Apple Expands Autonomous-Car Test Fleet

Apple Inc. has expanded the number of registered self-driving cars in its California test fleet to 27, Bloomberg News reports.

Ford Reorganizes Mobility Unit, Buys Tech Startups

Ford Motor Co. is realigning its two-year-old Smart Mobility subsidiary into four groups and has acquired startups Autonomic Inc. and TransLoc Inc.​​

Although the street signs indicate an intersection in downtown Ann Arbor, this one is a few miles away, on the Mcity site, which was developed to help advance the research into and development of automated driving capabilities.

Mcity and the Drive Toward Autonomy

Huei Peng is no stranger to automating vehicles. Now he’s directing one of the places that are advancing the capability to realize self-driving cars.

A snapshot from Allegorithmic’s 3D Print collection, released as part of its Substance Source online materials library, and created to give designers a peek of what their designs could look like in the flesh.

The Coming EV Boom; Testing 3D Printing Close Up; Sensing Human Heartbeats Inside the Car 

The Coming EV Boom; Testing 3D Printing Close Up; A New LiDAR Entrant; Sensing Human Heartbeats Inside the Car

The Byton crossover. While having a stylish exterior design, the company describes it as a “smart device.” Which sort of undercuts the execution of the vehicle.

Byton: Electric, Level 3 and Conceptual—For Now

Unveiled at CES 2018, the Byton electric vehicle will have Level 3 autonomous capabilities at launch in 2019 and then will be able to have Level 4 integrated about a year later.

Electric Trucks Emerging

Electric Trucks Emerging

Rudolph Diesel—who, incidentally, died mysteriously while traveling by a post office steamer on the English Channel in 1913—must be rolling in his grave.

Self-Driving Cars Becoming Less Scary for Consumers

Americans are starting to feel more comfortable with the idea of self-driving vehicles, according to a new study by AAA.

Truck platooning in Japan

Japan Tests Truck Platooning

Four of Japan’s makers of commercial trucks are testing multi-vehicle platooning systems on Tokyo area expressways.

Developing tools and programs through cloud-based information can accelerate operations.

Speeding Production with Digital Tooling

More than product specs for the cloud crowd, this approach to machining setup can massively accelerate things—both the planning and the operation.

BMW, Daimler Near Deal to Merge Car-Sharing Services

BMW AG and Daimler AG are close to a deal to combine their car-sharing services into an independent company controlled by the two carmakers.