What is driving the self-driving car craze?

By all accounts, one of the most talked-about topics at this year’s Consumer Electronics jamboree in Las Vegas was self-driving cars, currently one of the most hyped of the tech scene. Self-driving cars offer the promise of a vision of the future that has  been imagined for decades. There isn’t a single major auto manufacturer who has not got onto the bandwagon, for fear of being left behind. This is resulting in a complex web of relationships and partnerships between … Read more…

Self-Driving Cars – Coming sooner than we think?

The future of the car, taking on latest developments in electric vehicles and self-driving technology was the topic of the rather immodestly titled “Great Debate” at the University of Reading held last month. As the host candidly admitted, the organising committee was undecided as to whether to discuss electric vehicles or self-driving cars, and so fudged it. In the end, much of the discussion focused on the impact of autonomous cars. Are electric cars really ready for mass-market? The first couple of … Read more…

Tesla’s Powerwall – A residential energy game changer?

With hindsight, this week’s announcement by Tesla that it would move into the home energy storage market was so obvious, that that the only question should have been why was there any surprise at all. For a while, Elon Musk, PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX tech entrepreneur had been saying that Tesla would unveil a new major product, and that it would not be a car. And so it turned out that Tesla will be launching a residential battery called PowerWall, in two variants with different storage … Read more…