Intel ditches in-house auto unit
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Lip-Bu Tan carries on Gelsinger’s spring clean 

Troubled Chipzilla has finally decided its in-house automotive dabbling isn't worth the fuel and has opted to shut it down.

Apple's CarPlay Ultra drives carmakers to hit the brakes
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Luxury brands snub Apple’s dashboard land grab

The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple’s latest attempt to colonise car dashboards with its CarPlay Ultra system has hit a wall, as several high-end carmakers politely told it to sod off.

Infineon and Typhoon HIL team up on xEV development
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TriBoard plug-in cuts time, cost and hassle for carmakers

Infineon has signed up with Typhoon HIL to make the lives of xEV powertrain developers a bit less miserable. The pair are promising a real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation setup that plugs straight into Infineon’s AURIX TC3x and TC4x microcontrollers.

Amazon’s Zoox self-driving taxi in trouble with regulators
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Lacks brake peddle and rearview mirrors

Amazon-backed Zoox’s self-driving taxi has hit a bureaucratic brick wall. US safety regulators have pointed out that the futuristic vehicle lacks basic kit—like a brake pedal and rearview mirrors.

Elon Musk’s empire teeters as stock gets hammered
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Protesters smell blood

Tesla stock is tanking, and a new protest movement, Tesla Takedown, is ensuring the world notices.