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Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled a new System-on-Chip (SoC) to support digital cockpit and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023

Updated On: 05 Jan 2023 | 3:09 PM IST

The government is conducting a pilot project for an automatic number plate recognition system with a view to reducing traffic congestion at toll plazas and charging vehicle owners for the exact distance of cars driven on the tolled highways, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. Addressing an event organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), Gadkari said the government wants to develop India's public transport system on electricity. "The ministry of road transport and highways is conducting a pilot project of automatic number plate recognition system (Automatic Number Plate Reader cameras) to enable automated toll collection without stopping the vehicles. "With this new technology, we want to achieve two objectives--free flow of traffic on toll booths and pay as per your use," he said, without giving further details. During 2018-19, the average waiting time for vehicles at toll plazas was 8 minutes. With the introduction of FASTags during 2020-21 and 2021-22,

Updated On: 12 Sep 2022 | 4:28 PM IST

The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Federal Motor Transport Authority) is reportedly assessing whether the technology, which Tesla offers as an upgrade, is safe to use on German roads

Updated On: 22 Feb 2022 | 2:09 PM IST

The government says it has 354 complaints from owners during the past nine months about phantom braking" in Tesla Models 3 and Y

Updated On: 17 Feb 2022 | 6:12 PM IST

The recall is the fourth made public in the last two weeks as US safety regulators increase scrutiny of the nation's largest electric vehicle maker

Updated On: 10 Feb 2022 | 6:33 PM IST

From pride and excitement to surprise and a little bit of apprehension, several young and old passengers went through a gamut of emotions

Updated On: 28 Dec 2020 | 8:25 PM IST

These kinds of automated vehicles, although designed to optimise driver comfort and safety, require a human driver to remain on standby when the vehicle is in autonomous mode

Updated On: 25 Sep 2018 | 10:32 AM IST