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I just hope you went in your time machine to 2023 to get that article ;)

EVery week we are a step closer

F150 Lightning will be announced next Wednesday 21:30 (EDT).

America's most popular vehicle and the vehicle that built America is being reimagined as an electric vehicle.

History is in the making.

In the words of an important customer this week "omg i cannot believe what you have achieved, you are going to sell alot of these!"

it's going to be quite a show!

#f150lightning
#fordtrucks
#fordevs

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/darren-palmer-43813512_f150lightning-fordtrucks-fordevs-activity-6799131022404448256-cXGP

Glandore

I think Paul said in one presentation lifetime cycles were now 7 yrs.

250k x 7 = 1.75 million

Even tastier..............

Ford starting pushing out the marketing. News cant be far away now.

Dear Terry,

The all-electric Mustang Mach-E is here, and the first deliveries are on their way.

In our advertising campaign, we’ve tried to capture the soul and swagger of Mustang Mach-E, and we hope you enjoy it. Follow the link below to see it in action.

To learn more about the all-electric Mustang Mach-E, request a contact from your local dealer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iky3nEEWaBM

Someone was keen to get in this morning.

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/SEE/seeing-machines-limited/trade-recap

There could be an opportunity to use attention and alertness monitoring technology in train cabs to improve safety and wellbeing. The regulator, Office of Rail and Road (ORR), wants to ensure available tools and techniques are used appropriately to protect the workforce, passengers and the wider public. They have challenged the GB mainline rail sector to determine how these technologies could be used to improve the understanding and management of such issues.

There are many manufacturers claiming that their products can monitor states related to alertness or attention. However, it is very difficult to interpret psychological states based on physiology or behaviour, so the industry should not take these claims at face value. The costs of these systems also vary. So it is important to carefully evaluate these products and understand their benefits and drawbacks. In short, there is insufficient information to support train companies to make a persuasive business case.

RSSB is leading research—working closely with ORR, ASLEF and train companies—to better understand these opportunities and inform industry on if and how such technologies can be used.

https://www.rssb.co.uk/en/what-we-do/key-industry-topics/fatigue-and-alertness/supporting-drivers-monitoring-attention-and-alertness

Recently, I wrote about Ford’s plunge into the realm of hands-free driving with its BlueCruise tech, which is set to debut on 2021 F-150 and 2021 Mustang Mach-E models later this year, but the Blue Oval isn’t the first Detroit automaker to make a big bet on the technology.

Its archrival, General Motors, has been beavering away on semi-autonomous tech publicly for almost a decade, and likely much longer behind the scenes.

The company first acknowledged the existence of Super Cruise when it put out a statement in April 2012 that said it was road testing a semi-autonomous technology capable of hands-free highway driving. The statement said the tech being developed by Cadillac, “is capable of fully automatic steering, braking and lane-centering in highway driving under optimal conditions.” The release went on to say that the tech could be production-ready by mid-decade and, yes, the term ‘Super Cruise’ was also mentioned by name.

As it turns out, GM execs were off slightly in their projections as the first production car equipped with Super Cruise didn’t happen until the arrival of the 2018 Cadillac CT6. The CT6 is a full-size sedan GM announced it would discontinue in North America not long after the first Super Cruise-equipped model went on sale. It became a China-only car in 2020, but Super Cruise lives on here because GM cross-pollinated it into other Cadillac vehicles.

https://www.wheels.ca/news/the-rise-of-super-cruise/

The rearview mirror is in the perfect position to assist with in-cabin sensing. Today’s Gentex snapshot takes you behind the scenes to our development lab where we test and produce machine vision technologies. https://lnkd.in/df44wx7 #gentex #connectivity #sensing #automotive #technology #innovation

Why the sudden spike in inflation won’t last long, according to economists

https://www.hl.co.uk/news/2021/5/13/why-the-sudden-spike-in-inflation-wont-last-long-according-to-economists

Interesting LEwbo

We believe that data is the new oil," said Alex Purdy, director of business operations, enterprise connectivity for Ford's enterprise connectivity unit. "It enables us to have an always-on relationship with our customer."

More significantly, Ford plans to update vehicles such as the F-150 and Mach-E remotely later this year to enable a new hands-free driving system for highways.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has touted data analytics and vehicle connectivity as important opportunities for the automaker, especially for its profitable commercial business customers and EV buyers.

Linkedin showing 273 employees atm. Thats higher than pre covid. How many staff not on Linkedin aswell? So wonder what the real number is now?

https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?currentCompany=%5B%22258949%22%5D&origin=COMPANY_PAGE_CANNED_SEARCH

Seeing

I didnt look into the detail inside the numbers. Its certainly a window into whats going on behind the scenes.

22 jobs now advertised. Always a good sign.

https://seeingmachines.springboard.com.au/jobtools/jncustomsearch.searchAction

Surely all these incidents will speed the process up.

The senators are seeking to make driver monitoring systems mandatory equipment for vehicles that feature advanced driver assistance or other automated driving systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD, GM’s Supercruise, or Ford’s Copilot 360.

A driver monitoring system tracks whether drivers are remaining attentive to the road, hands at the wheel and in the drivers’ seat where they can be engaged in the task of driving, instead of relying too heavily on the car’s systems.

General Motors, Subaru and BMW have camera-based driver monitoring systems already, and others such as Ford Motor have announced similar plans. Newer Tesla electric cars do have cabin cameras, but according to owners’ manuals, these are not used for driver monitoring. Tesla’s cars require drivers to “check in” by touching a sensor-equipped steering wheel.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/12/nhtsa-investigating-fatal-tesla-crash-in-southern-california.html

Same as yesterday over 2m late buys reported.

Someone always takes advantage of these small dips i guess :)

Tesla’s Autopilot software, an advanced driver assistance feature, is in the news again. And not in a good way.

Over the weekend, a short video of a person sitting in the back seat of a driverless Tesla operating on public roads in California caught the internet’s attention. The six-second video shows a man staring out the window from the back of the Tesla that’s driving down the road. There’s nobody in the driver’s seat. California Highway Patrol says it’s now searching for the man behind the “unusual incident.”

This latest viral video may not even be the first time this particular person has tried the stunt and is especially concerning since two people died in a Tesla crash in Texas last month. Following the crash, local authorities suggested that no one was in the driver’s seat, causing speculation that the vehicle was being operated through its driver assistance feature Autopilot, a claim that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other executives at the company disputed. A preliminary report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that Autopilot couldn’t have been in use at the time of the crash. The NTSB is continuing to research the accident, and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is conducting its own investigation.

https://www.vox.com/recode/22425169/autonomous-features-cars-elon-musk-autopilot

In the Hummer Gallery another same placing

https://www.drivingelectric.com/news/40353/electric-gmc-hummer-ev-pickup-pictures

On the buses—-Jack & Vera would be proud

The Guardian monitoring system

Greyhound Resources proudly pioneered systems and processes that enable real-time management of driver fatigue via our 24/7 operations team.

The Guardian monitoring system device is configured to detect fatigue events, distraction events and field-of-view exceptions by measuring our driver’s head positioning and eye closure, as well as the road conditions in front of the vehicle.

When an event is detected, date and footage are immediately relayed to our operations team allowing them to respond in real time. The system sends out alerts in the form of audio alarms and seat vibrations to warn the driver.

https://www.greyhoundresources.com.au/technology-and-innovation

Tesla Engineer Tells the California DMV That Elon Musk's Goal of Achieving Full Self-Driving by the End of 2021 Does Not ‘Match Engineering Reality'

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said in the past that its Autopilot autonomous driving feature is ten times better that a human driver. While that statement is debatable, the reality is that Tesla's Autopilot is considered to be what the SAE International and Tesla's own engineers call a Level 2 system, which places the technology on equal footing with automated driving systems from other automakers, such as General Motors' Super Cruise.

https://m.futurecar.com/4601/Tesla-Engineer-Tells-the-California-DMV-That-Elon-Musks-Goal-of-Achieving-Full-Self-Driving-by-the-End-of-2021-Does-Not-Match-Engineering-Reality

As infamous as The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town. Must be very superstitious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nyE1DFNmfY