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As previously covered by GM Authority, General Motors is set to attend the upcoming 2023 Detroit Auto Show – also known as the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) – along with rivals Ford and Stellantis. Now, it appears as though the Big Three will each unveil new products at the show.

Set to take place at Huntington Place, Detroit from September 13th to 24th, there will be a total of six new vehicles revealed across the three major automakers. Notably, the 13th and 14th will primarily be a Media and Technology event, while the show will be opened to the general public from the 16th to 24th.

“We are thrilled by the tremendous support of our hometown Detroit Three in bringing these exciting reveals and their products and vehicle activations to the show,” Detroit Auto Show Chairman Thad Szott said in a prepared statement. “We expect the momentum created by these unveilings to generate outstanding media and consumer attendance and interest.”

As to what General Motors could potentially reveal at the show, here are a few possibilities, including:

Refreshed 2024 Chevy Tahoe

Refreshed 2024 Chevy Suburban

Next-gen Chevy Bolt EV

Refreshed 2024 GMC Yukon

Next-gen 2024 GMC Acadia

Refreshed 2024 Cadillac Escalade (ICE model)

All-new Cadillac Optiq

All-new Cadillac above-Lyriq electric crossover

All-new Cadillac Lyriq-V

All-new Buick Electra E5

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/07/gm-to-reveal-new-products-at-upcoming-detroit-auto-show/

Surprised we never got a RNS on it. But then iam surprised on a few things lol

Waymo’s FRM framework recommends assessing the level of drowsiness or fatigue

experienced by a given specialist through two concurrent processes (Figure 11):

● An automated monitoring system

● A human-operated monitoring system

An automated fatigue monitoring system (also often referred to as an eye tracker, or

camera-based driver monitoring system (DMS)) typically faces the driver and uses eye

closure, head movement, and eye movement to detect fatigue and distraction. This type

of monitoring is sometimes called “direct” DMS (as opposed to “indirect” DMS, which

infers driver fatigue or distraction from, e.g., lane keeping behavior or hands on wheel

detection). Upon real-time detection of fatigue or distraction, an automated fatigue

monitoring system may issue multi-modal alerts to the autonomous specialist,

consisting of, for example, a tone, a vibration under their seat, and a flashing light. It

may also then provide a real-time video feed to remote human raters of fatigue

Insights on Seeing Machine

11% Total headcount growth over last 6 months

In general Companies only take on more staff if more work to do, cant see much different here. Ive never took on more unless busier and let go staff when business slower.

Just need a better insight of what everyone's upto and working on. Lets hope Paul enlightens us more in the report for end year results....

50% with SEE in.

Electric cars, trucks, and SUVs are undeniably the future of the automobile, or at least that seems certain from the industry’s current vantage point. Accordingly, every brand is rapidly rolling out its next generation of all-electric vehicles (EVs) to meet the rising demand. No matter what type of vehicle you’re shopping for — big, small, inexpensive, or luxurious — your next one might be electric.

Electric Cars Coming in 2023

2023 Audi Q8 e-tron

2023 BMW i5

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV

2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV

2023 Cadillac Lyriq

2023 Fisker Ocean

2023 Genesis Electrified GV70

2023 GMC Hummer EV SUV

2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6

2024 Hyundai Kona Electric

2023 IndiEV Indi One

2023 Jeep EV

2024 Kia EV9

2023 Lexus RZ

2024 Mini Countryman Electric

2023 Polestar 3

2023 Polestar 4

2023 VinFast VF 8

2023 VinFast VF 9

https://www.kbb.com/best-cars/electric-cars-coming-in-2023/

General Motors Co. has launched a new campaign dedicated to educating consumers on the capabilities and safety of advanced driver assistance systems and hands-free features like Super Cruise.

"Autonomy," "assisted driving," "full self-driving," "Level 2" — the advent of vehicles increasingly able to perform more driving functions has created a new lexicon — and confusion among customers. For example, Tesla's website states even its full self-driving feature requires active driver supervision and doesn't make the vehicle autonomous.

"Frankly, we all use different words," said Andrew Farah, GM's executive director of ADAS. "And that's OK. That's part of marketing, but we want to make sure that at General Motors, we're very clear on what our systems can do and what they're capable of."

To help straighten out those complexities, GM's "Hands-Free, Eyes On" campaign includes a website and social media posts to provide consumers with helpful information on the technologies it offers that all require the driver's constant attention to the road versus fully autonomous technology that doesn't require driver intervention. The campaign could be scaled to include more in the future.

A more sophisticated Level 2 Ultra Cruise system that includes additional sensors and better mapping is in development. It will first be available on the $300,000-plus Cadillac Celestiq, with drivers able to use the technology on an expected 95% of road conditions; roundabouts remain a challenge, Farah said. He didn't provide a timeline for when that system will launch, saying it will be deployed only when it can be done so safely.

https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2023/07/27/gm-campaign-educate-customers-autonomy-super-cruise/70480458007/

German premium carmaker BMW has stepped up its development of advanced driver assistance systems and launched the localization of the software in China in response to the increasingly fierce competition in the field.

https://cnevpost.com/2023/07/27/bmw-china-launches-local-rd-l3-driving/

One of our main customers?

Strong business momentum: order intake of 18.8 billion euros, with profitability levels up versus 2022, when profitability was already above the levels set out in the Move Up plan. More than half of these orders are linked to innovations in driving assistance, driven by strong worldwide demand for software defined vehicles and Valeo’s strong position in this market

Financial performance to improve in H2, leading us to reaffirm our 2023 objectives

https://www.valeo.com/en/press-release-h1-2023-results/

HAGD

So going from 1 model to maybe 40 isn’t growing in Auto

Going from 10,000 to 50,000 Fleet units isn’t growing

Going from 200-500 staff is not growing

If you look outside your window that 2ft tree that’s now 20ft tall hasn’t grown either.

When Tesla went from $400 to $110 if you was invested I wonder what you was saying?

That’s what shares do.

See? Other clues I found.

The company supplies a wide range of equipment to major infrastructure, and construction projects, and to trade and retail customers through its nationwide service centre network and through concessions in B&Q stores.

With more than 1,000 commercial vehicles, including 229 HGVs, the company runs an extensive internal logistics operation between its national distribution centre and its 180 trading locations, as well as providing equipment to third parties.

Speedy Services invests extensively in safety kit for its commercial vehicles, which are equipped with:

Front and rear crash protection (autonomous emergency braking systems)

HALO systems which project illuminated turning areas onto the road and also for the use of tail-lifts

AI-enhanced Side Scan sensors which alert the driver to the presence of an object or person on the near-side

LCVs have front, rear and driver-facing Vision Track cameras

HGVs have front, rear, right and left-hand side, load and driving-facing cameras

Masternaut telematics

Safe access to tanker hatches with automatic fold out walkways and stairs which allow drivers to climb to the top of the vehicle in safety.

Fatigue monitoring through the driver-facing cameras

https://www.hsmsearch.com/speedy-services-strategic-road-safety

In this video, we take a look at BMW's Level 3 autonomous driving system, which will allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel and focus on other tasks while the car drives itself on highways.

We'll discuss how the system works, what it's capable of, and what the future holds for Level 3 autonomous driving. We'll also answer some of the most common questions about Level 3 autonomous driving, such as:

1. What are the benefits of Level 3 autonomous driving?

2. What are the limitations of Level 3 autonomous driving?

3. Is Level 3 autonomous driving safe?

4. When will Level 3 autonomous driving be available?

If you're interested in learning more about BMW's Level 3 autonomous driving system, or if you're just curious about the future of autonomous driving, then this video is for you

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/omer-david-keilaf-53714b1_bmw-level-3-autonomous-driving-full-details-activity-7090030757598928896-7Xyp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

BMW Operating System 8.5 and BMW Operating System 9 lay the foundations.

The new BMW iDrive with QuickSelect is a further development of the BMW Operating System 8 fitted in current BMW models with BMW Curved Display, and is based on the latest-generation infotainment head units, which is also responsible for graphic processing.

The new BMW Operating System 8.5 will be introduced gradually in the following models beginning with July 2023 production:

BMW 7 Series

BMW iX

BMW i4

BMW X5

BMW X6

BMW X7

BMW XM

It will continue to be based on Linux and will be combined with the largest version of the BMW Curved Display.

The new BMW Operating System 9, based on Android Open Source Project software, will appear in the compact class first in the new BMW X1, beginning with November 2023 production.

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1999573

Popular model...

This news reeks of a mea culpa. General Motors boss Mary Barra confirmed this week that a second-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV will arrive in the soon-ish future, contradicting an announcement from April saying the Bolt EV and larger Bolt EUV would be killed off – a decision many considered to be short-sighted, especially since the Bolt posted record sales numbers in 2022.

“Our customers love today’s Bolt,” Barra said, stating the obvious. “It has been delivering record sales and some of the highest customer satisfaction and loyalty scores in the industry. It’s also an important source of conquest sales for the company and for Chevrolet.”

Barra said the new Bolt EV will use GM’s Ultium electric vehicle technology, which currently supports everything from the gargantuan GMC Hummer EV to upcoming – and more civilized – products like the Blazer EV and Equinox EV. Using the Ultium architecture “will help GM bring this popular model back to market on an accelerated timeline,” the company said in a statement, which sure sounds like an admittance of a mistake.

The Bolt's popularity stemmed from the fact that it was always one of the cheapest EVs on sale in the US, and price cuts for 2023 saw the hatchback's price drop to an incredibly attractive $27,495 before factoring in any federal tax incentives. The puffed-up Bolt EUV joined the lineup in 2021, offering slightly more passenger space and packing GM’s outstanding Super Cruise hands-free highway driving assist tech.

US: Chevrolet Bolt EV/Bolt EUV Sales Doubled In Q2 2023

https://insideevs.com/news/675372/us-chevrolet-bolt-ev-euv-sales-2023q2/#:~:text=So%20far%20this%20year%2C%20Chevrolet,-year)%20and%203.9%25%20share

There was not a great deal of variation between operators in terms of the FDDT that was currently

operational. For the overwhelming majority of operators, the Seeing Machines Guardian system had

been implemented with limited comparisons undertaken with other technology options. One

operator indicated that they had selected the Guardian system because there was a desire to align

with industry leaders. One manager indicated that they had received a proposal regarding the

Guardian system, which was validated by industry colleagues. Another stated “we were also looking

to see who the competitors were for the Guardian system but we couldn't find any”. Yet another said

“we looked at other technologies, we were looking to see who the competitors were for the DSS but

we couldn't find any”.

For several operators, trials had been conducted on one or two other (not specific FDDT) technology

options, often with limited success. FDDT options were, in some instances, discounted because there

was no option to include a driver alert. Instead, some technology options provided delayed

notification to management rather than a real time alert. These technology options were typically

not rolled out widely following trials.

An important factor in the choice of FDDTs raised by most companies related to whether they

provided an in-cab alert (noise and/or seat vibration). This was seen by both drivers and

management as an important real time intervention to assist in avoiding a possible incident, “Seeing

Machines was chosen for its real time capabilities”.

Some participants also pointed to the perceived strong resistance of some drivers to use of any

FDDTs that required them to wear equipment. One driver said “I don’t see myself wearing anything

around my forehead, some drivers like it and some don’t”.

Some companies explained that they used FDDTs with other technologies such as DriveCam; they

feel the latter gives them a broader view of any incidents which is valuable in post event analysis;

also used for seat belt usage and other forms of compliance detection

It was clear that the Seeing Machines/Guardian system was overwhelmingly the most commonly

deployed FDDT used in those interviewed. It is also worth noting that the majority of the systems

were designed to detect both fatigue and distraction and that for most operators, distraction was by

far the more commonly detected ‘unsafe behaviour’ (approx. 80% of reported alerts) and the

majority of the perceived safety benefits were attributable to improved management of distraction

behaviours such as mobile phone use, eyes off road etc. Most Seeing Machine and Guardian users

had both driver and forward-facing cameras (to assist in better linking the fatigue/distraction event

to what was happening outside the vehicle. As an aside, drivers were unanimously supportive of the

forward-facing cameras as clear evidence was now available when events occurred where previously

they were perceived to be in the wrong.

https://www.nhvr.gov.au/files/202002-1120-phase-2-fatigue-distraction-detection-technology-australia.pdf

The Chevrolet Suburban is receiving mostly light updates for the 2023 model year, but a notable addition is the Super Cruise semi-autonomous hands-free driving system. Chevrolet is also bumping the price up slightly — the Suburban now starts at $58,795 (including destination).

Related: Which 3-Row SUVs Offer Captain’s Chairs?

Originally offered on the Cadillac CT6 sedan for 2018, Chevy parent GM has subsequently expanded the Super Cruise tech to include the Cadillac Escalade luxury and GMC Yukon premium full-size SUVs. Now it’s the Suburban’s turn, and the system will be available on Premier and High Country trims.

Changes to the big three-row SUV are otherwise minimal. The styling of the 2023 Suburban is carried over, but there are three new exterior color options: Silver Sage Metallic, Sterling Gray and Radiant Red Tintcoat. A blacked-out accessory grille is available on the LS, LT, RST and Premier trims, which replaces the bow tie and chrome with large “Chevrolet” lettering.

Performance for the 2023 Suburban is also carried over. A 355-horsepower, 5.3-liter V-8 continues to be the base engine; a 277-hp, turbo-diesel 3.0-liter inline-six is available on all trims except the off-road-focused Z71 and the High Country, where it comes standard; and a 420-hp, 6.2-liter V-8 remains the most powerful option. Rear-wheel drive is standard and four-wheel drive adds $3,000 except on the Z71, where it’s standard. All engines are mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission.

https://www.cars.com/articles/2023-chevrolet-suburban-adds-super-cruise-self-driving-system-461406/

General Motors said it will bring a new model of the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle to market at a still undisclosed future date, reversing its decision three months ago to stop production of the company’s most popular and affordable EV.

Demand appears to have been key. “We can’t build enough Bolts right now,” Chief Executive Mary Barra said during the company’s quarterly earnings call.

The vehicle has also been a magnet for bringing new buyers to GM, the company said. About 70 percent of buyers who trade in a vehicle for a Bolt are trading in a non-GM vehicle, the company said.

GM will bring back the car on an “accelerated timeline,” but said it would announce timing and more details later. Unlike the legacy Bolt, the new model will include “Ultium and Ultifi technologies,” GM said, referring to its newest battery and software products.

https://www.google.com/search?q=gm+super+cruise&client=opera&tbs=qdr:d&ei=KrK_ZP2cOrmbhbIPsIiayAg&start=30&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwj92f_i4KmAAxW5TUEAHTCEBok4FBDw0wN6BAgGEBc&biw=1880&bih=970&dpr=1

HY IT MATTERS If Fisker is going to establish itself as a proper automaker worthy of your attention, it'll be with the Pear, which is said to stand for Personal Electric Automotive Revolution. This small electric SUV's pricing means it'll be the entry point to Fisker's lineup—and for many buyers their first EV. Remember, Tesla impressed us with the Model S, but the company didn't reach its full sales strength until it offered the Model 3.

PLATFORM AND POWERTRAIN Fisker's CEO confirmed the Pear EV will be built on a dedicated steel chassis rather than the Ocean's platform. Magna Steyr builds the Ocean in Austria, while Foxconn will assemble the Pear at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant.

Fiskler plans to offer two powertrain options. The Pear will come with either a single-motor rear-drive setup with 100-150 miles of range or a dual-motor all-wheel-drive option good for at least 300 miles. The CEO reports the Pear will have a bare-bones interior with almost zero moving parts (no physical buttons or switches), so if you think a Tesla cabin is too minimalist and touchscreen heavy, the entry-level Fisker might be too stripped-down for your liking. The vehicle's preorder website lists "clever storage solutions," and the company told us the Pear's interior will offer more space than comparably sized alternatives. Fisker also boasts something called a "Houdini trunk," some sort of trick rear tailgate mechanism we suspect could function like the BMW Z1's disappearing doors.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2025-fisker-pear-electric-luxury-suv-future-cars/

Forecasting double Evs made in 2nd half from 1st half.

The company also said it met an internal target of producing 50,000 electric vehicles in North America during the first half of the year. With battery cell production and vehicle assembly increasing, GM now expects to build about 100,000 EVs in the second half of the year.

GM has set a goal of building only electric passenger vehicles by 2035. It has pledged to have 30 electric vehicle models for sale globally by 2025.

GM also said that cost savings allowed it to reduce the top end of its projection for capital spending this year. The company now expects to spend $11 billion to $12 billion, down from $11 billion to $13 billion.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/25/general-motors-earnings-price-outlook-raised/a51bba2a-2ad6-11ee-a948-a5b8a9b62d84_story.html

DR777

It’s only a loss if quoting the same work. The odd SEYE contract will be head 2 head but prob all the Cipia ones are too small we probably didn’t quote as too small.

It was $1b but it’s prob $2b by now our in the market place.

Couple things are well over due to drop & that can happen any day.

To enhance safety on our roads, the EU’s General Safety Regulation (GSR) is mandating the use of driver monitoring systems to detect levels of drowsiness and distraction for drivers in new automotive vehicles.

As OEMs begin incorporating in-cabin technologies to fulfil this requirement, user acceptance is a crucial consideration for ensuring new cars remain appealing to the consumer and the safety systems are effectively deployed without drivers attempting to evade their capabilities.

This topic was explored in detail at InCabin Brussels alongside a showcase of the most recent advancements in the industry. Specifically, the challenge of user acceptance was shown to be particularly relevant in European countries such as Germany and France, where drivers are more concerned about preserving their privacy than many consumers in Asia and North America.

During a series of discussions, the event explored how the industry can overcome this challenge by extending the capabilities of in-cabin sensors to benefit drivers in ways beyond monitoring their state.

Indeed, during a keynote speech, Verena Ihring, Senior Manager of Strategy and Business Excellence Interior Monitoring at Bosch presented results from a survey of 1,800 people in Europe, China, Japan and the USA where respondents displayed high levels of acceptance towards in-cabin sensors that can enhance their comfort and wellbeing.

https://futuretransport-news.com/driver-monitoring-systems-smile-for-the-camera/?utm_campaign=InCabin%20General&utm_content=257849472&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-89614673