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Cadillac's concept
passenger drone
and a photonic
integrated circuit
for self-driving
cars from Intel's
Mobileye unit.

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ELECTRIFIED AND AUTONOMOUS FUTURE

Panasonic's augmented reality
head-up display
uses artificial
intelligence.

ADASKY showcased the latest generation of its VIPER thermal
camera, which was named a CES 2021 Innovation Award
Honoree. The camera has been upgraded with time-to-collision
(TTC) software, allowing it to be a key component in automatic
emergency braking (AEB) and forward collision warning (FCW) features
of a vehicle's advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). This generation
of VIPER is expected to be built into cars coming to market in 2022, and
automakers have shown interest in it for vehicles as far out as the 2026
model year, according to Bill Grabowski, head of North America for
ADASKY, which is based in Yok'neam Illit, Israel. The previous generation
of the VIPER was a CES 2020 Innovation Award Honoree.
Magna International Inc. announced at its CES 2021 press conference on January 11 a joint venture agreement with LG Electronics to
manufacture e-motors, inverters and on-board chargers, plus related
e-drive systems for select automakers. The result is a new company tentatively named LG Magna e-Powertrain. It will blend Magna's strength
in electric powertrain systems and automotive manufacturing with LG's
expertise in component development for e-motors and inverters, said
Magna CEO Swamy Kotagiri. Separately, Magna also highlighted an
expansion of its work with EV maker Fisker, to develop an ADAS for the
Fisker Ocean SUV, expected to launch in late 2022. This will include a
" unique, first-to-market " single-chip digital imaging radar technology
named ICON RADAR that was co-developed with Uhnder, an Austin,
TX-based startup.
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Intel's Mobileye unit previewed its
technology strategy to advance self-driving cars at a press conference on January
11. This includes bringing to market - in
the 2024-2025 timeframe - a new generation of LiDAR using Intel's silicon
photonics technology, which can place
both active and passive laser elements on
a single chip. It's called a photonic integrated circuit or PIC, said Mobileye CEO
Amnon Shashua, adding that it will be
offered to automakers in combination
with a " cocoon " of software-defined imaging radars, as a cost-efficient solution for
Level 4 self-driving cars.
Panasonic Automotive Systems of
America, at a CES press conference,
introduced its new AR head-up display
(HUD), which incorporates AI to render
near-field and far-field content for vehicle
information such as speed (near-field),
object and pedestrian detection, and
mapping and route guidance (far-field),
in 3-D. Built-in eye-tracking technology
assures that information is always line-ofsight with wherever the driver is looking,
an integrated 3-D imaging radar sensor
captures the scene 180-degrees forward
and to a distance of 90 meters and across
roughly three traffic lanes. The display
resolution is 4K, from advanced laser
holography technology by Envisics. " In
comparison to a traditional HUD, an AR
HUD will open up the windshield, interact graphically with the world and provide more intuitive information to the
driver, who will no longer need to interpret warnings or alerts, " said Scott
Kirschner, president of Panasonic
Automotive and executive director of
Panasonic Smart Mobility. " In a future
with more self-driving vehicles, our AR
HUD could provide an important added
level of comfort and assurance for AV
passengers as well. "
The all-digital CES 2021 provided a
peek at what is coming in the auto industry. The future looks bright with promises
of flying cars, electric sports cars, delivery
robots and the latest technologies that
make it all possible.
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