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Added on the 06/06/2013 19:30:13 - Copyright : Auto Moto EN
A woman has been charged with reckless endangerment after plowing her car into a Manhattan protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Newser reports 52-year-old Kathleen Casillo was driving with her 29-year-old daughter when she said demonstrators began banging on her BMW. Demonstrators were protesting in support of ICE detainees on hunger strike. Casillo says she panicked and hit the gas. Six people have hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. A demonstrator was charged for allegedly interfering with emergency workers responding to the scene.
BMW presented a level five autonomous driving car at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday, a car that would allow its driver to completely take his or her mind off the road, enabling the driver to eat, watch a movie, or even sleep behind the wheel. However, the level five autonomous car still has a way to go before being realised. In the meantime, BMW expects to get level 3 autonomous vehicles called iNEXT on the road by 2021.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation presented its EMIRAI xDAS 3.1 concept car at the 2017 CeBIT tech fair in Hanover on Monday, giving a potential look at the types of vehicles which might be driving our roads in about 5 to 10 years time. The futuristic concept features next-gen driving-assistance technology, augmented reality navigation, gesture and face recognition, and wearable devices which provide information to specific passengers. It also collects information about the drivers' physical condition via camera sensors and a built-in cardiograph to combat fatigue.
The company prided for building the ultimate driving machine has an ambition plan for helping ridesharing services. By 2021 BMW plans to produce fully autonomous vehicles with the intent of providing ridesharing customers with a driverless alternative. For people that don't like other people, a ridesharing service sans social interactions may be on the way.
In this video, Mat Watson and Rebecca Chaplin hit the roads of London in a BMW i3 for a challenge with a difference.The pair took it in turns to drive some of the city’s busiest areas without pressing the brake pedal and attempted to get by just using the electric car’s regenerative braking alone.Like many electric cars, the BMW i3 begins to recover energy as soon as you take your foot off the accelerator. When it’s accelerating the battery powers the wheels but when it’s braking the motor acts as a generator, charging the battery and gently bringing the car to a stop at the same time – if you’re on flat ground that is.Each of would drive just over three miles and the person who used the brake pedal the least would win. Of course, they weren’t allowed to cause an accident by not braking so planning ahead and paying attention would be key!
Daimler presents what the German automaker says is the "world premiere of the first automated truck" driving on a public highway. Amy Pollock reports.