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Tesla receives mind-blowing interior ‘personalization system’ patent

Teslarati

Tesla has received a patent for an incredible new “personalization system,” which could make its vehicles more accessible and comfortable than ever before. The system uses the car’s interior camera system to identify occupants, approximate their size, and personalize settings to optimize comfort and ease of use.

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Waxman/Markey Bill Accelerates Infrastructure and Build-out for Plug-Ins, Calls for Harmonization of Motor Vehicle GHG Standards; 3% of Emissions Allowances for Cap-and-Trade Go to Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

In addition, the bill allocates 3% of the emissions allowances (under the cap-and-trade scheme defined in the bill) through 2017 and 1% from 2018 through 2025 be allocated for investments in electric vehicles and other advanced automobile technology and deployment.

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Volkswagen extending Automotive Cloud to China and US in addition to Europe; core markets for future ID. EV

Green Car Congress

In September 2018, Volkswagen and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership to. develop the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, one of the largest dedicated automotive industry clouds for all future Volkswagen digital services and mobility offerings. Earlier post.). Herbert Diess.

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At Last, a Self-Driving Car That Can Explain Itself

Cars That Think

And indeed, the auto industry is beginning to embrace technology that works in the manner of a virtual assistant. Building on this research, members of our lab organized the first public challenge on scene-aware dialogue in 2018, with the goal of building and evaluating systems that can accurately answer questions about a video scene.

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Rivian CEO says plenty room for Scout and Rivian to coexist after partnership

Baua Electric

The story is that Rivian began scaling production in an extremely difficult time – trying to organize supply contracts at the historical peak of the auto industry (~2018), trying to start a manufacturing program during a global pandemic (2020/2021), and having little clout available to get on the better side of those contracts.

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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

There are also near-ear speakers in the front seats that can be personalized. The term luxury is tossed around pretty loosely in the auto industry. Road Test: 2018 Genesis G90. Bluetooth voice commands for the radio and the telephone are part of the MBUX (Mercedes-Benz User Experience) voice assistant system.

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‘Stand up Tesla’: UAW uses layoffs to make unionization progress at Tesla

Baua Electric

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 21, 2018 This has been perceived as a threat that Tesla would remove employee stock options if employees unionize. That’s why workers at Tesla and across the auto industry are forming unions. But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing?