Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Vehicle automation is set to be rolled out in stages, starting with partially automated driving from 2016; high levels of automation from 2020; and fully automated systems available from 2025. The systematic networking with driver information and drive systems is gradually advancing the concept toward its goal. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

During these tests, a heavy-duty FUSO Super Great operates electronically connected and semi autonomously in a platoon with trucks of other Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturers. In 2014, Daimler Trucks launched the truck-concept Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 with autonomous driving function.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2021

-based Northrop Grumman has proposed a space station concept that features elements in development for other projects. Northrop Grumman Keeping It Simple Starlab, from Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin, is a free-flying commercial space station concept. Blue Origin/Sierra Nevada SpaceX’s “Station”?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2016

At CES 2016, Kia Motors launched a new sub-brand—DRIVE WISE—to encompass its future Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Kia recently announced plans to manufacture partially-autonomous cars by 2020, and aims to bring its first fully-autonomous vehicle to market by 2030. Earlier post.).

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 9, 2021

Drori is widely credited with transforming the Roadster from a concept to a commercially viable vehicle. The company made its first quarterly profit in 2013 and revealed its Gigafactory in Nevada the following year. Tesla launched its Model 3 sedan in 2016, as part of its foray into the mass consumer market.

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