EU working on Data Act for connected cars, no timeline yet
Meanwhile, carmakers and industry players are fighting over access to valuable "in-vehicle data".
The European Commission is working on a regulatory scheme to ensure "fair access" to valuable car data for companies and industry but does not know when they will be ready, according to a report in ... Read more
General Motors to explore using ChatGPT in vehicles
The US auto manufacturing giant is leveraging its partnership with Microsoft.
General Motors (GM) is exploring uses for ChatGPT as part of its broader collaboration with Microsoft, a company executive told Reuters.
"ChatGPT is going to be in everything", GM Vice President Scott Miller said in... Read more
San Francisco wants to put the brakes on rollout of robotaxis
The move comes after driverless taxis have caused mayhem on the city's streets.
San Francisco city officials have sent letters to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) asking to slow or halt the expansion of robotaxi services in the city. NBC News reports that San Francisco Transport... Read more
Asia’s chipmakers boost production of 8 inch wafers
Asian chipmakers are in a hurry to expand their production capacity, in light of the global shortage that has affected carmakers the most. However, the firms warn that the supply gap will not be filled immediately and could take months to catch up with demand.
Automakers like General Motors and ... Read more
“Self-propelled cars General Motors are having trouble detecting moving objects.
General Motors has been testing its self-propelled cars on roads since 2016. But now it appears that a number of "unexpected technical challenges" have emerged. One of them is difficulty with "identifying whether objects move or not", according to sources from Reuters.
The cars would have difficulty... Read more