Category: Car stuff
Ford security technology blocks illegal hacking of key fobs
Ford is introducing new security technology to its Fiesta and Focus models which prevents illegal hacking of the keyless entry fobs when not in use. Keyless entry fobs of all makes of cars have been targeted by thieves with “relay box” equipment, used to extend the signal from fobs in homes to unlock and start…
UK ‘in pole position’ for £62bn economic boost from driverless cars
The UK could become the world’s number one location for rolling out driverless car technology, gaining an annual economic boost worth £62 billion, a report has claimed. A study commissioned by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and Frost & Sullivan, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Winning the Global Race to Market, found that…
FiveAI begins self-driving car testing in London
Supervised tests of a potential autonomous car service built by UK-based artificial intelligence firm have begun in two London boroughs. Autonomous technology firm FiveAI has started testing five self-driving cars in Bromley and Croydon as the latest step in its plans to eventually roll out an autonomous, car-sharing service in London. The company hopes to…
SEAT introduces portable Handspresso coffee machine as £185 optional extra
www.matthowell.co.uk Many cars now have cup holders. But SEAT, part of the Volkswagen Group, has gone one step further with the introduction of a portable Handspresso coffee machine as an optional extra from all dealerships priced £185. It will fit neatly into the twin cup holders between the front seats…
Autonomous car uses AI to learn from its mistakes
Shelley, Stanford's autonomous Audi TTS, performs at Thunderhill Raceway Park A robot car that learns from experience, like a human motorist with years behind the wheel, has been tested for the first time. The Volkswagen GTI was put through its paces at Stanford University in the US, and performed as…
UK set to adopt new EU speed-limiting rules for cars
New cars sold in the UK from 2022 will have devices fitted which stop them breaking the speed limit. The Department for Transport (DfT) said new EU rules that have been provisionally agreed would apply to the UK despite Brexit. Intelligent speed assistance (ISA) is one of a raft of safety measures set to become…
Volkswagen working with Amazon to improve worldwide factory efficiency
Volkswagen is partnering with Amazon to develop cloud computing capacity aimed at improving efficiency and co-ordination across the carmaker’s global factory network. Volkswagen, the world’s largest carmaker by unit sales with 10.83 million vehicles sold last year, says that combining data from its 122 factories will allow it to standardise production planning and management of…
Volvo to introduce in-car monitoring system targeting drunk and distracted drivers
Volvo Cars has announced it is planning to introduce in-car cameras and other sensors to both monitor and take action if it deems a driver is too intoxicated or distracted to drive. Apart from speeding, which the company aims to help combat with a top speed limit, intoxication and distraction are two other primary…
ŠKODA turns your car into delivery address for parcels
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about how Hyundai's Digital Key could be used to unlock the boot of a car via your smartphone. Now ŠKODA, part of the VW Group, has come up with a system that turns your car into a delivery address. The car manufacturer’s innovation team, ŠKODA DigiLab, has developed…
Nissan and NTT Docoo trial Invisible-to-Visible technology using 5G
Car manufacturer Nissan and Japan's service provider NTT DOCOMO, INC. are putting Nissan’s Invisible-to-Visible technology through its paces in a moving vehicle, using DOCOMO’s 5G mobile communications connectivity. The technology, first revealed at the CES trade show in Las Vegas in January, is being tested at Grandrive, Nissan’s proving ground in Yokosuka, Japan. Invisible-to-Visible, or I2V,…
