California is cracking down on self-driving cars — and it could change the future of autonomous transportation across America. Continue Reading →
Cars
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GM is rolling out Google Gemini to roughly 4 million U.S. vehicles already on the road, replacing Google Assistant in model year 2022 and newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC models with Google built-in. The update arrives over the air over several months, U.S. English only at launch, with other markets and languages to follow. GM calls it one of the largest Gemini deployments in the auto industry. Continue Reading →
Greetings from Las Vegas. I spent a few hours wandering the CES floor and stumbled upon something extraordinary in North Hall: the Land Aircraft Carrier by XPeng AeroHT, a subsidiary of XPeng Motors. Continue Reading →
Ford CEO Jim Farley said the company has achieved Level 3 autonomy, which allows cars to handle most driving tasks independently. Continue Reading →
Driverless taxis used to be a thing of science-fiction, but they're now real and driving the streets in China. Shelly Palmer speaks with Zain Asher on CNN International's Quest Means Business about Baidu's driverless taxis, Level 5 Autonomy, and the future of driving. Continue Reading →
One of the first (and still one of the best) use cases for tokenized assets (NFTs) on immutable public ledgers (blockchains) was fraud prevention. You could tokenize a physical item (make a "digital twin"), then follow (and authenticate) that item/token through its journey. Today, because NFTs (smart contracts) are easy to write, this is much easier to do. Continue Reading →
Everyone wants new tech, but there aren't enough chips to meet demand. Shelly Palmer talks with Bianca Peters and Kerry Drew about why you can't find a PlayStation 5, and why auto dealers are charging so much for new and used cars. Continue Reading →
Behold the Rolls-Royce Ghost, a bespoke automobile that lives up to its brand name. The base price (before options) is $460,350, which is roughly $120,000 more than the median price of a home in the United States ($340,000) and roughly $120,000 less than the cost of the Nyan Cat NFT ($580,000). Continue Reading →
GM CEO Mary Barra promised to transition 100% of GM's light-duty vehicles to zero-emission powertrains by 2035 and become a carbon-neutral automaker by 2040, 10 years ahead of schedule. Continue Reading →
Amazon just launched Alexa Custom Assistant: a service that lets automakers and device manufacturers build their own digital assistants using Amazon’s Alexa technology. Continue Reading →