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Despite all of the doom and gloom going on around the world lately, this past year has been a rather exciting one for American truck fans. Ford pulled the cover off of the all-new 14th generation F-150 lineup, bringing with it a suite of new tech features like the Pro Power OnBoard generator, OTA Update capabilities, and the BlueCruise ADAS system. The folks over at Ram may not have unveiled a new generation of trucks this year, but they did roll out the oh-so-sweet TRX. Things have been relatively quiet on the General Motors front however, but that should be changing soon. Thanks to the folks over at The Fast Lane Truck, we now have more spy footage of the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra out doing some high-altitude testing in the mountains of Colorado.

https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/2022-chevrolet-silverado-spied-testing-in-the-mountains/

Cant wait til stories like this will have our tech in every car on the list.

Electric vehicle shoppers have an increasing number of models to choose from. There are nearly two dozen EVs on the market today, and that selection will only grow over the next eight months. Here are five upcoming EVs, organized by price, that the experts at Edmunds are most excited to see in 2021.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/sns-best-new-evs-wait-for-2021-20210506-clh5o2e3uzchrhjw5u7t5hfdku-story.html?outputType=amp

While many people will likely frown at the possibility of hourly subscriptions, Zellmer said installing Level 4 autonomous driving technology would cost a “five-digit Euro figure.” This would put it out of the reach of mainstream consumers.

However, by equipping vehicles with the technology and only charging when consumers use it, everyone can benefit in theory. That being said, €7 ($8.41 / £6.04) an hour is steep enough that some drivers might be turned off by the idea.

For comparison, GM charges $25 (£17.98 / €20.82) a month for Super Cruise after three years. Ford hasn’t released too many details about their long-term plans for BlueCruise, but the software will cost $600 (£431 / €500) and include a three-year service period. If the cost remains the same after the initial three years, that would work out to a little over $16 (£11.51 / €13.33) a month.

Volkswagen’s rate of $8.41 (€7 / £6.04) an hour seems steep by comparison, but it’s worth noting that Level 4 autonomous driving technology doesn’t require driver supervision when in use.

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/05/vw-considers-charging-over-8-an-hour-for-level-4-autonomous-driving-tech/

GM charges a subscription for their Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system and it appears Volkswagen will follow suit.

In an interview with Top Gear, Volkswagen’s sales and marketing boss suggested the future could see the automaker fully equipping vehicles and then charging owners to activate and use certain features. In effect, it’s similar to how BMW offers over-the-air features such as high-beam assist.

https://www.autospies.com/news/index.aspx?submissionid=105612

Tesla vs. everyone else
Other autonomous assistance systems work differently than Tesla's FSD. First of all, other options out there don't allow users to turn on the driver assistance on any road. Most only function on certain stretches of highway that the companies have mapped out.

Nissan's ProPilot Assist system works similarly to Autopilot in that it can be used on major streets off the highway. But you can't use it on smaller city streets.

We reached out to Tesla about the problems with its FSD beta, but the company no longer has a press team and we haven't received a response.

Ford's new system, BlueCruise, is more like General Motors' Super Cruise feature. Both use eye-tracking to make sure drivers are still paying attention while the car cruises down the highway. Tesla's system doesn't appear to monitor the driver beyond touch sensors in the steering wheel, as Consumer Reports recently demonstrated.

https://mashable.com/article/tesla-full-self-driving-autonomous-fail/?europe=true
In FSD mode, the car seems overly cautious and freaked out by every small thing. The driver and passenger at one point note to each other, "It acted very drunk there." At another moment, the car just stops, while at another it gets way too close to oncoming traffic as it's trying to make room for a bicyclist.

At one point, the car goes into a left-turn only lane but continues driving straight toward a line of parked cars.

It's a harrowing 13 minutes. The car gets honked at for taking turns too slowly and stopping too much, usually because it seems to think a pedestrian is nearby. "People around us getting very impatient," the riders comment.

The driver takes over a few times, once because the Tesla was not going to make it across an unprotected left turn. It's hard to watch. "Oh god, go, go, go," one of the riders says.

The theme of the ride, in short, is confusion (the Tesla) and frustration (the humans).

Other beta users have had similarly glitchy experiences with FSD out in

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Our camera-based fatigue monitoring technology identifies any signs that the driver is losing concentration. If any signs of fatigue are detected, the system will intervene by alerting the driver with a sensory warning.
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As per decision of the European Commission, the presence of a system actively monitoring driver condition and distractions will be mandatory for all new cars manufactured in 2026 and later, whereas this rule will be gradually introduced from 2022 on. Such driver monitoring systems (DMS) may combine advanced optical and electromagnetic sensors to detect driver’s eye movement, facial feature movement, breathing, etc. Furthermore, AI-based algorithms are often employed for recognition of these features. Such complex systems require rigorous testing and validation in order to achieve the necessary level of reliability and safety. This webinar spotlights how Ansys can help you develop, test and validate the best DMS for your customers, while simultaneously saving development time and cost.

Explore how Ansys SPEOS simulates the optical system of the DMS.
Understand how to simulate a real sensor with the multiphysics approach.
Learn how to integrate the Zemax opticStudio optical design into a SPEOS radiometric simulation.
Discover how to optimize the position and field of view of the camera and evaluate robust lighting.
Speaker: Petr Fomin

https://www.ansys.com/resource-center/webinar/develop-test-validate-driver-monitoring-systems

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Hanging on is always good. The 5p idiot on here fell off ages ago and is now in a tank in a fish restaurant waiting to be put in a Soup.

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On their website sobpretty much thinking same as everyone. It’s undervalued.

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Forget the Tesla Cybertruck, the Hummer EV is the new eco king

In terms of driving functions, the GMC Hummer EV will come with GM’s Super Cruise system. This is a level 2 autonomous system, offering true hands-free driving (though you do need to keep your eyes on the road). When engaged, the system handles steering, acceleration and braking. To change lanes, the driver just needs to select the indicator and the car will do the rest, while monitoring the speed and an appropriate gap in traffic.

While the GMC Hummer EV might not have the space-age looks of the Tesla Cybertruck, both the interior and exterior appear more familiar, and that’s likely to be a good thing – especially for the more traditional truck audience. Afterall, the Ford F150 has barely changed its looks in 30 years. These are no shrinking violets either – you won’t miss one when it passes you.

https://www.t3.com/news/forget-the-tesla-cybertruck-the-hummer-ev-is-the-new-eco-king

More stories on better sales numbers...

General Motor was probably expecting to sell more than 79,000 units of its Chevrolet Bolt EV in the US. But from the way it seems, this one isn’t going to see the same disappointing rates. The Cadillac Lyriq’s price range is announced to be starting from almost $60,000. It might be a big-ticket ride, but still costs less than the Jaguar I-Pace and the Audi e-Tron which own the top-end of the luxury EVs selling at $70,000 and $66,000 respectively.

https://www.hotcars.com/this-is-the-best-feature-of-the-cadillac-lyriq/

Cadillac Starting Lyriq EV Production Nine Months Early so get paid early :)

In a surprise announcement, Rory Harvey, vice president of global Cadillac, said that production of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq would begin in March 2022, nine months ahead of schedule. The announcement came at a meeting of the International Motor Press Association.

https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/05/cadillac-starting-lyriq-ev-production-nine-months-early/

Hopefully we will be in Honda from 2024 in USA as they sharing tech & said will use Super Cruise.....

Honda recently confirmed these vehicles, a large SUV for the Honda brand and one for the Acura brand, and will launch in North America market for the 2024 model year. This further validates our Ultium technology, and we continue to work closely with Honda to expand our partnership and cooperation in key areas such as purchasing, research and development, and connected services. Turning to AVs. Cruise continues to establish itself as a leading force in commercializing self-driving vehicle technology.

Very positive from GM. More cars sold = Bunce & iam not talking about our broker ;)

In addition to Ultium propulsion, Super Cruise is a feature that connects all of these vehicles and an increasing number of vehicles we're selling today. Since its debut in 2017, Super Cruise has twice been ranked as the best driver assistance technology in the industry by a leading third-party consumer group. Super Cruise is enhancing our reputation, elevating our brands, and laying the foundation to generate substantial feature subscription revenue for us as we move forward. To creatively illustrate how fun and liberating Super Cruise can be, Cadillac recently wrapped up its Time to Let Go campaign.

It captured celebrities as they drove the 2021 Cadillac Escalade with Super Cruise and its new lane-change capability. It was really fun to watch the reactions and how people quickly shifted from being cautiously curious to just peer excitement. We'll roll out Super Cruise to 22 models by the end of 2023, and we plan to add even more features. Our ultimate vision is that this system enables hands-free transportation in 95% of driving scenario.

What makes our large-scale deployment of Super Cruise and all of its new features possible is our Vehicle Intelligence Platform, or VIP, which connects every vehicle system into one advanced, high-speed, and very secure network. VIP's 4.5 terabytes of data processing power per hour represents a fivefold increase from our previous electrical architecture. That's enough capacity to manage all of the data loads of our self-driving technology, driver assistance systems, electric propulsion, over-the-air updates of every vehicle module, plus capacity to manage feature applications. It's also an enabler for Software as a Service, including new apps and capabilities that we can market to our customers, such as the latest must-have trailering and parking apps.

By the end of '23, VIP will be on 7 million vehicles and 38 global models. Another major element of our growth strategy is our BrightDrop commercial delivery business, and it is progressing and on track. In March, our product and manufacturing teams reached an important milestone as they conducted EV 600 prototype builds. Plans to build the BrightDrop EV 600 at Cadillac -- excuse me, at GM Canada's CAMI Assembly at Ingersoll, are progressing rapidly.

https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2021/05/05/general-motors-gm-q1-2021-earnings-call-transcript/

GM has a two-pronged approach regarding such systems. Cruise is leading development of fully autonomous vehicles, while the automaker expands its advanced driver-assist Super Cruise system to 22 vehicles by 2023. Barra said the goal for Super Cruise is to eventually offer hands-free driving in 95% of driving conditions.

“Both paths are very important because the technology we put on vehicles today, I think makes them safer and delights the customers, and is going to give us an opportunity for subscription revenue,” she said Wednesday. “And then the ultimate work that we’re doing at Cruise that is full autonomous really opens up more possibilities than I think we can online today.”

Super Cruise currently allows hands-free driving on more than 200,000 miles of pre-mapped highways in the U.S. and Canada. Other systems, specifically Tesla’s Autopilot, offer greater capabilities but require drivers to “check-in” by touching the steering wheel.

The main differences between Super Cruise and Autopilot is GM’s system include a driver-facing infrared camera to monitor attentiveness and the pre-mapped roads that work with onboard radar, sensors and cameras to drive the vehicle.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/gm-expects-to-offer-self-driving-vehicles-to-consumers-this-decade.html

Never heard of the model but not sure what dms it will use?

The Escape has practically all the driver assist technology known to humankind. These features comprise autonomous emergency braking (AEB) with pedestrian detection, forward collision warning, emergency steering assist, dynamic brake support, traffic sign recognition, blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning, lane keep assist with centring, driver fatigue monitoring, tyre pressure monitoring, emergency telematics and adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go.

https://www.motoring.com.au/ford-escape-vignale-2021-review-129795/

One of the issues around current automation systems is that lack of driver monitoring,” Prof Reed explains. “I think if we can develop systems that reliably detect, firstly, the presence of a driver to make sure they haven’t shifted into the passenger seat or the backseat, but also that they are paying the right level attention, as is befitting for the level of automation that is currently operating, then I think we can tackle some of the ways in which drivers might misuse the system. We need to think almost in an adversarial way, what are all the ways in which drivers could misuse or try to break the systems and make sure we are comfortable that the technology is able to at least bring the vehicle to a safe stop?”

https://highways-news.com/driverless-expert-says-vehicles-must-be-designed-with-misuse-in-mind/

Looks like our bus has stopped to pick up a passenger.

2.5 mil late buy popped up from yesterday
1.25 mil & 600k today

Lets see if the bigger buys pop up this week after time or next day.

Needs some news or volume to move this atm.

19 jobs hopefully shows that business is certainly ramping up :)

So many cars coming out with DMS. Finding out which ones are ours is like finding which baked bean made you fart.

The interior part echoes the appearance. The new car is divided into two upper and lower dashboards and a central control screen. The navigation information is subversively placed on the dashboard, which can The driver's gaze is more locked in front of the viewing angle, which increases driving safety. The sense of technology in the configuration is by no means just talking. The new car is the first to be equipped with panoramic AR navigation, iFLYTEK voice interaction system, gesture interaction and other functions, which are quite advanced in the same level of models. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the DMS driver fatigue monitoring system can detect the driver's driving state through the camera, and will immediately alert when the system detects that the driver is in a fatigue state. It is a very warm design.
https://inf.news/en/auto/e4cce9d71e5038e9afc0687bac3f1bef.html