Microsoft signs deal with Cruise
Azure cloud-computing platform for cars
Microsoft is joining GM, Honda and others in a $2 billion investment round in Cruise to help commercialise its self-driving cars.
Global sales of electric cars accelerating
Up 43 percent
Global sales of electric cars accelerated fast in 2020, rising by 43 percent to more than three million, despite overall car sales slumping by a fifth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Kia might be working with Jobs’ Mob
Apple's self driving car plans might have legs
Rumours that Apple might be working with South Korean automaker Kia appear to be true.
Chip shortages shutting down car factories
Government asked to step in
American car makers are asking the US government to help solve a debilitating shortage of computer chips that is closing auto factories worldwide and could restrict production until autumn.
Qualcomm Nuvia has acquisition automotive angle
Analysis: General Motors, Renault, Bosh, Continental, and co.
Automotive plays a vital role in the Nuvia deal. Nuvia has a data center chip that will tape out first, but what works in a data center can quickly be turned into an automotive chip. An Automotive/self-driving chip is nothing but a data center on wheels designed to be power-aware and process tremendous amounts of data from multiple sensors.