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 ...

Ford and Bug Labs announced today they are creating a platform that will encourage users to modify computers in the automaker’s future cars, bringing together the creativity of computer hackers and ...

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 ...

DETROIT (AP) – As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what’s to stop a hacker from taking over yours? In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at freeway speeds, jerk ...

The world's most popular electric vehicle manufacturer has issued a mammoth recall stateside. Although the remedy has already been released in the form of an over-the-air update, certain vehicles may ...

New cars today are loaded with high-tech features for car shoppers. But with those advancements come questions about driver privacy, said Ivan Drury, the director of insights at Edmunds, a car site.

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 ...

poptones sent word of a promising congressional effort to require auto makers to disclose automotive computers' diagnostic languages and interface specs to the general public. </p><blockquote><p>The ...

Sadly, nothing new in the computer world remains new for long. In 1965, Gordon Moore (one of the founders of Intel Corporation) published a paper predicting that computing power would double every two ...

New cars today are loaded with high-tech features for car shoppers, from their own operating systems to navigation and remote unlock. But with those advancements come questions about driver privacy, ...