Lidar maker Velodyne wins patent challenge from rival Quanergy
Lidar is an important component for self-driving cars, acting as the “eyes” of an autonomous vehicle alongside data fused from...
Read MoreLiDAR drives our autonomous future
Cars, robots and other machines are becoming more intelligent thanks to several technology advances that help these smart machines operate...
Read MoreDriverless delivery vans are here as production begins in China
Forget drones. The future of deliveries may be robo-vans. A Chinese startup called Neolix kicked off mass production of its self-driving...
Read MoreAurora backs LiDAR after Musk bashes it
CEO Chris Urmson of Aurora, a pioneer in autonomous driving, said that his company bought Blackmore LiDAR, which develops and manufactures...
Read MoreUSPS goes driverless between Phoenix & Dallas with TuSimple
The US Postal Service has entered into a contract with self-driving truck startup TuSimple to haul mail between Dallas and Phoenix. “It is...
Read MoreEverything you need to know to have an intelligent conversation about autonomous vehicles
I recently attended the 4th annual transportation technology conference hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and had the...
Read MoreEverything you need to know to have an intelligent conversation about autonomous vehicles
I recently attended the 4th annual transportation technology conference hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and had the...
Read MoreIs your autonomous vehicle Sally the sports car or blood-thirsty Christine?
When automobiles first started to appear alongside horse-drawn buggies, horses were the initial victims of the technology. They would not...
Read MoreSpecial report: Human factors in autonomous vehicle development
The development of autonomous vehicles is putting a fresh spin on the science of human factors. All stakeholders need to understand how...
Read MoreEven as self-driving cars take to the road, drivers will still be in high demand
Tesla’s Elon Musk recently announced plans to start deploying driverless taxis across the United States next year. It was the latest...
Read MoreElon Musk may be a pain, but that doesn’t mean his ideas are crazy
You don’t have to be a psychiatrist to wonder if Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, is off his rocker. I mean to say, how many leaders of US...
Read MoreVideo: When will we see the mass deployment of autonomous cars?
Automated vehicles won’t slow down to gawk at the scene of an accident. Nor will they keep changing lanes in an effort to get to...
Read MoreTesla on Autopilot slams into stalled car on highway, expect more of this
Here’s a driving situation that I’m guessing most of us have all experienced at one time or another. You are driving along on a highway or...
Read MoreMercedes-Benz’s experimental safety vehicle is more than just another autonomous concept
Self-driving vehicles are being marketed as being safer than human drivers on the road, but there’s a large picture that automakers...
Read MoreSome hard truths about autonomous driving
Like others here at CleanTechnica, I spend plenty of time on social media among Tesla fans and the wider EV community. While we certainly...
Read MoreThis is why self-driving cars suck at making unprotected left turns
Human or robot driver, left-hand turns in a car are tough. Unprotected turns? Even harder. Cruise, the self-driving car company backed by...
Read MoreFormer Opel CEO Neumann joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup
Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has joined the board of directors of California-based Apex.AI, a company working to make open-source...
Read MoreWhy Amazon is revving up its investments in electric and self-driving cars
Amazon (AMZN – Get Report) is on a bit of an investment streak, and recently, it’s been focused on transportation....
Read MoreDOT to seek public input on integrating autonomous cars and trucks into U.S. roadways
Two agencies within the U.S. Department of Transportation are seeking public input on removing regulatory barriers to allow the...
Read MoreFord wants to use human-like robots to help self-driving cars make autonomous deliveries
Ford wants to use self-driving cars as delivery vehicles, but that presents a problem: how do the packages get from the car to the...
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