Tag: cars

• EXCLUSIVE: The inside story of the Dyson EV

  June 8, 2020

  The seats themselves are akin to pieces of avant-garde sculpture. “In a way, the seat design was the boldest thing we did,” says Dyson. “I hate what car seats have… more ›

• Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?

  August 4, 2019

  The summer I was eighteen, I visited a parking lot forty-five minutes north of town and got behind the wheel for what I hoped would be the first real rite… more ›

• Uber’s Path of Destruction

  June 18, 2019

  Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share… more ›

• Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane

  April 3, 2019

  Researchers from Tencent Keen Security Lab have published a report detailing their successful attacks on Tesla firmware, including remote control over the steering, and an adversarial example attack on the… more ›

• Steps to autonomy

  March 29, 2018

  Steps to autonomy » The standard way to talk about autonomous cars, shown in this diagram, is to talk about levels. L1 is the cruise control in your father’s car. more ›

• Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye

  November 6, 2017

  Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye » This article will be included in “Redesigning the Industry,” a five-part Automotive News series exploring the future of a business in the… more ›

• End state

  November 6, 2017

  End state “The end state will be the fully autonomous module with no capability for the driver to exercise command. You will call for it, it will arrive at your… more ›

• Winner-takes all effects in autonomous cars

  August 23, 2017

  Winner-takes all effects in autonomous cars » There are now several dozen companies trying to make the technology for autonomous cars, across OEMs, their traditional suppliers, existing major tech companies… more ›

• Cars as feature-phones

  January 12, 2017

  Cars as feature-phones » When I moved to Silicon Valley from London, in 2014, I bought a second-hand German car from 2009. The dashboard reminds me very much of using… more ›

• Ways to think about cars

  August 22, 2015

  Ways to think about cars » more ›