Hacker News with Generative AI: Automotive

BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions (electrek.co)
BYD just launched the world’s largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions
Electric Vehicles, Automotive, Business, China
46 points by zfg 3 hours ago | 46 comments
GM parks claims driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums (theregister.com)
General Motors on Thursday said that it has reached a settlement with the FTC "to address privacy concerns about our now-discontinued Smart Driver program."
Privacy, Automotive, Insurance, Lawsuits, Data
59 points by pseudolus 15 hours ago | 55 comments
General Motors Is Banned from Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years (nytimes.com)
The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it had reached a settlement with General Motors that would ban the automaker from providing drivers’ behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies.
Privacy, Law, Automotive, Business, Data
184 points by mmooss 1 day ago | 172 comments
Texas Sues Allstate over Its Collection of Driver Data (nytimes.com)
The State of Texas sued Allstate on Monday, accusing the insurer of illegally tracking drivers by way of their phones through a subsidiary called Arity that claimed to have the “world’s largest driving behavior database.”
Texas, Lawsuits, Insurance, Data Privacy, Automotive
7 points by elsewhen 4 days ago | 1 comments
eBay acquires Caramel to reduce risk and complexity of online car sales (techcrunch.com)
E-commerce giant eBay has announced plans to acquire Caramel, a startup that helps car sellers and buyers complete the final steps of the transaction — including verification, financing, paperwork, ownership transfer, insurance, and more.
E-commerce, Acquisitions, Automotive, Finance
3 points by ryan_j_naughton 4 days ago | 0 comments
Virtual Vette – Racing Simulator Built from Wrecked Corvette (instructables.com)
This project started because I was looking for a way to encourage and reward my son, Daniel, for earning his Eagle Scout rank.
Virtual Reality, DIY Projects, Automotive, Video Games
94 points by starkparker 6 days ago | 11 comments
Tesla issues recall on over 200,000 vehicles for self-driving computer failure (electrek.co)
Tesla has officially issued a recall on over 200,000 vehicles in the US over the self-driving computer inside the vehicle short-circuiting and failing to work.
Tesla, Automotive, Self-Driving Cars, Recalls
8 points by zfg 7 days ago | 0 comments
Donut Lab's next-generation in-wheel motors (donutlab.com)
Greater torque and power. Lower cost and weight.
Electric Vehicles, Automotive, Technology, Innovation, Engineering
70 points by klemola 10 days ago | 39 comments
Red Hat in-vehicle OS hits key milestone towards Functional Safety Certification (redhat.com)
Automotive, Software, Certification, Operating Systems, Red Hat
32 points by fork-bomber 10 days ago | 9 comments
Most cars registered in Texas won't need to pass a safety inspection (texastribune.org)
Starting in 2025, many Texas drivers will no longer have to have their car inspected for safety.
Texas, Automotive, Policy, Safety
9 points by geox 12 days ago | 2 comments
System76 built the fastest Windows Arm PC (jeffgeerling.com)
System76 built their first workstation-class Arm PC, the Thelio Astra, and it's marketed for streamlined autonomous vehicle development.
Hardware, Windows, Arm, Automotive
126 points by speckx 15 days ago | 63 comments
Carvana Is Cooking Its Books, Hindenburg Research Claims (gizmodo.com)
Carvana may be a house of cards. That’s according to investment research and activist short-selling firm Hindenburg Research (never a good sign to be the subject of ire from a company named after a famous disaster), which published a report on Thursday that accuses the online used car seller of “accounting manipulation” stemming from unstable loans that it is using to temporarily prop up its prospects while its father-son ownership team cashes out.
Finance, Accounting, Business, Automotive, Fraud
5 points by hilux 15 days ago | 0 comments
Carvana: A Father-Son Accounting Grift for the Ages (hindenburgresearch.com)
Carvana is a $44 billion online car dealer founded in 2012. Its main business is an online platform that allows retail customers to buy and sell used cars.
Financial Fraud, Business, Automotive, Short Selling
27 points by boh 16 days ago | 2 comments
BYD is automaker with the most R&D staff (electrek.co)
China’s BYD now has the world’s largest R&D workforce of any automaker after its latest hiring spree. With over 900,000 employees, BYD aims to continue climbing the global sales charts as it advances new tech to promote longer-range, more affordable EVs.
Automotive, Electric Vehicles, China
98 points by teleforce 18 days ago | 247 comments
Hertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of return (arstechnica.com)
Apparently Hertz's purging of electric vehicles from its fleet isn't going fast enough for the car rental giant. A Reddit user posted an offer they received from Hertz to buy the 2023 Tesla Model 3 they had been renting for $17,913.
Electric Vehicles, Business, Automotive, Rentals
17 points by pseudolus 19 days ago | 15 comments
VW Group Collects Vehicle Movement Data (twitter.com)
Data Privacy, Automotive, Volkswagen, Data Collection
148 points by Luc 19 days ago | 133 comments
We know where your car is (DE) (spiegel.de)
Privacy, Germany, Automotive, Tracking
10 points by deanc 19 days ago | 3 comments
We know where your car is (ccc.de)
Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) deckt auf, dass der Volkswagen-Konzern Bewegungsdaten von hunderttausenden Fahrzeugen der Marken VW, Audi, Skoda und Seat systematisch erfasst und über lange Zeiträume speichert. Die Daten, einschließlich Informationen über Fahrzeughalter:innen, waren zudem ungeschützt im Internet zugänglich.
Privacy, Automotive, Data Security, Germany
96 points by uxhacker 20 days ago | 67 comments
From Pen and Paper to an AI Factory: McLaren's F1 Reinvention (mclaren.com)
AI has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence in recent years, exploding across the wider world and developing even faster than people’s understanding of how to use it.
Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Innovation, Formula 1
8 points by killme2008 22 days ago | 3 comments
Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi Motors sign MOU on collaborative considerations (global.honda)
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ("Nissan"), Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ("Honda"), and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation ("Mitsubishi Motors") have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the possibility of Mitsubishi Motors’ participation, involvement, and synergy sharing in relation to the business integration through the establishment of a joint holding company outlined in an MOU signed between Nissan and Honda.
Automotive, Partnerships, Japan, Business, Joint Ventures
3 points by samdung 22 days ago | 1 comments
Hertz Is Asking Customers If They Want to Keep Their Tesla Rentals (jalopnik.com)
Hertz bought a bunch of Tesla Model 3s for its rental fleet and quickly realized that Tesla depreciation would be extra bad at scale. In an aggressive effort to sell off its remaining Tesla inventory, the rental company is sending extra cheap buyout options to rental customers.
Business, Tesla, Automotive, Rental Cars
6 points by elsewhen 25 days ago | 0 comments
Nissan and Honda announce merger plans to create no. 3 automaker (cnn.com)
Business, Automotive
4 points by mjbellantoni 26 days ago | 1 comments
EPA allows California to ban gas-powered new car sales by 2035 (abcnews.go.com)
California has been given the green light by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars and light trucks by 2035.
Environment, Transportation, Policy, California, Automotive
11 points by madihaa 30 days ago | 6 comments
Jaguar Land Rover electric car whistleblower sacked (bbc.com)
The BBC has seen evidence the multinational corporation that owns Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) arranged for a whistleblower to be sacked for raising concerns about the safety of electric cars it designed.
Whistleblowing, Automotive, Electric Vehicles, Safety Concerns, Corporate Misconduct
124 points by speckx 31 days ago | 122 comments
Nissan, Honda arranging merger talks (kyodonews.net)
Major Japanese automakers Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are arranging talks on a merger that would create the world's third biggest automaker group by volume, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday, amid fierce global competition in electric vehicles dominated by overseas rivals.
Automotive, Japan, Business
10 points by anigbrowl 31 days ago | 2 comments
Japan's Honda and Nissan to reportedly begin merger talks (cnbc.com)
Automotive, Japan, Business
23 points by _JamesA_ 31 days ago | 15 comments
Top Gear, the biggest car show,faked a negative review of Tesla Roadster (twitter.com)
Television, Automotive, Tesla, Reviews, Controversy
5 points by vinnyglennon 32 days ago | 2 comments
Tesla is having major issue with its self-driving computer inside new cars (electrek.co)
Brand-new Tesla vehicles are experiencing self-driving computer failures, which are resulting in significant problems.
Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Automotive
15 points by mfiguiere 32 days ago | 7 comments
Tesla Cybertruck Becomes Extensively Corroded After Exposed to Magnet (torquenews.com)
Multiple Tesla Cybertruck owners share that their truck’s stainless steel has been rusted and corroded after exposure to a magnet. One owner specifically details the effects magnets have had on his Cybertruck’s stainless steel surface.
Tesla, Cybertruck, Corrosion, Magnetism, Automotive
27 points by peutetre 33 days ago | 24 comments
Tesla is buffing Foundationbadges off Cybertrucks to sell them as regular trucks (electrek.co)
Tesla is turning some of its Foundation Series Cybertrucks into regular Cybertrucks to sell them and sending hundreds of US Cybertrucks to be homologated in Canada as it is having issues selling them in the US.
Tesla, Cybertruck, Electric Vehicles, Canada, Automotive
7 points by philk10 33 days ago | 1 comments