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Volkswagen’s bold plan to create a new car operating system

FRANKFURT, GERMANY—The cars we drive are increasingly defined as much by the software they run as their engines or chassis. It started slowly. Discrete electronic control units started to appear under the hood, controlling fuel management or anti-lock brakes. New functions required new code, run on new

Maruti Suzuki car prices to be hiked in January

With most other car makers announcing price hikes, it is, now, the turn of Maruti Suzuki to announce a hike in their car prices. While the other OEMs have given a percentage band, the quantum of the price hike for Maruti hasn’t been revealed. Obviously, it will

Google, BMW and Tesla’s driverless car tech supplier Bosch sales on a high

German manufacturer Bosch claimed automated driving systems will bring it 1 billion euro worth of annual sales by next year. Bosch has a team of technologists that are developing refined embedded systems to improve autonomous driving.  This includes “more powerful” variations on the minicomputers  that are currently installed

Faraday Future unveils an actual car

It’s happened. Faraday Future has unveiled its high-tech electric FF 91 SUV. Interested parties can place a refundable $5,000 deposit on the car right now, with production starting in 2018. With a range of 378 miles (it has a 130kWh pack), all-wheel drive, all-wheel turning and 1,050

Time to Change a Diaper or Car Tire? Futuristic Fabrics Will Let You Know

A new nonprofit will seek to speed the arrival of next-generation fabrics that can store energy, control their own temperature, change color and behave like computer sensors. MIT professor Yoel Fink, who is leading the effort, envisions the creation of an entire new industry: textiles for the

Google self-driving car collides with bus in California, accident report says

If it is determined the Google vehicle caused the crash, it would be the first time one of its SUVS caused an accident while in autonomous mode A Google self-driving car was trying to navigate some sandbags when it collided with a public bus. Photograph: DDP USA/Rex/Shutterstock