Enlarge / Light’s depth perception relies on trigonometry and allows it to measure the distance to each pixel out to 1,000 m. (credit: Light) Last year, I took a look at a new depth-perceiving sensor system called Clarity from a company called Light. Originally developed for smartphone applications, Light pivoted a couple of years ago […]
Enlarge / Tesla’s camera-only approach to driver assistance keeps landing it in trouble. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Tesla) Tesla is facing a new headache this week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a “phantom braking” problem after receiving hundreds of complaints from owners of recent Models 3 and Y. In […]
Enlarge / A closer look at the hardware inside the Ultra Cruise computer. (credit: General Motors) General Motors has partnered with Qualcomm to provide the computing power for its next-generation hands-free driver-assistance system. First announced in October 2021, the new system is called Ultra Cruise, and it one-ups the (already very competent) GENERAL MOTORS Super […]
Enlarge / Light’s depth perception relies on trigonometry and allows it to measure the distance to each pixel out to 1,000 m. (credit: Light) So far, almost every autonomous vehicle we’ve encountered uses lidar to determine how far away things are, just as the winners of the DARPA Grand Challenges did back in the early 2000s. […]
Enlarge / Ultra Cruise will ultimately enable door-to-door hands-free driving on all public paved roads in the US and Canada, says the company. (credit: General Motors) On Wednesday and Thursday, General Motors laid out its plan for the coming years to its investors. The company wants “a world with zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero […]
Enlarge / A 2014 Tesla Model S driving on Autopilot rear-ended a Culver City fire truck that was parked in the high-occupancy vehicle lane on Interstate 405. (credit: Culver City Firefighters Local 1927 / Facebook ) US government regulators are opening an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system after cars using the feature crashed into stopped […]
Enlarge / A woman test drives Cadillac’s Super Cruise hands-free driver-assistance feature in 2018. Super Cruise includes a camera-based eye-tracking technology to ensure drivers are watching the road. (credit: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Cadillac) Three United States senators on Monday proposed legislation that would require all new cars in the United States to have driver-monitoring […]
Ford’s new hands-free driving system, called BlueCruise, will be enabled on the newest F-150 truck later this year, via an over-the-air software update. The driver-monitoring system uses an infrared camera that’s mounted just above the infotainment screen. [credit: Ford ] On Wednesday morning, the Ford Motor Company revealed some fresh information about its forthcoming hands-free […]
Enlarge / Would you notice if a large pink bear in a high-vis vest drove past you on the highway? (credit: IIHS) Depending on your perspective, the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that are appearing in more and more new cars are either a panacea for an epidemic of distracted driving or a reaction to […]
Expand / Super Cruise will soon be {} the 2021 Cadillac CT4-V. (charge: Cadillac) Cadillac Super Cruise has kept its name as the best driver support system available on the marketplace, Consumer Reports announced in a fresh position . Super Cruise additionally won CR’s final ranking at 2018. Even though Super Cruise began out because […]