• Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Subscribe
  • Free Newsletter
  • My Account
Tyrepress
  • 0Shopping Cart
  • NewsNews
    • Latest News
    • Company News
    • UK News
    • Product News
    • International News
    • Retreading
    • Career Tracks
    • Motorsport
    • Video
    • Tyrepress Videos
  • Data
    • Leading Tyre Manufacturers
    • Leading Retailers (UK)
    • Social Media Ranking
    • Online Branding
    • Brand Finance rankings
    • Blue Light Fleet Analysis
    • Astutus Research analysis
    • Tire Market Forecasts
  • Features
    • Goodyear to buy Cooper – special supplement
    • TPMS and Sensor Technology 2021
    • Tyre Industry Conference 2020
    • Online Tyre Business 2020
    • Kick-starting your business webinar May 2020
  • Business Directory
    • Browse Entries
    • List Your Company on the Business Directory
  • Jobs
    • Situations vacant
    • Career Tracks
  • Classifieds
  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • Read Tyres & Accessories Magazine online
    • Tyres & Accessories Magazine Archive
  • Shop
    • Subscription Shop
    • Report Shop
    • Directory Shop
  • About
    • Company Profile
    • Media Information
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Legal
    • Contact Us
  • Tyre Tests
  • Search
  • Menu
You are here: Home1 / autonomous cars

Posts

Continental creating ‘Autonomous Mobility’ business area

Company News

During its meeting yesterday, the Continental AG Supervisory Board agreed upon an “important phase” in the company’s transition from tyre maker to mobility supplier. From 1 January 2022, Continental will elevate its business with systems for advanced driver assistance and automated driving into its own business area within its Automotive Technologies group sector.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Continental’s Setzer appointed to new Automotive role; Kötz named Tire division head
  2. German technology substituting football: Continental launches new global campaign
  3. Continental CEO Degenhart resigns
  4. Nikolai Setzer takes over as Continental CEO
17th March 2021/by Stephen

Hella establishes Global Software House

Company News, International News, Product News
Hella

Hella might be best known for its bulbs and ADAS, but the international automotive has announced that it expanding its global software competencies with a new Global Software House. Hella currently employs around 2,000 software experts worldwide, particularly in the field of embedded software in functional development for radar sensors, battery and steering electronics and lighting control, for example.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Michelin Tire Care [strategy] launched
  2. 8 million autonomous vehicles by 2025
  3. Why tyre servicers need to address ADAS – Hella Gutmann Solutions
  4. Hella implements 24 GHz radar sensor technology in the Suzuki Swift and Swift Sport
20th October 2020/by Chris

Feel the strain – Bridgestone’s tyre sensor tech for fleets & autonomous vehicles

Product News

Bridgestone Corporation has developed a technology that estimates axle load and tyre wear via a sensor affixed inside a tyre. This newly-developed sensor measures the change in strain that occurs when a moving tyre comes into contact with the road. Bridgestone claims its Smart Strain Sensor technology is unique and the “first of its kind in the world.”

Read more

Related news:

  1. Bridgestone readying Tirematics for continuous monitoring
  2. SRI: Remote TPMS to aid autonomous vehicles
  3. Bridgestone to supply tyres to Volta Trucks’ electric truck pilot fleet
  4. Caterpillar ‘Platinum’ certification for 4 Bridgestone tyre plants
20th December 2019/by Stephen

SRI: Remote TPMS to aid autonomous vehicles

Company News, Product News

Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI), the company behind the Falken tyre brand, has developed a solution to remotely monitor the tyre pressure of unoccupied vehicles such as self-driving cars. In a step towards ensuring the safety of Level 4 and above autonomous vehicles, SRI has successfully linked its tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) with an Autonomous Driving Control Centre.

Read more

Related news:

  1. New year, new business structure – SRI making changes in North America
  2. SRI collaborating on IoT TPMS solution
  3. Tyre energy to power vehicle electronics
  4. SRI: New technique for examining materials within tyre rubber
13th December 2019/by Stephen

Third of UK adults say we will never switch to driverless cars – IMechE survey

Market Info, UK News

Nearly a third of UK adults think we will never switch to having only driverless cars on the roads while 60 per cent of people say they would always prefer to drive themselves rather than use a self-driving vehicle, according to a new opinion poll from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Motorists prioritise safety over vanity, says Goodyear
  2. UK motorists in love with driving, says survey
  3. Future profitability declines despite increasing sales – NMDA Attitude Survey
  4. Drivers are now four times more likely to buy an electric vehicle, says NFDA
30th September 2019/by Andrew

Do markets dream of electric cars?

Company News, Editorial/Comment, International News, Premium

Phillip K Dick may well have been thinking far further into the future than the current popularisation of electric cars when he wrote his famous novella “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, however the rise of big data alongside electric and autonomous vehicles means the most advanced cars of today have an increasing amount in common with the artificial intelligence in the source material for the film Blade Runner.

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. Blackcircles considers investment options
  2. Michelin Tire Care [strategy] launched
  3. Tructyre wins £1.2 million driverless truck funding bid
  4. Modern cars are more hackable than ever
9th January 2019/by Chris

UK motorists in love with driving, says survey

Product News, UK News

A large number (46 per cent) of middle aged drivers admitted to using their cars for ‘me time’ to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. New consumer research from LeasePlan UK, one of the world’s largest vehicle management groups, shows Brits still have a love for driving and the freedom it gives them. The happiest of all drivers, still coming off the hype of passing their test, are the youngest motorists (26 per cent) compared to just 15 per cent of 45 to 54 year olds.

Read more

Related news:

  1. UK 5th cheapest country in Europe to own an electric vehicle
  2. UK automotive sector reacts to the Queen’s Speech
  3. Motorists prioritise safety over vanity, says Goodyear
  4. LeasePlan and SAIC partner in bringing  zero emission LCV to Europe
11th August 2017/by Andrew

Most new cars autonomous within 10 years – Tesla’s Elon Musk

Product News, UK News

Tesla founder Elon Musk believes almost all new cars will be autonomous within a decade. Speaking at the summer meeting of the National Governance Association, he said, “It will be rare for a car to be produced in 10 years’ time that is not autonomous.”

Read more

Related news:

  1. UK motorists in love with driving, says survey
  2. Alutec Pearl available in Tesla S fitment
  3. Goodyear OE on Tesla Cyber Truck?
  4. Electric vehicles, vans dominate April’s vehicle market
11th August 2017/by Andrew

Motorists prioritise safety over vanity, says Goodyear

Product News, UK News

Drivers chose safety (36 per cent) as the most important reason to have an innovative feature on a car, rather than whether the feature looks good (2 per cent) according to a survey from Goodyear Tyres.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Goodyear reveals spherical concept tyre at Geneva Motor Show
  2. Goodyear presents Goodyear Urban CrossOver concept tyre for Lexus UX
  3. Keep your eyes on the road – Goodyear supports Direct Line survey findings
  4. Bespoke Goodyear tyres for Lexus LF-30 Electrified concept
30th May 2017/by Andrew

Volvo launches driverless vehicle trial in the UK

Company News, International News, UK News

On 3 May Volvo Cars announced that it is planning an autonomous driving (AD) trial in the UK next year. The company said it is pioneering the development of AD systems globally as part of its commitment that no one will be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo by the year 2020.

Read more

Related news:

  1. The year of disruption?
  2. Do markets dream of electric cars?
  3. Driverless refuse truck starts trials in Sweden
  4. Volvo to develop autonomous electric buses for Singapore
16th May 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear reveals spherical concept tyre at Geneva Motor Show

Premium, Product News

Goodyear has unveiled its latest concept tyre, the Eagle-360, and it’s one of the more radical departures from traditional tyre design; it is a sphere. The 3-D printed model presents a long-term vision of future mobility, in which autonomous driving is expected to be more mainstream. Goodyear’s video demonstrating its vision of the Eagle-360’s place in the future of autonomous mobility is embedded in the full article.

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. Goodyear continues ‘thought leader’ strategy at Geneva 2016
  2. Goodyear presents battery-charging, shape-shifting tyres at Geneva show
  3. Geneva Motor Show: Goodyear unveils ‘smart’ concept tyre
  4. Goodyear FACEs the future with new tyre concepts
1st March 2016/by Andrew

Cenex to host connected and autonomous vehicles conference

UK News

Cenex – on behalf of Drive West Midlands – has announced it will be hosting a free to attend event focused on developing the UK supply chain of connected and autonomous vehicles in collaboration with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network (AESIN), on Friday 11 March 2016 at Horiba Mira […]

Read more

Related news:

  1. ‘UK Autodrive’ to lead the way on driverless car integration
  2. Britain to become a global driverless vehicle centre
  3. Horiba Mira hosts first UK collaborative trials of driverless cars
  4. 5*StarS consortium, led MIRA, to focus on cyber security
18th February 2016/by Andrew

Autonomous vehicles ‘would save lives and benefit economy’ says report

News

A new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is calling for urgent Government and industry action to encourage the greater use of autonomous and driverless vehicles. Philippa Oldham, head of transport at the Institution of the Mechanical Engineers and lead author of the report, said: “We need to urgently resolve legislative, technological and insurance […]

Read more

Related news:

  1. RMI disappointed by MOT exemption
  2. Road deaths rise for the first time in nearly a decade
  3. Report raises safety fears on UK road markings
  4. Government to publish young driver safety green paper
17th February 2016/by Andrew

Popular Articles Today

© 2020 - Tyrepress
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • WhatTyre
  • Reifenpresse
  • PneusNews
Scroll to top