🚗 BYD announces a substantial $14 billion investment in smart car technology. 🔄 The investment encompasses autonomous driving software and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). 🌐 BYD’s 2024 Dream Day at its global headquarters in Shenzhen unveils the Integrated Vehicle Intelligence strategy. 🏞️ The XUANJI Architecture becomes the central focus, aiming to reshape smart energy vehicles…
🚗 Vay, a German startup, has launched a “driverless” service in the U.S. 🎮 The service utilizes “teledriving,” allowing remote operators to control the vehicles. 🏠 Vay’s cars are delivered without a driver, and users drive the vehicle to their destination. 🤖 Teledrivers can take over and park the car when the user is done…
🚗 General Motors (GM) is ending its Ultra Cruise driver assistance program, a potential rival to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta. 💰 GM is reallocating spending and focusing on the Super Cruise system instead of maintaining two separate ADAS systems. 🤖 Ultra Cruise, set for premium vehicles, was designed for hands-free driving and broader usage…
🚀 Elon Musk’s comments about expanding his ownership and voting right stake in Tesla have sparked polarizing opinions. 🐂 Bulls support expanding Musk’s control, valuing his influence to keep Tesla a leader in the EV market. 🐻 Bears interpret Musk’s comments as an attempt to strong-arm the Board into retaining him after selling billions in…
📄 The entire Tesla Cybertruck owner’s manual has been shared online. 🚚 Early deliveries of the Cybertruck have been ongoing in the past several weeks. 🎥 T Sportline shared a 38-minute video featuring a slow scroll through the entire owner’s manual. 📱 The video covers the Cybertruck’s manual running on software version 2023.44.9. 🚗 Non-employee…
🚗 Driverless ride-hailing in San Francisco experienced significant growth in the past year. 📈 Recent data reveals continued expansion despite an incident involving General Motors’ subsidiary Cruise. 🚦 Cruise and Alphabet-owned Waymo were the only companies approved for driverless ride-hailing tests in the city. 📊 San Francisco Chronicle’s quarterly data shows Waymo nearly reaching one…
🚗 Tesla is rolling out the highly anticipated Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 12.1.1 to employees. 🔄 The software update comes with version 2023.44.30.11 and is part of the Wave1 program for early access to FSD versions and new features. 📅 Teslascope predicts a wider release of FSD beta v12 by the end of January. 🐞…
🚗 Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving unit, is expanding autonomous vehicle testing to include select freeways in Arizona. 🗓️ The company plans to test rider-only ride-hailing trips on freeways in a phased approach, starting with trips for employees. 🌐 Waymo aims to conduct fully autonomous passenger car tests without a human driver on Phoenix freeways to enhance…
💰 Cruise, a GM subsidiary, is offering $75,000 to resolve an investigation into its crash response involving a self-driving vehicle. 🚗 The incident occurred in October when a Cruise self-driving vehicle hit and dragged a pedestrian. 📝 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) mandated a hearing, accusing Cruise of omitting details and misrepresenting its response…
🚗 Tesla’s FSD beta v12 might have a wider release later this month. 📅 Last month, it was deployed to over 15,000 employee vehicles for testing. 🛣️ Teslascope reports improvements in “human-like behavior,” general stability, roundabout encounters, and lane-keeping in FSD beta v12.1 based on employee feedback. 🤔 Despite positive feedback, potential delays are mentioned…