automobiles
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Report: Saudi Arabia May Be Planning A Major Bid For Tesla’s Leveraged Buyout
The official sovereign wealth fund of the Saudi Arabian government may be considering a major investment in Elon Musk’s electric car giant Tesla, and sources say it is “in talks” to do so after Musk let slip via Twitter that he is considering taking the company private in a $US60-billion-plus deal at $US420 a share.
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Disturbing Crash Test Footage Shows Why You Should Strap Down Luggage In Your Car
Video: You obviously need to strap down the luggage you put on the roof of your car, but as this crash test footage from Switzerland’s Dynamic Test Center shows, you might also want to strap down the bags in the back of your station wagon. In an impact, pieces of luggage becomes flying missiles targeted…
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Your Self-Driving Car Will Be Programmed To Kill You, Deal With It
A recent survey shows that people want self-driving cars to be programmed to minimise casualties during an accident, even if it causes the death of the rider. Trouble is, the same survey shows that people don’t actually want to ride in cars that are programmed this way. That’s obviously a problem — and we’re going…
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Automated Vehicle Occupancy Detection Knows Exactly Who’s In Your Car
For years, government agencies have chased technologies that would make it easier to ensure that vehicles in carpool lanes are actually carrying multiple passengers. Perhaps the only reason these systems haven’t garnered much attention is that they haven’t been particularly effective or accurate, as UC Berkeley researchers noted in a 2011 report. Now, a US…