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lithium-ion battery packs into 1,000 of its electric smart cars. With the infusion of capital from Daimler, Tesla could continue with their research and development and stay in business. The investment also enables the two companies to work together further on the battery systems and electric drive systems. In 2011, Toyota acquired a 3% stake in Tesla and in return Tesla agreed to collaborate with Toyota on its first electric car. The electric car for Toyota was the company’s RAV4 model and…

Background and Intro - With so many cars on the roads today and cities as congested as ever, companies are looking at the many ways we can make the entire commuting process better. Tesla released its first semi-autonomous car back in 2015 with the hopes that it would be the initial push for the entire industry. Autonomous cars really picked up throughout the early 2000s with Google’s self-driving car project. Google released a prototype back in 2008 and ever since, their cars have been driving…

Its compact frame, sporty looks, and exceptional fuel economy are among the standout features of the 2017 Lexus CT200h, the smallest of five Lexus hybrid models. The front-wheel drive CT is mechanically similar to the previous-generation Toyota Prius, but this four-door hatchback wears its Lexus badge well. Offering room for up to five, the 2017 Lexus CT200h is powered by a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder engine, and two electric motors. Power is sent to the front wheels by a continuously variable…

creation of autonomous cars which have started emerging all around the world by companies like Google, Tesla, and some major car companies. Although there are some who are skeptical of the automation of cars with the reports of accidents from the likes of Tesla’s self-driving cars and even Google’s, there are also many benefits to the automation of transportation and it will even change the approach to travel in general and how people interact within their vehicles. Self-driving cars are no…

Automated jobs have eliminated whole job markets with factories filled with robots and machines. Now, though, we have come to a point where our transportation systems might see a similar shift. Autonomous vehicles (AV), more specifically self-driving cars, and the technologies that surround them have been on the rise in the last few years, with some even already on our roads today. Because this technology is still in its infancy with a lot of questions still unanswered, the implementation of AVs…

Until recently, automated driving technology had not been considered as a suitable replacement for humans; the idea of cars being given a destination and taking its passengers without human intervention, at best, would have belonged in a sci-fi novel just a decade ago. But will this still be case in the near future? Despite the rapid evolution in the automotive industry, it may take several decades before autonomous vehicles can fully replace human drivers in all situations. There are simply too…

Feeding the world, a feat that has never been fully completed. What is the opposing force that keeps this goal from completion? If food is produced worldwide and locally, with the utmost efficiency, distribution would be the only opposing force. The chapter on agriculture involving the farmer is closing, and a new chapter in autonomous robots is beginning. Robotics has made a quake in agriculture, and farmers have become aware of the benefits resulting from autonomous robots. From vehicle…

INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Tata Motors came out with the World’s least expensive car Tata Nano in 2008. The making of this compact vehicle involved a lot of innovation and the pricing, sourcing, distribution and marketing strategies of Tata Motors also had to be revamped only for this particular car. The major target market for Tata Nano was the low income individuals and families, the individuals who want to move from a two-wheeler to a four-wheeler and the medium and high income…

Tucker was determined to create the greatest possible product. The movie “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” shows the life of Preston Tucker and the journey of starting his automolie company. He dreamt of creating a vehicle that would become the safest car on the market and he would name it the “Tucker Torpedo”. The Big Three automobile companies in Detroit were the biggest challenge Tucker would have to face. He aslso began facing fraud problems, but no matter the issue Tucker was so determined…

QUESTION 2 Tesla Motors, Inc. is a US company, founded in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, aiming to build electric cars for a wide audience. In the spring of 2004, venture capital investors rose, with Elon Musk becoming chairman of the supervisory board, and soon becoming the defining figure of Tesla (Tesla, 2016). Musk is financially involved in Tesla Motors; he has re-invested the profit from other products into the company. At the end of 2008, Tesla Motors was close to…