Paying the Price for Hands Free
Undefined, Unregulated Hands-Free Driving Means Unsafe Roads
By Junko Yoshida
Calling their vehicles “Level 2” gives automakers a free pass to blame drivers for crashes since Level 2, by definition, means human drivers are responsible for all driving -- with or without hands. A recent crash raises concerns that BMW might be practicing unsafe testing of a iX test vehicle, using Level 2 designation as a security blanket.
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Proposed 'Reverse CFIUS' Would Curb China Investments
By George Leopold
If enacted, outbound investments by U.S. companies could be scrutinized by a proposed interagency review panel.
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Startups Seek to Crash the Metaverse Party
By Peter Clarke
Entrepreneurs are focusing on smart eyeglasses, audio, touch and the wireless connections needed to create an alternate reality.
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Look, Kids! No Hands!
By David Benjamin
What the hands-free driving ads miss is the primordial urge to grab the steering wheel.
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Metaverse, Omniverse--How Versed Can We Get?
By Jon Peddie
The promise of Infinite communications in 3D worlds.
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What Caught Our Eye This Week
California Bill Targets TeslaOne might say it’s about time to tie Tesla’s hands.Legislation targeting Tesla’s claim of “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) passed California’s state legislature this week. The bill now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature.
Given that Tesla’s FSD clearly doesn’t make its vehicles self-driving, the bill calls for the ban on false advertising. It also sets new requirements for automakers to clearly explain?the capabilities and limits of partial-automation technology?when a new car is delivered and when software is updated.
Despite the existing rules within the department banning ads for “self-driving” cars when they are not, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has never enforced the ban.“Impatient with the DMV, the state Legislature is stepping in, going over the DMV's head and making its false advertising regulation a state law,” the?LA Times?reported.
The new bill doesn't specifically address the safety of FSD technology, instead limiting its scope to the way it's portrayed in advertising. The question legislators should be asking is: Should testing of the beta version of Tesla’s FSD be allowed on public roads by what one industry analyst calls Tesla’s “FSD testing vigilantes”?
Critics notes that politicians and regulators are ill-equipped to question the safety of increasingly software-driven vehicles featuring partial autonomy.
Los Angeles Times:?Bill targeting Tesla’s ‘self-driving’ claims passes California Legislature
Race Begins for CHIPS Act FundingCommerce Secretary Gina Riamondo is urging states and public universities to compete for federal subsidies aimed at reviving U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and technology supply chains.
“This is a race,” Riamondo said during an event at Arizona State University. “It’ll be competitive. It’ll be transparent and I hope every state competes.”
The Commerce Department launched its?CHIPS.gov website?last week to jumpstart the competition for federal funding. Among the implementation priorities listed are meeting economic and national security needs along with reestablishing U.S. leadership in semiconductor design and manufacturing.
Critics of the CHIPS and Science Act argued against providing subsidies to the booming semiconductor industry, which prospered in part from offshoring manufacturing. Hence, the $52.7 billion in CHIPS Act funding includes “guardrails” designed to ensure funds are invested in U.S. manufacturing and workforce training.
According to the Commerce website, “The CHIPS program will include rigorous review of applications along with robust compliance and accountability requirements to ensure taxpayer funds are protected and spent wisely, and are not used for dividends, stock buybacks, or windfall profits.”
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