Mercedes will make its cars faster for customers who pay $1,200 per year
The Mercedes season pass
Sony and Honda thinking about adding a PlayStation 5 inside autonomous cars
Something to look forward to: Earlier this year, Sony and Honda announced a collaboration to develop various electric vehicles, some of which could be fully autonomous. The companies also heavily focused on the entertainment side of the upcoming cars, emphasizing this by revealing plans to include a PS5 in specific models.
Tesla's third recall of the month affects an additional 320,000 vehicles
The recalls are addressable using over-the-air updates
Smartphones can help monitor and maintain bridges
The accelerometer in your phone could help detect changes in structural integrity
Space X Hyperloop tube dismantled for employee parking lot in LA suburb
The five-year-old test tunnel was dismantled last Thursday
Tesla not expected to start mass production of the Cybertruck until late 2023
Missing the original target by two years
Opinion: The Android-ification of Cars
Cars are still less than 10% revenue for most chip companies
Why it matters: Over the past few years the semis industry has become somewhat obsessed with autos. Every major chip company now dedicates a fair amount of coverage to cars in all their investor presentations. Or at least it seems that way. In part that reflects a genuine growth in auto semis, and in part the tapering of growth in many other categories like mobile, PCs, etc.
European Union aiming to ban new combustion engine cars starting 2035
EU follows other governments around the world
SpaceX introduces expensive new Starlink for RV service that works on moving vehicles
Almost five times costlier than the standard version
GM announces $107,000 all-electric 2024 GMC Sierra Denali
Fast-charge and get up to 100 miles in just 10 minutes
Ford says the upcoming Mustang will be "much more difficult" to tune, thanks to beefed up cybersecurity
Seventh generation of the iconic muscle car might not please aftermarket tuners
Casual local multiplayer games coming to BMW cars next year
An alternative to setting up a Switch inside a car
Many people think driver assistance features make a car fully autonomous
Keep your hands on the wheel
Rivian recalls more than 12,000 vehicles due to potential steering loss
A critical steering fastener is cited as the root cause for the automaker's recall
This $25 million luxury yacht can transform into a submarine
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
From PCs to cars: Nvidia, Qualcomm and Intel race to automotive semis
The influence that semiconductors and tech continue to have on traditional industries
Tesla is dropping ultrasonic sensors from new vehicles as it moves to camera-only Tesla Vision
Some features in new cars will be temporarily unavailable as a result
Tesla set a new record with 343,830 electric vehicles delivered in the third quarter
Tesla is revamping production to make deliveries easier
New York follows California in mandating zero-emission vehicles by 2035
Gas engines are going the way of the dodo
Tesla owner refuses to pay over $21,000 for a new battery, gets locked out of his car
"Stay the f**k away from Teslas"
WTF?! A Tesla owner has seen his TikTok video about the car's apparent shortcomings go viral. Mario Zelaya said that he had been locked out of his Tesla Model S after the battery died, which would have cost him $21,000 to replace.
NTSB calls for all new vehicles to leverage tech to prevent drunk driving and speeding
The NTSB wants to curb impaired driving and speed-related fatalities
Pedestrians could soon alert Ford drivers with a mobile app
Safety system could identify pedestrians behind obstructions
