Here's what drives cars of the '80sâ the Electronic Computer Module(ECM).Typical GM unit has an analog board to run sensors, digital board for"thinking" and memory. Removable PROM(at left)calibrates ...

The computers - I think he's right about one part of it, which is that we can't guarantee that a computer in a car won't fail, and there are many, you know, ways for extremely complex systems to fail ...

New cars now ship with sprawling touchscreens, app stores, and always-on data connections that make them feel less like ...

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. This is an issue that Electrek has been ...

In 1979, the United States Congress approved a 1.5-billion-dollar bailout for one of the nation’s top ten corporations and the smallest of Detroit’s Big Three. Chrysler’s CEO Lee Iacocca himself ...

Nvidia will grow its presence throughout the automotive industry, confirming that four Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers will use its technology to power their automated driving systems. While ...

Almost all cars made after 1996 have an OBD2 diagnostic port for plugging into and reading trouble codes when a “check engine” light comes on. But some vehicles, particularly German ones made after ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. These days, cars are computer centers on wheels. Today’s vehicles can ...

The installation of in-car computers for the Fremont Police Department is expected to increase productivity, officials said. Two of six mobile data terminals have been installed into cruisers and went ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A team of top hackers working for Intel Corp's security division toil away in a West Coast garage searching for electronic bugs that could make automobiles vulnerable to lethal ...