Automotive

The pioneer of the EV industry has to be Tesla, which introduced its first car in 2006, and just rolled out a roadster and truck this month.

More than 3,000 attendees gathered at IDTechEx, coming from more than 50 countries to learn and share information on the automotive future.

Future motorsports cars can indeed be electric, as demonstrated by this collaboration between the automaker and MIT.

Artificial intelligence will be used to augment the driver’s ability to control the car under different operating conditions. The amount of AI software and hardware required, though, will far surpass any computer system in today’s vehicles.

The quest for a battery that can provide 300 miles EV driving range from a charge that takes minutes has attracted the interest of scientists throughout the world.

In 2017, Yole Développement estimates that the automotive lighting market should be close to $27.7 billion.

The carmaker is reshaping its future portfolio to include more EVs, both for consumers and motorsport competition.

To cut user operating costs, truck manufacturers are electrifying their vehicles with power-electronics technology in new designs or via retrofit kits to convert conventional gas/diesel trucks.

Audi showed off its autonomous EV Aicon concept car at the recent Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany.