Bloomberg Self-driving technology promises to pretty much transform the auto industry as we know it. It may also change the business of selling motorcycles—but in a very different way. It all comes down to safety, according to Karl Viktor Schaller, head of development at BMW Motorrad. When robots are at the wheel, far fewer bikers will die on the …

  Bloomberg Plunging battery costs will drive the auto industry’s biggest change in more than a century, enabling a boom by 2030 in technologies from self-driving electric cars to ride-sharing applications. The price of lithium-ion battery packs for electric cars has fallen 65 percent since 2010 and is likely to keep declining, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy …

  Relaxnews Microsoft has launched its HoloLens mixed-reality goggles in a further six markets, following the device’s initial debut across the US and Canada. Pre-orders for the goggles, described by Microsoft as “the world’s first self-contained holographic computer,” will begin from Wednesday for consumers in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, with the product to be …