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AI chip startup SiMa.ai raised $70M led by Maverick Capital to develop chips for cameras, cars, and other consumer devices, taking its total funding to $270M (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Chip Startup Raises $70 Million to Quicken AI on Cars and Robots
Silicon Valley chip startup SiMa.ai raised $70 million in a funding round led by Maverick Capital to develop chips designed to speed up AI applications within everyday consumer devices from cameras to cars.

The real reason why the Apple car was cancelled https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/carmakers-must-bring-back-buttons-to-get-good-safety-scores-in-europe/

European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
In 2026, Euro NCAP points will be deducted if some controls aren't physical.

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars: evolution of a masterpiece
I was surprised to learn that Rocket League was actually a sequel to a PS3 game by Psyonix called Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. With such a catchy title, it's hard to see why it never took off to the same extent as Rocket League did. Having said that, apparently it was downloaded on PSN over two million times, so if anything it just goes to show how I don't keep up with…

Broncos player had multiple cars stolen from team hotel after he made questionable decision in parking lot

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/b…

Broncos player had multiple cars stolen from team hotel after he made questionable decision in parking lot
Anonymous player left key fob in his vehicle

I would love to know the source for this
https://botsin.space/@fuck_cars_bot/112213871179990550

Fuck Cars Bot 🤖 (@fuck_cars_bot@botsin.space)
Attached: 1 image "Shares of commute modes around the world" submitted by u/GreenBoobedHarpFlag https://redd.it/1bvk8zv #fuckcars

#GiftLink
Opinion | Global economics, seen in a handful of Hot Weels - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/31/toy-ca…

Lithuania announces deadline for Russian-registered cars to leave country: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/03/lithuania-announces-deadline.html

I’m sure this explains Harley-Davidson riders…😂
https://hackers.town/@randomgeek/112385031962470728

“That's because kangaroos are completely irrational animals, said David Pickett, Volvo Australia’s technical lead.”
“Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroos”
#cars #animals #kangaroos

Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroos
Australia is turning to virtual fences to cut down on car-kangaroo impacts.

Uber Eats rolls out delivery services with Waymo's self-driving cars in the Phoenix area, Uber's seventh site with autonomous deliveries and first with Waymo (Alex Koller/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/03/waymo-self

This can't come soon enough. The use of touchscreens for car controls is ridiculous.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/carmakers-must-bring-back-buttons-to-get-good-safety-scores-in-europe/

#Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation.
The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple offices on 28 March that they were losing their jobs, with the #layoffs becoming effective on 2…

Onze auto die op de parkeerplaats zijt
Uw grille worde geheiligd
Uw snelwegen komen
Uw belangen prevaleren zowel in de steden als in de natuur
Geef ons heden ons dagelijks lood
En vergeef on onze uitstoot
Zoals wij die vergeven aan allen die over ons uitstoten
En breng ons niet in verleiding maar verlos ons van wandelaars en fietsers

So while China goes full speed ahead with EVs (eg Xiaomi), europe is losing ground and marketshare
#EV

Electric cars lose market share as private sales fall
Car sales overall grew in March but fewer individuals are buying electric vehicles.

I want a design language that's based entirely on the patterns used to camouflage new cars.

Trump's Bond Backer Repo'd Soldier Cars (Roger Sollenberger/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-bond-backer-don-hankey-was-also-sued-by-the-trump-administration
http://www.memeorandum.com/240403/p60#a240403p60

A friend just sent me this terrifying video of boulders crashing down onto a road during the #earthquake in #Taiwan 😵

This story will be news to exactly no one who follows online transit talk. (So much so that I'm not going to use up one of my gift links on it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/nyregion/nypd-parking-permit-abuse.html

N.Y.P.D. Often Ignores Parking-Permit Abuse, Report Says
Failing to ticket illegally parked cars with officially issued permits is “a form of corruption that erodes the public trust,” the Department of Investigation said.

How exactly is it technologically neutral to hold on to a particular technology?
Sure, Germany's 'cutting-edge' combustion engine technology will secure jobs - but no need for new cars, look at all the Dieselgate consequences.
https://mastodon.energy/@CLEW/11204328

Clean Energy Wire (@CLEW@mastodon.energy)
Attached: 1 image German conservatives call for reversing combustion engine car ban in draft EU election programme "We want to abolish the ban on combustion engines + preserve 🇩🇪 's cutting-edge combustion engine technology & develop it further in a technology-neutral way," says draft https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-conservatives-call-reversing-combustion-engine-car-ban-draft-eu-election-programme

lol, I didn't notice it until I zoomed in just now, but in the Shitty Road image (or maybe let's call it the "Before" image?) there's someone biking in the door zone. #BikeNYC

Man muss die Tumbleweed-Metapher wohl überdenken. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/tumbleweeds-utah-south-jordan-eagle-mountain?utm_source=press.coop

Not exactly encouraging news.
While suicides, homicides, cars have significant impacts on the disparity, diseases of poverty play a role as well: " Native American children died from pneumonia and the flu at three times the rate of white children, for example, and Black children died from asthma at almost eight times the rate of white children."
It's shameful

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020, compared with less than 5 percent for white youths.

Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs | Paris | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/parisians-vote-in-favour-of-tripling-parking-costs-for-suvs

From the Green Party of #Vancouver
Councillor Pete Fry will introduce a motion at City Council on April 10th to revisit Vancouver’s commitment to safer, slower streets. In 2019, Council voted unanimously in favor of the concept of 30km per hour speed limits on local roads. Fry’s enhanced resolution takes into consideration the introduction of micromobility (i.e. e-scooters, e-bikes) and aims to…

La sorveglianza ha un nuovo alleato. Le Spy Cars ti spiano e le case automobilistiche ti vendono alla polizia
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-47d3503a-008bd757e181acb3
La sorveglianza ha un nuovo alleato. Le Spy Cars ti spiano e le case

Wow... things they don't teach in school
From: @…
https://bird.makeup/users/culturaltutor/statuses/17755446…

The Cultural Tutor
Why are cities dominated by highways and cars? It's partly because of one of the most influential people you've never heard of: Norman Bel Geddes. In 1939 he created "Futurama", a huge exhibition that tried to predict the future — and ended up changing the world...

if you're in San Francisco, remind your friends to vote No On Prop E!
#sfPol #noOnPropE #SanFrancisco

Best news I've seen in years. More of this, everywhere. No justice, no peace for the occupiers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/portland-oregon-police-cars-burned-overnight-training-facility-arson/

⛰️ ‘Seismic shift’: push toward SUVs makes driving unaffordable for many
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/29/us-car-costs-insurance-unaffordable

Elon has laid off the entire Supercharger team at Tesla. Possibly his most bizarre move yet (and that includes torching $44bn at Xitter). https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-veh…

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

#GiftLink🎁
Opinion | Global #economics, seen in a handful of Hot Weels - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/3uv37It

Why don’t we ban cars?
I bet a lot more die of car accidents than on bikes or ebikes.
This is just another case of „let’s take your freedom away, and fuck your feelings“.
There are even asshole pedestrians, shall we ban walking too?
WTF
https://w…

Key Biscayne approves emergency 60-day ban of e-bikes following woman's death
Community leaders in Key Biscayne have approved a 60-day ban on e-bikes following a woman’s death in a collision this week.

The Fisker automobile pricing collapse is a fascinating case. Also the uncertainty of software upgrades in modern cars should be addressed by laws. The prospect of a $70K landfill placeholder isn't a good look for electric cars.

All the ways that the auto industry has rigged the system in favor of bigger more profitable cars. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution

Why are cars in the US so big? The policies that ruined American cars, explained.
How federal lawmakers helped SUVs and pickups take over America

“I understand that this period of change may be challenging and that patience is not easy when expecting to be paid, however, I want to express my sincere appreciation for your understanding and support as we navigate through this transition.”
#tesla #ev

I have a modest fucking proposal. When the subway is down and shuttle buses must connect the stations instead, BAN CARS ON THE ROUTES BETWEEN THE STATIONS. We've been stuck in traffic behind a clot of lazy fucks who can't be arsed to do anything other than roll around in their armored rolling sofas and block the roads. WTF are they protesting, anyway? If they're going to block traffic like this they had better have a good reason. Can they even articulate their demands?

Up to a third of Africa’s great apes are threatened by a boom in mining projects for minerals required for the renewable energy transition, new research shows.
An estimated 180,000 gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees are at risk due to an increase in demand for critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt, a study has found. Many of those minerals are required for clean energy technologies such as wind turbines and electric cars.
Researchers say the boom in demand is…

At what point will a meme show up where he's holding up clearly professional protest items that are actually just really common things?
"We have evidence that these outside agitators are providing vehicle identification manuals."

"'Bug splat' survey records 'staggering' drop in number of insects squashed on cars"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Insects

'Bug splat' survey records 'staggering' drop in number of insects squashed on cars

Finally true innovation by ditching the concept of...
...checks notes...
...making new vehicles as a car company.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/…

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

Archetype, which is building AI models to help humans understand the data from sensors monitoring the physical world, launches with a $13M seed led by Venrock (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-ai-startup-archety…

Last night, I popped out for groceries, arrived at a traffic junction, got flashed by a sports car, all good, they drove off. But then seeing the whole street of parked cars, with me alone with shopping, suddenly a sense of overwhelming hypocrisy and anger hit:
until we change our behaviour, no way this #climate crisis will go away by having small groceries and food deliveries everywher…

Not exactly encouraging news.
While suicides, homicides, cars have significant impacts on the disparity, diseases of poverty play a role as well: " Native American children died from pneumonia and the flu at three times the rate of white children, for example, and Black children died from asthma at almost eight times the rate of white children."
It's shameful

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020, compared with less than 5 percent for white youths.

Tesla will be purchased/absorbed by another car entity in:
#tesla #Musk #cars

"The average modern person, by one calculation, spends more than 1,600 hours a year to pay for their cars, their insurance, fuel and repairs. We go to jobs partly to pay for the cars, and we need the cars mostly to get to jobs. We spend four of our sixteen waking hours on the road or gathering the resources for the car."
The hidden potential of bicycles - resilience

The hidden potential of bicycles
We tend to forget three important things about the bicycle. First, it remains the most efficient method of using our bodies, allowing us to attain higher machine speeds for longer than we would on muscle power alone ...

#GiftLink 🎁
Opinion | Global economics, seen in a handful of Hot Weels - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/3uv37It

The question of whether BEV's actually save substantial carbon compared to ICE cars is a little more complicated than you think, and there are loud-voiced deniers. Here’s a report that digs deep on the issue and has the numbers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news…

EVs Are Much Lower-Emitting Than Combustion Cars
Electric vehicles’ lifecycle emissions can be 70% lower than gasoline and diesel vehicles, BNEF finds in a new analysis.

We have 2 Bolts—and we love them! ⚡️⚡️ #EVs #ChevyBolt https://www.edmunds.com/electric-car/

Best Electric Cars of 2024 and 2025 - Expert Reviews and Rankings | Edmunds
Edmunds expert reviewers rank the best electric vehicles of 2024 and 2025 on a 10-point scale that includes performance, comfort, interior, technology, and value.

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #JeremyVine
The Cars:
🎵 Just What I Needed
#TheCars
https://open.spotify.com/track/2NfxHtKkEOz7GzTLlQVXKz
https://deaddrift.bandcamp.com/track/the-cars-just-what-i-needed
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Hardware Accelerators for Autonomous Cars: A Review
Ruba Islayem, Fatima Alhosani, Raghad Hashem, Afra Alzaabi, Mahmoud Meribout
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00062

Hardware Accelerators for Autonomous Cars: A Review
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) redefine transportation with sophisticated technology, integrating sensors, cameras, and intricate algorithms. Implementing machine learning in AV perception demands robust hardware accelerators to achieve real-time performance at reasonable power consumption and footprint. Lot of research and development efforts using different technologies are still being conducted to achieve the goal of getting a fully AV and some cars manufactures offer commercially available syste…

Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts #f1 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/for…

Metro #Vancouver is holding Climate Action Dialogues on #transportation. Attend in-person events on May 28 or 30 in Surrey and Vancouver, or join online on June 6.
This Dialogue will explore ways to move people and goods, while relying less on individual cars. There are positive impacts of reduced driv…

Metro Vancouver Conference Day | Metro Vancouver
Watch presentations and complete a survey with your feedback on the inaugural Metro Vancouver Conference Day.

Random thought: a guy I know who works at a Ford dealership tells me they're offering *$26,000 (not a typo) off* the Mustang Mach E currently. Sticker is $80k.
#cars #EV

SF #BikeBus on #SlowShotwell this morning!
Though I don’t have a kid at the school we rode to (or in general) the parents love it when community members ride along.

I wonder if there would be the same level of vitriol against bike lanes if, instead of taking up part of the road, they took up part of a sidewalk. And I don’t mean make sidewalks smaller, I mean widen sidewalks and add a bike lane.
American road engineering is pretty dumb in thinking some paint will do, or even the dumb “protected” bike lane. Like just push the sidewalk out and put the bike lane on it.

Fuck Cars Bot 🤖 (@fuck_cars_bot@botsin.space)
Attached: 1 image "At first I hoped this was satire. Then I read their other articles. It's not satire. " submitted by u/Esmond0 https://redd.it/1bnhoiv #fuckcars

Lawyer: Rice was driving Lamborghini in crash https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39875726/lawyer-chiefs-rashee-rice-was-driving-lamborghini-crash

Lawyer - Chiefs' Rashee Rice was driving Lamborghini in crash - ESPN
Chiefs player Rashee Rice's attorney said Thursday that the wide receiver was one of the drivers of two speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway and then left the scene.

from: Jennifer Keesmaat
Montreal's pedestrian streets - in just three years (now 11 of them) are coveted by business and touted by the Tourism Board. No one wants to live in or visit a city that is choked w traffic, causing annoyance, air noise pollution.
But a city rapidly transforming with spaces for walking, lingering cycling? That is a place to go, a place to be. And a much better place to live.
Density isn't our problem, Toronto. Cars are our problem. We ne…

Advanced automatic braking systems to be standard on new cars by 2029
Federal safety standards issued Monday will require new cars to have 💥automatic emergency brakes that can bring them to a complete stop without crashing or hitting pedestrians even at high speeds,💥 saving hundreds of lives a year.

Automakers will have until the fall of 2029 to comply,
but officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said they expect the industry to be able to deploy th…

Advanced automatic braking systems to be standard on new cars by 2029
Beginning in 2029, federal traffic regulators will require new cars to have systems that can avoid crashes with other vehicles and pedestrians, even at high speeds, saving hundreds of lives per year.

Once again, the headline is "<government> to ban driving". Then you look at the details, and it's "oh wait actually cars/driving *will* be allowed, it's just certain type of cars/driving will be restricted. but there will still be cars/driving"
And that's why we say #BanCars, because media editors are so fucking ridiculous; they've been huffin…

Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian@mastodon.online)
Attached: 1 image NEW: This year, Dublin will become the latest European capital to bar thru-traffic from its city centre. Private cars & commercial trucks will be allowed access only if their final destination is downtown. The goal is a 60% traffic reduction in the centre. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-17/dublin-takes-aim-at-traffic-congestion-with-a-car-ban-on-certain-trips

“Apple Cancels Its Electric Car After Nearly A Decade, Laying Off Even More Staff. The company first announced the project in 2014”
No they didn’t, you morons. That’s when the *rumours* started. 🤦🏼‍♂️
https://digg.com/cars/link/apple-cance

Apple Cancels Its Electric Car After Nearly A Decade, Laying Off Even More Staff | Digg
The company first announced the project in 2014, with promises of an unheard "fully autonomous" system, with no steering wheel or pedals.

Metro #Vancouver is holding Climate Action Dialogues on #transportation. Attend in-person events on May 28 or 30 in Surrey and Vancouver, or join online on June 6.
This Dialogue will explore ways to move people and goods, while relying less on individual cars. There are positive impacts of reduced driv…

Metro Vancouver Conference Day | Metro Vancouver
Watch presentations and complete a survey with your feedback on the inaugural Metro Vancouver Conference Day.

Where, in short, are the flying cars?

Mmm, yes, super normal. #tesla #cybertruck #cars
“Tesla Cybertruck Owner Gets 25 Critical Errors Within 2 Days Of Ownership, And He’s Not Alone”

#OTD 2010: It was the release date of the #iPad and I bought one.

The question of whether BEV's actually save substantial carbon compared to ICE cars is a little more complicated than you think, and there are loud-voiced deniers. Here’s a report that digs deep on the issue and has the numbers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news…

EVs Are Much Lower-Emitting Than Combustion Cars
Electric vehicles’ lifecycle emissions can be 70% lower than gasoline and diesel vehicles, BNEF finds in a new analysis.

Red Sea Diversions Spew Carbon Emissions Equal to 9 Million Cars | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/red-sea-diversions-spew-carbon-emissions-equal-to-9-million-cars

Red Sea Diversions Spew Carbon Emissions Equal to 9 Million Cars
Ships seeking to avoid ongoing attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea area are emitting millions of additional tons of carbon, making it tougher for companies…

Who wouldn't like prices to start falling? Careful what you wish for, economists say (Paul Wiseman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-deflation-prices-economy-eggs-cars-consumers-e3c816373344d54b2e6bdb4be5ed999a
http://www.memeorandum.com/240330/p34#a240330p34

This is an AMAZING introductory video on how the Porsche double-clutch (PDK) transmission works. It’s explained in very plain terms, with simple illustrations and a teardown of an actual transmission to show how they physically appear.
I’m eagerly waiting for Part 2.
#cars #porsche

Incredible, Israel has a lot of explaining to do....the IDF knew !
"World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza. The WCK team was traveling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle. Despite coordinating movements with the IDF, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse..."

World Central Kitchen | 7 WCK team members killed in Gaza
World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza.

Google's Waymo self-driviing cars keep crashing & California localities want to keep them out. https://wapo.st/3uKtieo

A cyclist, a gate and a pickup truck: Waymo cars keep hitting things
California officials question the safety of Google driverless cars as the company tries to expand.

Civilian buildings damaged by Russian strike on Kharkiv: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/31/civilian-buildings-damaged.html

Partisan info bubbles will be the death of us I swear 🤦‍♂️
"EVs have become starkly partisan as a result of misinformation"
Some interesting insights in this report, highlighting the partisan difference of beliefs around EVs 👇
If I was part of this survey, I'd emphasize affordability too.
But I'd also mention that EVs are still cars, and I'd rather see us put more energy and innovation into mass transit.
Sadly, our entire way of life h…

“BYD expects to begin producing cars from the plant before the end of next year, despite having only announced the project in December [.]
Shu said the Hungary plant planned to produce at least 150,000 cars a year”
Tariffs or not, EU-made BYDs will hit the European market in no small numbers.
https://www.<…

The derailment occurred when an eastbound train struck another eastbound train stopped on the same track.
An oncoming westbound train then collided with the wreckage that had careened onto the adjacent track.
Multiple cars left the track and were strewn across the southern bank of the river.
Parts of locomotives could be seen in or immediately adjacent to the river.
An unknown quantity of diesel fuel spilled into the river, and responders set up absorbent booms to col…

3 trains derailed along Lehigh River in Lower Saucon, no threat seen (UPDATED WITH CAUSE)
The Norfolk Southern derailment occurred near the 2200 block of Riverside Drive. There were no reported injuries.

You mean….as opposed to…oh…I don’t know…spending the money on *HOUSING* those people!?
“Arizona City to Provide Parking Spots for People Living in Cars”
“Funded through a two-year grant from the Arizona Department of Housing..."
“Housing…" 🤦🏼‍♂️

As housing costs skyrocket, Sedona will allow workers to live in cars. Residents aren't happy
A petition for a ballot referendum to let Sedona voters decide for themselves on the program could soon be making its way around town.

Bugatti will ship a V16 (not a typo) hybrid engine with the Chiron successor. #cars
“BUGATTI: A New Age — “Pour L’Éternité””
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO4Q4xt8g9o

Cars, sugar and cruises: How the Port of Baltimore closure could hurt the economy
https://www.aol.com/cars-sugar-cruises-port-baltimore-185720116.html

Cars, sugar and cruises: How the Port of Baltimore closure could hurt the economy
The bridge collapse that has indefinitely halted the flow of ships in and out of the Port of Baltimore could hurt the local economy, strain supply chains and...

#BikeNYC has THE BEST bicycle parking. Seriously, places like Copenhagen don't even compare; we blow them out of the water!

Rice leased Lamborghini involved in Dallas crash https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39862563/chiefs-rashee-rice-was-leasing-lamborghini-involved-dallas-crash-car-company-attorney-says

Rashee Rice was leasing Lamborghini involved in Dallas crash - ESPN
Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice was leasing a Lamborghini sport utility vehicle that authorities say was one of two speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway, an attorney for the company that owns the vehicle said Tuesday.

Oh no, look what self-driving truck AI has done to truck drivers
(Self-driving cars/trucks are almost completely a scam and just part of the ongoing AI hype.)

You mean….as opposed to…oh…I don’t know…spending the money on *HOUSING* those people!?
“Arizona City to Provide Parking Spots for People Living in Cars”
“Funded through a two-year grant from the Arizona Department of Housing..."
“Housing…" 🤦🏼‍♂️

As housing costs skyrocket, Sedona will allow workers to live in cars. Residents aren't happy
A petition for a ballot referendum to let Sedona voters decide for themselves on the program could soon be making its way around town.

Interesting overview from the German Automobile Association on the location of the #EV charging port on cars.
(Note that petrol cars have similar differences in the inlet nozzle)
https…

“Instead of remitting payment in the amount of his winning bid, Coker breached the pay[.]gov website and falsified the true auction price to $1.”
The “breach”, probably: replace ?amt=22700 with ?amt=1
“Man 'Hacks' Government Auction Website, Sells Himself Cars For $1”
#cars #hacking <…

Man 'Hacks' Government Auction Website, Sells Himself Cars For $1
The method employed isn't clear, but the result was a $3 bill for three running cars

#BikeNYC has THE BEST bicycle parking. Seriously, places like Copenhagen don't even compare; we blow them out of the water!

AI-powered cameras installed on Metro buses to ticket illegally parked cars
Artificial intelligence-powered cameras are being installed on Los Angeles Metro buses to help ticket cars parked in bus lanes.
Testing is planned for this summer and the program is expected to go live by the end of 2024, after two months of community outreach to “ensure that the public is aware of the purpose, timing and impacts of this new program.”

AI-powered cameras on Metro buses will help ticket parked cars
The technology from Hayden AI will help the ticketing process of vehicles parked in Metro bus lanes and at bus stops.

“Instead of remitting payment in the amount of his winning bid, Coker breached the pay[.]gov website and falsified the true auction price to $1.”
The “breach”, probably: replace ?amt=22700 with ?amt=1
“Man 'Hacks' Government Auction Website, Sells Himself Cars For $1”
#cars #hacking <…

Man 'Hacks' Government Auction Website, Sells Himself Cars For $1
The method employed isn't clear, but the result was a $3 bill for three running cars

It makes an excellent infographic if you can get the message, even if you don't speak the language (in this case Polish). E-fuels and H2 for cars vs. direct electrification.
https://wysokienapiecie.pl/99762-auta-wodorowe-vs-elektryczne-co-wygra/<…

Auta wodorowe vs elektryczne. Co wygra?
Samochód wodorowy można zatankować w 5 minut, z jego rury wydechowej wydobywa się tylko woda, a paliwo możemy wyprodukować z nadwyżek „zielonej” energii. Dlaczego zatem na świecie sprzedaje się mniej aut wodorowych niż elektrycznych w samej Polsce? Co mówią o przyszłości tej technologii producenci wodoru i aut wodorowych? Czy i kiedy wodór może wygrać z autami spalinowymi i elektrycznymi?

Unsafe At Any Speed, redux.
“the report called out Tesla as an “industry outlier” because its driver assistance features lacked some of the basic precautions taken by its competitors. ”
“Tesla Autopilot Was Uniquely Risky—and May Still Be”
#tesla #cars

For every life saved by a driver switching from car to SUV or pickup, 4.3 other drivers, pedestrians and cyclists are killed.
https://journa.host/@Toastie/112023240773940613#.

It makes an excellent infographic if you can get the message, even if you don't speak the language (in this case Polish). E-fuels and H2 for cars vs. direct electrification.
https://wysokienapiecie.pl/99762-auta-wodorowe-vs-elektryczne-co-wygra/<…

Auta wodorowe vs elektryczne. Co wygra?
Samochód wodorowy można zatankować w 5 minut, z jego rury wydechowej wydobywa się tylko woda, a paliwo możemy wyprodukować z nadwyżek „zielonej” energii. Dlaczego zatem na świecie sprzedaje się mniej aut wodorowych niż elektrycznych w samej Polsce? Co mówią o przyszłości tej technologii producenci wodoru i aut wodorowych? Czy i kiedy wodór może wygrać z autami spalinowymi i elektrycznymi?

People Hate the Idea of #Car-#Free #Cities—Until They Live in One
London had a problem: In 2016, more than 2 million of the city’s residents
—roughly a quarter of its population
—lived in areas with illegal levels of air

People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?

Today marks the official end of the production of the Renault Zoe. The first #EV I owned (one year old, French dealer demo, bargain). Like all first loves, it still holds a special place in my heart (not least because it soon became our family car). This column is one I agree with.

Final reckoning: Saying goodbye to the pioneering Renault Zoe
With the Renault Zoe now out of production, Steve Cropley gives the long-lived electric pioneer a fitting send-off

This comes across as xenophobic and anti-Chinese baiting from the #Biden administration. The truth of the matter is that modern cars are privacy nightmares, no matter the manufacturer. While it may be true that “vehicles on American roads…could be immediately disabled by somebody in Beijing”, they could also be disabled by someone in Detroit, Austin, or Seoul.
The root of the problem is the fact…

The US is investigating Chinese vehicles amid security concerns
The US is opening an investigation into the potential risks to national security posed by smart car technology produced in China and “other countries of concern.”

I don’t understand people who leave the California #Prop65 sticker on their driver’s side window. Have you no dignity?
#cars #california

I’m pleasantly surprised at the positive early reviews coming in for the MG Cyberster (what a silly name). Although the car has a few weird quirks and affectations (the scissor doors are out of place, and those arrow taillights…ehh), the platform itself appears solid and amenable to future tuning.
The thought of going canyon-carving in a silent EV roadster is honestly very appealing.
#cars …

Third time’s the charm, Henrik!
“Fisker trading suspended by NYSE”
#cars #ev
https://techcrunch.com…

Fisker trading suspended by NYSE | TechCrunch
The exchange said Monday that Fisker's stock is "no longer suitable for listing" because of "abnormally low" price levels.

RIP Project Titan, you were never meant to be. #Apple #cars
“Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort”

Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey
Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.