New York (CNN Business)Volkswagen and Ford announced plans Friday to work closely to develop electric- and self-driving vehicles, the latest automakers to partner in the face of massive changes rocking the auto industry. Ford (F) CEO Jim Hackett and Volkswagen (VLKAF) CEO Herbert Diess appeared…
Meet Moh from Jordan
Mohamad Shatanawi from Jordan is studying at the Faculty for years. Now he tells you why to choose the Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering here at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics!
Ford to build new factory in Michigan for autonomous vehicles
Ford is building a new plant in Michigan for autonomous vehicles as the company realigns some factories to focus on its future lineup of self-driving and electric cars. The new facility, scheduled to open in the next two years, will take…
Autonomous cars: will roads be safer if algorithms replace human drivers?
Research on autonomous cars has received a boost from the European Parliament, but the technology still raises many questions. Can it be safe and ethical? Will it totally eliminate the need for human drivers? And, of course: when will this…
Continental opens Artificial Intelligence Development Centre in Budapest
German-owned automotive industry supplier Continental AG opened its Deep Machine Learning Competence Center in Budapest on Thursday. Key factors in selecting the location of the centre included the availability of AI experts, a sound environment for the automotive industry and…
Meet Hakan!
Hakan Başargan PhD student, researcher came to us from Turkey for his MSc studies. Since then, he has been working in the Research Center for Autonomous Road Vehicles He is especially interested in AI based fault tolerant trajectory planning and tracking control. In…
LG partners with Microsoft to accelerate an automotive revolution
LG Electronics (LG) and Microsoft entered into a memorandum of understanding to enhance and further grow LG’s autonomous vehicle and infotainment system business. Under the terms of the partnership, LG will accelerate the transformation of its existing digital platform for…
Making autonomous vehicles safer
The car company NEVS and the technology form Phantom Auto are to collaborate on autonomous vehicle technology, specifically in working on designs to help make vehicles safer. NEVS is a leading Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer (and formerly Saab Automobile), is…
MIT built a self-driving car that can navigate unmapped country roads
Taking the road less traveled is extremely difficult for self-driving cars. Autonomous vehicles rely on highly visible lane markings, as well as detailed 3D maps in order to navigate their environment safely. Which is why most of the major companies…
Why self-driving trucks will take over before self-driving cars
Autonomous cars are much in the news lately, mostly because of the inevitable traffic collisions that are bound to happen as we mix human and robot drivers. But the uproar over the safety of automated personal transportation overlooks the fact that autonomous technology will…