Self-driving truck startup Pronto pursues gradual path to automation
Pronto, the new self-driving truck startup launched by Anthony Levandowski, is pursuing a more incremental path toward autonomous driving...
Read MoreArizona City faces $10M legal claim over Uber self-driving car fatality
The family of the woman killed by an Uber self-driving car last year has filed a $10 million legal claim against the city of Tempe,...
Read MoreUber and GM Cruise are making their respective AV ‘visualization’ tools open source
By now you’ve probably seen those top-down graphical images of a self-driving car as it navigates through a neon-hued world made up of...
Read MoreWaymo rules and Apple trails in California self-driving car benchmarks
Before they are let loose on public streets and highways, autonomous vehicles will need to prove their capability and safety. Absent a...
Read MoreReport finds ‘Transit Leaps’ needed to properly integrate with AVs
Mineta Transportation Institute’s (MTI) latest perspective, “Automated Vehicles have Arrived: What’s a Transit Agency to Do?” analyzes the...
Read MoreThe Netherlands tops list of countries most ready for AV technology
Once again, The Netherlands topped the rankings of countries most ready for autonomous vehicles, followed by Singapore, Norway, the U.S....
Read MoreSelf-driving cars might kill auto insurance as we know it
Dan Peate, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Southern California, was thinking of buying a Tesla Model X a few years ago—until he...
Read MoreJargon watch: What ‘roadmanship’ means to a self-driving car
Roadmanship n.A proposed safety standard for self-driving cars, based on the road etiquette of humans. In 1909, when horseless carriages...
Read More5 autonomous cars trends everyone should know about in 2019
Just a few short years ago the idea of cars driving themselves on our streets seemed like a crazy sci-fi fantasy. However, the rapid...
Read MoreResearchers teach self-driving cars to predict pedestrians’ next moves
Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing a system that teaches self-driving cars to predict pedestrian movement. When...
Read MoreDriverless vehicles will transform cities? One already has: The elevator
In 1894, some ten years before automobiles mainstreamed horizontal transportation, the Otis Elevator Company installed the world’s first...
Read MoreFrom air taxis to driverless cars, here’s an exclusive look at how Uber is building the future
Some of the world’s most advanced shipbuilding took place in San Francisco’s Potrero Point more than 100 years ago. Now the...
Read MoreINTERVIEW – Oxbotica on its software solution for AVs
Oxbotica was spun out of Oxford University five years ago and now offers a suite of autonomous vehicle and fleet management software. Mike...
Read MoreUAE’s first autonomous vehicle to be unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2019
Dubai-based high-performance luxury sports car developer W Motors will unveil the UAE’s first autonomous vehicle at Auto Shanghai 2019 in...
Read MoreA conversation with WiTricity CEO Alex Gruzen — #CleanTechnica exclusive
Things are happening at WiTricity, a world leader in wireless vehicle charging. Last week, it announced a new partnership with MAHLE, a...
Read MoreUAE’s first autonomous vehicle to be unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2019
Dubai-based high-performance luxury sports car developer W Motors will unveil the UAE’s first autonomous vehicle at Auto Shanghai 2019 in...
Read MoreDigging into self-driving data and more car news this week
The self-driving car world is a secretive one, where software, hardware, and testing methods are jealously guarded (and occasionally spark...
Read MoreAn ex-marine wants to print autonomous vehicles for your city
On an isolated stretch of industrial flatland outside Knoxville, Tenn., a minibus is taking shape in a car factory unlike any other. The...
Read MoreVision system for autonomous vehicles watches not just where pedestrians walk, but how
The University of Michigan, well known for its efforts in self-driving car tech, has been working on an improved algorithm for predicting...
Read MoreBlackBerry, federal government pour $350M into autonomous cars
BlackBerry and the federal government are spending a combined $350 million on autonomous vehicle technology, which they say will create...
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