Self-parking garages, robovans, and more car news this week
TAKE IT FROM us, the experts at WIRED Transportation: When you’re trying to get from A to B, navigational prowess is just as vital as...
Read MoreGoogle’s DeepMind is using StarCraft II to help train self-driving cars
Finding new ways to train neural networks is becoming more important all the time, especially as the race to develop autonomous cars heats...
Read MoreFour autonomous cars facts that are hard to believe
Nearly every automaker and technology company are working on autonomous technology. While companies are looking to bring autonomous tech...
Read MoreHow safe do self-driving vehicles need to be?
ORLANDO — For self-driving vehicles, safety remains in the eye of the beholder. Dozens of companies are rolling out hundreds of autonomous...
Read MoreHere’s why kids may ride bikes more because of self-driving cars
A recent study reported that kids in the United States are no longer riding their bikes as much as they used to and the annual numbers...
Read MoreWaymo uses evolutionary competition to improve its self-driving cars
The process of training self-driving car AI is seldom efficient when you need to either use a massive amount of computing power to train...
Read MoreCongress takes another stab at passing self-driving car legislation
Just when everyone had pretty much given up hope of getting lawmakers in our hyper-polarized nation’s capital to agree on a new set of...
Read MoreAnswer due ‘soon’ on GM’s driverless request
ORLANDO — Eighteen months after General Motors requested an exemption from safety standards that may pave the way for deployments of...
Read MoreKar-go is Europe’s first road-worthy autonomous delivery vehicle
If you’re sick and tired of arriving home after a hard day at work to find yet another online delivery has gone AWOL, then a new...
Read MoreKar-go is Europe’s first road-worthy autonomous delivery vehicle
If you’re sick and tired of arriving home after a hard day at work to find yet another online delivery has gone AWOL, then a new...
Read MoreGatik’s self-driving vans have started shuttling groceries for Walmart
Gatik AI, the autonomous vehicle startup that’s aiming for the sweet middle spot in the world of logistics, is officially on the road...
Read MoreGatik’s self-driving vans have started shuttling groceries for Walmart
Gatik AI, the autonomous vehicle startup that’s aiming for the sweet middle spot in the world of logistics, is officially on the road...
Read MoreEthics in the age of autonomous vehicles
Megan, Oliver and Clark talk through how companies should be thinking about ethics when building out the self-driving ecosystem, while...
Read MoreNobody at the wheel
An autonomous bus is tested in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China’s Henan Province on Wednesday. The bus has been undergoing tests...
Read MoreHow HD Maps work in self-driving cars
HD maps are essential for self-driving cars. They have a high accuracy of object locations, up to 10 cm. Self-driving cars use HD maps for...
Read MoreKeys to get Tesla revving? Navigating battery and self-driving tech
Tesla (TSLA) has long been a battleground stock, as evidenced by its extremely volatile share action in recent years. But a breakthrough...
Read MoreDeepMind is helping Waymo evolve better self-driving AI algorithms
Waymo’s self-driving cars now have something in common with the brains that guide regular vehicles: their intelligence comes partly from...
Read MoreNew “automated following” tech lets one driver control two trucks
Peloton Technology’s vision of the future of truck automation includes trucks that aren’t autonomous at all. At the recent Automated...
Read MoreWhat it is really like being inside a self-driving car on our public roadways
I got into a discussion recently about the mysteries of self-driving cars. It happened while I was on a cross-country flight, prompted by...
Read More1 big thing: Cruise robotaxis need more work
In a surprise to no one, Cruise today acknowledged it will not meet a 2019 target to deploy driverless cars in an urban robotaxi service....
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