China develops million mile batteries
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Wait for US Big Oil to try and kill the idea

Chinese outfit Contemporary Amperex Technology has developed a power pack that lasts more than a million miles -- an industry landmark and a potential boon for automakers trying to sway drivers to their EV models.

Self driving cars will only stop a third of US crashes
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Still some things robots can't predict

Self-driving cars, long touted by developers as a way to eliminate road deaths, could likely only prevent a third of all US road crashes, according to a study released last Thursday.

Tesla autopilot drove into an overturned truck
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Could not detect a large rectangular object right in front of it

A viral video of a Tesla Model 3 smacking into the roof of an overturned truck trailer seems to show that the car's autopilot feature has a problem with large objects right in front of it.

SemiDrive is using Imagination’s PowerVR Series9XM GPU
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X9 smart cockpit chip taped out

Nanjing-based SemiDrive has signed up to use Imagination’s PowerVR Series9XM GPU which has been taped out and is ready to go.

Coronavirus has stalled move to electric cars
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Lithium battery producers in survival mode

The coronavirus pandemic has stalled electric vehicle production and producers of battery metal lithium are in survival mode with output cuts, expansion delays and sales of major assets.