental claims from 10 U.S. states over its excess diesel emissions. The settlement, announced on Thursday, covers Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts,
Ford Motor Co. is engaging over 400 experts in engineering center in Toronto who will work on research connected with vehicle technology. The new engineers -- about 300 of them in Canada -- will double the size of its connectivity engineering workforce. The engineers previously worked at Blackberry’s mobile communications group and have experience working
After not so positive reactions of the focus groups, that General Motors first showed drawings of a new design for the Chevrolet Equinox, its top-selling crossover, is bringing some changes for the 2018 model The 2018 Equinox, which began reaching dealerships this month, represents the first redesign for the nameplate in eight years. Sales of
Volvo Cars will nit break its partnership with Uber despite its catastrophically bad public relations, including last one that happened last weekend when accident was caused by, as investigation showed, Uber temporarily shutting down its self-driving testing program. On Saturday, Uber suspended its self-driving pilot program -- which uses Volvo XC90 SUVs -- after one
Tesla’s stock recently gained in value while Ford’s took a tumble and today it resulted in Tesla’s market capitalization surpassing Ford’s for the first time. Tesla closed at $45.47 billion today while Ford is now worth $45.35 billion, according to Google Finance, despite the latter selling 30x more cars in the US alone than the
Microsoft announced that have made wide-ranging intellectual property agreement with Toyota Motor Corp. An automaker will get the license for most of Microsoft connected vehicle patents in vehicle technologies, which includes an operating system, voice recognition, gesture control, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity tools. The companies would not disclose the financial terms of the deal, announced
