Panel approves bill to boost testing of self-driving cars
A House subcommittee has approved legislation designed to allow automakers to increase the testing of self-driving cars on U.S. roads.
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Neutron beam from nuclear reactor used to produce safer cars
A partnership led by WMG at the University of Warwick, with the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Tata Steel, and the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) is using a stream of neutrons from ILL's nuclear ...
Neutrons point the way to optimised crash-tolerant automotives
Press-hardened boron steel is an ultra high-strength steel used across a variety of industries, with a particularly important application in the automotive industry. A large proportion of car manufacturers use boron steel ...
Electric impulses clean industrial water and paints
Most paints for households or industry are based on water and, hence, are environmentally more compatible than paints based on solvents. Water-based paints, however, have one drawback: Microorganisms, such as bacteria, feel ...
Lack of cyber security poses threat to modern cars
Cars are becoming increasingly smarter and are connected with each other and their surroundings to an increasing extent via their on-board systems. From April 2018, it will be mandatory for all new cars manufactured in the ...
New sensor technology for e-vehicle batteries
Engineers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a new concept for current and voltage sensors for batteries that might become particularly relevant for electric vehicles (EV). An EV battery is made up of individual blocks, ...
Graphene-based nanolubricants could grease automotive industrys future
Recent research has shown that adding nanoparticles to liquids significantly enhances some of their properties. "Nanofluids" have been synthesised using carbon nanotubes and various metallic, oxide and ceramic nanoparticles. ...
Smart camera tech that could automate cars, home, security settings
A startup that licenses Purdue University technology has created a deep-learning camera and hardware package that can be taught to recognize objects or perform tasks that could be used in security, automotive, industrial ...
Driverless cars will change the way we think of car ownership
The transition to fully driverless cars is still several years away, but vehicle automation has already started to change the way we are thinking about transportation, and it is set to disrupt business models throughout the ...
Tech companies face rocky road on the way to making cars
Silicon Valley may think it can build a better car. But should it?
