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The iNext SUV is on track to become the first system on U.S. roads to utilize conditional automation according to SAE standards.

Murray Slovick JUL 10, 2020

In a Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment (VSSA) report filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), BMW said it plans to introduce what could become the first system on U.S. roads to qualify as “Level 3” conditional automation by SAE’s standards. By way of review, SAE Level 3 involves automated driving rather than driver support features (Levels 0, 1, and 2). Level 4 means that the system controls all aspects of the driving tasks, including when a driver doesn’t respond appropriately to requests to intervene, while Level 5 is entirely autonomous.

BMW’s system is coming with its iNext EV, an all-new, all-electric production vehicle arriving possibly as early as 2021 (Fig. 1). The iNext will feature the automaker’s 5th-generation eDrive system, which is reported to offer up to 530 hp [...]

By James Hamilton |

Companies are collecting our personal data from our vehicles and monetizing it. If it’s my car, isn’t it my data?

What follows might look like a bit of a rant, and I don’t want to appear alarmist, but we are becoming victim to our own data and the sky is falling!  Well maybe not, but still …

As consumers we produce millions (billions?) of points of data every day in countless ways, from our shopping choices, to the online searches we do, to the calls we make on our cell phones.  We create data in other ways too, ways that many ordinary people may not fully appreciate.  When we drive our vehicle, when we have an accident, when we go to a body shop for estimates or repairs, when we make an insurance claim, we are creating data.  Companies are collecting this data and monetizing it on a massive and ever-increasing scale.

I’m not aware of anyone questioning who [...]

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Speaking at Tesla’s first Autonomy Day event,hosted in Palo Alto and designed to show off the company’s self-driving technology, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla expects to start converting its electric cars into fully self-driving vehicles in some markets next year. It’s part of a plan to create a network of robotic taxis to compete head-to-head against ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft. Musk further boasted that “probably two years from now, we’ll make a car with no steering wheels or pedals.”

In its ride-sharing vision, Tesla cars were not in use. Rather, Tesla would allow owners to put their cars into the service via their smartphones, with the company taking 25% to 30% of the fare. Tesla would provide vehicles in areas where not enough people share their cars.

Musk predicted that the company’s system of computers, software, and neural-network object detection and depth recognition would get regulatory approval to operate in California toward the end of 2020.

Unlike self-driving cars from Uber, Waymo, Cruise, and [...]

Authonomous vehicles are our future. ‘No driver necessary !’ – that is industry ultimate goal. But if you were trying to do simple Do It Yourself : change brakes or tires it might be not easy because of sensors and vehicle protection system to look after your “safety” will flag any unauthorized service event. And if you will not assemble parts exactly as they should be or use aftermarket parts to save on the repair cost – your car will not move or will show errors on the dashboard and most likely report that event to the vehicle manufacturer.

Below is an article which describes all systems inside of authonomous vehicles planned for us in near future.Think twice!, cost of convenience of self driving cars are going to be high.

Today’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are gradually evolving into full autonomous vehicle systems.

By Lou Frenzel, Contributing Editor

The hype and overblown expectations continue. And the auto [...]