The no-tech safety solution for driverless cars: People
Humans have always played an important role in the safety of the nation’s roads and they will continue to for many years, even during the...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars will keep getting better forever
Benedict Evans, a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, recently published an essay on, “Tesla, software and...
Read MoreGround-penetrating radar tech for self-driving cars curbs weather risks
Autonomous vehicles need to stay in their lanes and if hazardous weather conditions dominate the morning, day or night drive, then the...
Read MoreThe drive toward change: Use cases for automated vehicles
Oregon Department of Transportation, May 31, 2018 Automated vehicles (AVs) are already being tested and could soon be deployed on public...
Read MoreVTT’s robot car, Martti, speaks 5G and takes step toward automation
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Nokia have joined forces to hook the VTT’s robot car, Martti, up to a 5G network, which...
Read MoreVictorian trial of driverless bus a success
La Trobe University believes Victoria is ready for driverless vehicles after the successful trial of an autonomous bus on local roads....
Read MoreWaymo’s Shanghai subsidiary gives Alphabet another route back to China
Waymo has set up a subsidiary in China, the latest sign of attempts by parent Alphabet Inc. to get back into the world’s second-largest...
Read MorePony.ai racing to top of Chinese self-driving startups for funds raised
China is a market leader in terms of electric cars, but that’s just one of the emerging trends in the automotive world. Autonomous...
Read MoreToyota group members teaming up in self-driving joint venture
Four Toyota Motor group members including major automotive parts suppliers Denso and Aisin Seiki are planning to combine their research...
Read MoreHow driverless cars could potentially help with affordable housing, I-70 traffic in the High Country
Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley analysis told its clients that it had grossly underestimated its previous valuation of Google’s...
Read MoreSensors midwest 2018: LiDAR ToF measurements crucial for auto apps
A simplified description of time-of-flight (ToF) measurement would the measurement of the amount of time an object takes to travel a...
Read MoreLuxury carmaker nixes driverless tech in favor of humans
Rolls Royce, one of the most prestigious vehicle brands in the world, said Aug. 18 it will not be investing in driveress car technology,...
Read MoreCity readies rollout of autonomous shuttle tests at zoo
Driverless buses and other city vehicles will follow in the trailblazing path of an autonomous shuttle soon to run between the Calgary Zoo...
Read MoreHow Intel plans to save your life in autonomous driving
There were a few big takeaways from the Autonomous Driving 2018 Conference in Novi, MI. Perhaps the largest? Someone can imagine a...
Read MoreAn interview with self-driving visionary Larry Burns, co-author of “Autonomy”
Lawrence Burns is a former vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors, who has been an advisor to Waymo...
Read MoreTrucking, freight pushes drive to autonomous vehicles
Autonomous driving makes headlines for its potential to move people, but it is in the trucking and commercial vehicles fields that it will...
Read MoreCarmera, the mapping startup for autonomous vehicles, raises $20 million
Autonomous vehicles need more than a brain to operate safely in a world filled with obstacles. They need maps. Or more specifically,...
Read MoreCarmera’s human-driven sensors could pave the way for self-driving cars
An obvious setback for self-driving cars is the lack of eyeballs for noticing things like road construction or pedestrians. That’s...
Read MoreLocal Motors’ self-driving shuttle makes University at Buffalo debut
Local Motors by LM Industries, known for 3D-Printed mobility solutions, announced the deployment and launch of operations of Olli at the...
Read MoreStealthy self-driving startup Ghost Locomotion raises $15 million, filings show
The SF Bay Area is home to a lot of self-driving car initiatives. Some startups, like Zoox, are trying “to make the whole widget” by...
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