VR headsets make me queasy. I’m not alone. It’s a common complaint about virtual reality content but this startup might have solved the problem in the most unlikely way. Holoride wants people to use VR in the backseat of the family sedan. My stomach is happy to report it works as advertised. Yesterday, after strapping […]
View More I used VR in a car going 90mph and didn’t get sickCategory: Audi
A year’s worth of Porsche Taycans are already reserved, mostly by Tesla owners
Porsche’s first all-electric sports car might be the most hotly anticipated vehicle of 2019. Even Tesla owners are hooked. In a recent interview with CNET, Porsche North America president and CEO Klaus Zellmer said if everyone who has placed a deposit to pre-order the car actually buys it, the Taycan will be sold out in its […]
View More A year’s worth of Porsche Taycans are already reserved, mostly by Tesla ownersAudi e-tron first drive: Quick, comfortable and familiar
Even after a few minutes behind the wheel, it’s easy to forget the Audi e-tron is electric. The SUV is not outrageous or radical, but rather pedestrian and effortless. Audi didn’t invent something new with the e-tron. The German car company stuck a competent electric powertrain in an SUV, and in the process, created a […]
View More Audi e-tron first drive: Quick, comfortable and familiarAudi to spend nearly $16 billion on self-driving car tech, electrification through 2023
Audi, the Germany luxury automaker under VW Group, said Tuesday it will invest 14 billion euros ($15.95 billion) over the next five years on future transportation technologies such as electric mobility, autonomous driving and digital services. These investments, made through 2023, will include spending on property, factories and equipment as well as research and development. […]
View More Audi to spend nearly $16 billion on self-driving car tech, electrification through 2023Audi’s e-tron GT concept is an all-electric sedan with some Porsche DNA
Audi is making room in its electric future for more than SUVs or crossovers. After a string of teasers, the German automaker finally unveiled the Audi e-tron GT concept, a four-door all-electric coupe that has some Porsche DNA sprinkled in and that looks a lot like the A7. Audi introduced the concept Wednesday during the […]
View More Audi’s e-tron GT concept is an all-electric sedan with some Porsche DNAWatch Audi, Italdesign and Airbus design and test an autonomous flying taxi
Germany automaker Audi, Airbus and Italdesign presented Tuesday a scaled-down version of its vision of the future: a drone that can pluck the cab off of an autonomous electric vehicle and then fly off to its intended destination. The companies showed off the flying taxi concept Tuesday during Drone Week in Amsterdam. You can watch […]
View More Watch Audi, Italdesign and Airbus design and test an autonomous flying taxiElectric flying taxi service Lilium poaches key hires from Audi, Airbus
Lilium, the developer of a new, electric, vertical take-off and landing vehicle for a novel flying taxi service, has poached some pretty big former executives from Airbus and Audi as it builds out its technology and gets ready to bring its service to market. Mirko Reuter, the former head of automated driving at Audi, has […]
View More Electric flying taxi service Lilium poaches key hires from Audi, AirbusFacebook’s GraphQL gets its own open-source foundation
GraphQL, the Facebook -incubated data query language, is moving into its own open-source foundation. Like so many other similar open-source foundations, the aptly named GraphQL Foundation will be hosted by the Linux Foundation. Facebook announced GraphQL back in 2012 and open sourced it in 2015. Today, it’s being used by companies that range from Airbnb […]
View More Facebook’s GraphQL gets its own open-source foundationFacebook’s GraphQL gets its own open-source foundation
GraphQL, the Facebook -incubated data query language, is moving into its own open-source foundation. Like so many other similar open-source foundations, the aptly named GraphQL Foundation will be hosted by the Linux Foundation. Facebook announced GraphQL back in 2012 and open sourced it in 2015. Today, it’s being used by companies that range from Airbnb […]
View More Facebook’s GraphQL gets its own open-source foundationVW fires jailed Audi CEO Rupert Stadler
VW AG has ended its contract with Rupert Stadler, removing the embattled executive as CEO and from the Audi and Volkswagen boards several months after he was arrested for his involvement in the cover-up of diesel emissions cheating at the company. Stadler, who began working at Audi in 1990, is the latest executive at parent company […]
View More VW fires jailed Audi CEO Rupert StadlerInstana raises $30M for its application performance monitoring service
Instana, an application performance monitoring (APM) service with a focus on modern containerized services, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Meritech Capital, with participation from existing investor Accel. This brings Instana’s total funding to $57 million. The company, which counts the likes of […]
View More Instana raises $30M for its application performance monitoring serviceHow the Audi e-tron compares to the Tesla Model X and Jaguar I-Pace
Audi just announced its first production electric vehicle. Called the e-tron, the EV is a mid-size SUV loaded with technology with an unofficial range of over 300 miles. It’s nicely equipped, and with a starting price of $74,800, it sits between the Jaguar I-Pace and the Tesla Model X. The e-tron is most similar to […]
View More How the Audi e-tron compares to the Tesla Model X and Jaguar I-Pace