Driving and Tech News Roundup: September

Here are some of the best stories from around the world of driving and tech from September. Click on the links to read more about each story.

-A bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown of California approves the testing of self-driving cars without a human passenger.

-Volkswagen released new information on its fully electric car, the Volkswagen I.D at the Paris Motor Show.

-Nissan has teamed up with Microsoft to build an intelligent cloud, “allowing future Nissan vehicles to have advance navigation, predictive maintenance, remote monitoring of car features and over-the-air updates.”

-USA Today reported that Udacity, an online education organization will offer self-driving car engineer nanodegrees where graduates from the program will have the opportunity to work for major car companies, including Mercedes Benz.

-Ford revealed some new ideas and prototypes to make both drivers’ and commuters’ lives easier–such as Carr-E and On the Go H20 from their “Further with Ford” program.

-More “revolutionary breakthroughs” are expected in the coming years when it comes to car tech and keeping roads safe for elderly drivers.

-A new report from Gartner estimates that Wi-Fi in cars will increase from 6.9 million per year in 2015 to 61 million per year in 2020, which means that in the same year, Wi-Fi connected cars will pay for parking, gas and other services.  

-One of Google’s self-driving cars was in its worst accident to date, due to the other vehicle running a red light and crashing into Google’s self-driving Lexus.

-Based on recent research from Supplier Insight and Component Forecast Analytics, new car technology features will drive $350 billion in incremental automotive supplier business opportunities by 2021.

For more news, as well as fun facts, defensive driving El Paso, TX, competitions, and other cool stuff, follow DefensiveDriving.com on Facebook and Pinterest.