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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. Recent news of accidents are a reminder that these things take time. Think of a.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). Earlier post.) This is our core story of the MEB. —Christian Senger.

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Driving Dystopia: Companies Are Getting Serious About Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Connectivity

The Truth About Cars

Someone would need to build the roadside sensors that capture vehicle data, someone would need to operate hubs that determine how to manage traffic, and someone would need to build the kind of automobiles that could respond to that without driver involvement. In April, the FCC granted waivers to Audi of America, Ford Motor Co.,

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