OSVehicle has announced the EDIT, a modular self driving car. OSVehicle are a startup that specialize in creating “White label solutions” for automakers. The EDIT is designed to be a base upon which manufacturers can design their own vehicles with specific purposes in mind.
OSVehicle have been quietly working on their modular self driving car for around a year now. Their aim, in their own words, is to “To democratize mobility by enabling businesses and startups to design, prototype and build custom electric vehicles and transportation services”. OSVehicle want to shakeup a traditionally conservative automotive industry by providing an open chassis upon which businesses and startups can design their own vehicles. This would allow businesses to tailor the vehicle to their specific needs and allows people to purchase a vehicle designed for a purpose rather than a brand.

The EDIT is supposed to be a blank slate upon which users can put their own brand and design
OSVehicle began their journey with the TABBY, named after the tabby cat, which was designed to be an open source platform for electric vehicles. While all of the OSVehicle blueprints are available for free and can be used by anybody the production process can still be expensive. The TABBY EVO aggregated the needs of multiple customers in order to keep costs down. They estimate that the TABBY EVO could save businesses over $80,000 compared to producing a vehicle on their own.
OSVehicle sought to build on the TABBY EVO with the EDIT. Designed using feedback from the TABBY EVO, the EDIT will be highly customizable so that a company can adapt it to any purpose. It is also runs on an environmentally friendly electric engine and will be able to use any level of autonomous driving technology.
The coolest aspect of the EDIT is definitely the module system. OSVehicle wants to encourage other companies to develop modules for their vehicle and make them open source. The hope is that this will encourage rapid development of products using their platform and encourage more businesses to choose the EDIT as more modules are produced and the vehicles become more versatile.

OSVehicle are designing the EDIT to be highly modular, letting businesses customize it for any situation
The EDIT is designed to be a “Vehicle as a service” that will tailor a vehicle towards its application and purpose rather than just a brand. It’s a novel approach that will likely appeal to smaller delivery and ride sharing businesses. It remains to be seen whether their innovation will be able to displace established brands.
I think that the EDIT has a lot of potential. It would be great to see OSVehicle’s innovative modular self driving car break into a market dominated by big brands.
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BMW predicts a drop in sales as rising prices reduce consumers’ purchasing power

FRANKFURT — BMW’s quarterly net profit increased 23 percent to 3.18 billion euros ($3.1 billion), largely due to high car prices, but the company cautioned that rising inflation and interest rates will start to impact on sales in the coming months.
Increased profits are being seen despite decreased sales volumes caused by problems in the supply chain, such as the lack of semiconductor chips, which has slowed production for automakers throughout the world.
CEO Oliver Zipse stated in a statement that the company was on track to reach its annual goals because “our outstanding third quarter results highlight that flexibility fosters resilience.”
BMW and other automakers have been able to hike prices because to robust demand and low inventories, but economists believe that consumers will begin to rein down significant purchases as recession chances increase and central banks raise interest rates.
BMW predicted that its above-average order books will “normalize, especially in Europe” in the coming months as a result of rising inflation and interest rates, which would reduce the purchasing power of consumers.
BMW’s finance director Nicolas Peter, though, said the company anticipates its “good momentum” to carry over into 2023, despite full-year sales being somewhat lower than in 2021 and sales of full-electric vehicles expected to treble.
The company said that it expects an operating margin of between 7% and 9% for the full year.
However, the manufacturer saw a 35% increase in revenue to 37.18 billion euros ($36.49 billion) in the third quarter despite global sales falling 9.5% from the same period last year.
BMW’s pretax profit of €4.1 billion was higher than the consensus estimate of €3.4 billion.
Higher costs for raw materials and energy, as well as the price of gaining control of the Chinese joint venture Brilliance, contributed to the 2.7 billion euro increase in costs reported by the firm compared to the same time in the previous year.
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By 2035, all new car sales in New York and California will be hybrid or electric vehicles.

According to Governor Kathy Hochul, New York will follow California’s lead and require that all new automobiles, trucks, and SUVs sold in the state be either electric vehicles (EVs) or plug-in hybrids. By 2026, 35% of new cars must be zero-emission vehicles, and by 2030, 60% must be. By 2035, all new school buses must have zero emissions. The rules won’t go into effect until after a public hearing. According to Governor Kathy Hochul, New York will follow California’s lead and require that all new automobiles, trucks, and SUVs sold in the state be either electric vehicles (EVs) or plug-in hybrids. By 2026, 35% of new cars must be zero-emission vehicles, and by 2030, 60% must be. By 2035, all new school buses must have zero emissions. The rules won’t go into effect until after a public hearing.
Hochul directed the state’s environmental agency to establish regulations resembling those imposed by California, which bans the sale of all vehicles powered only by fossil fuels by the year 2035. These regulations, which went into effect this month, with the goal of selling 9.5 fewer internal combustion engine (ICE) only vehicles by 2035 while reducing passenger vehicle pollution by 25% by 2037.
“We had to wait for California to take a step because there’s some federal requirements that California had to go first — that’s the only time we’re letting them go first,” in a press conference yesterday, the governor said.
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Self-Driving To Be Standard In The 2020’s

Technology in vehicles has seen amazing leaps in the past several years. Only eight years ago things like Bluetooth or WiFi in vehicles were not standard. These amenities were only reserved for luxurious vehicles are standard in even the most economical model of cars now. Companies like GM and Ford purchasing self-driving startups and expecting to release new vehicles in the next few years with self-driving capability.
Companies like Tesla have had self-driving vehicles for a few years. And even Google has experimented with self-driving technology. There have been some hiccups and a few other misuses of the technology. This should not stop the progress of the technology. The technology is still in its early stages but I would expect the minor things to be fixed within the next few years. Many other major car manufacturing companies are predicting to have a self-driving vehicle within the next few years.
While its too soon to tell how this technology will affect future traffic laws, it is likely to make some marvelous changes in the future. Road trips will definitely change with such advances. It can only be hoped that it positively affects us more than any harm it might cause in the future.
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