Waymo targets southwest freight corridor for autonomous truck tests
As it moves forward with autonomous truck development, Waymo plans to focus its 2020 testing efforts on the southwest shipping corridor...
Read MoreThe case for all-electric self-driving cars
Electric cars don’t suffer a huge loss in range when equipped with autonomous driving technology, and there’s potential to...
Read MoreDaimler-backed Momenta says its robotaxis will be fully driverless and profitable in 2024
In China and the U.S., there’s much debate about when and how humans will achieve fully autonomous robotaxis at scale — cars that...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle control tower project receives funding in Ski, Norway
The CONNECTING project in Ski, Norway looks to progress the removal of on-board operators from autonomous vehicles, instead making the...
Read MoreWaymo targets southwest freight corridor for autonomous truck tests
As it moves forward with autonomous truck development, Waymo plans to focus its 2020 testing efforts on the southwest shipping corridor...
Read MoreLyft resumes autonomous vehicle testing on public roads
Roughly three months after the pandemic halted its autonomous vehicle tests, Lyft today announced its safety operators will resume driving...
Read MoreINRIX: Miami-Dade County to digitize streets for ride-hailing; preps for automated vehicles
In conjunction with the start of Co-Motion MIAMI, Miami-Dade County, announced its plans to use INRIX Road Rules to digitize ride-hailing...
Read MoreAmazon can benefit from its Zoox acquisition better than anyone else
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced it’s agreed to acquire Zoox, a company building autonomous vehicles from the ground up with a...
Read MoreQ&A: The masterminds behind Toyota’s self-driving cars say AI still has a way to go
Getting a car to drive itself is undoubtedly the most ambitious commercial application of artificial intelligence (AI). The research...
Read MoreXpeng Motors begins deliveries of its electric P7 ‘Smart Sedan’, creates new competition for Tesla in China
Chinese electric vehicle startupXpeng Motors has started country-wide deliveries of its new flagship P7 electric sedan China. The P7,...
Read MoreAutonomous parking: around the corner or distant fantasy?
Parking has never been the simplest task, but choose the wrong time or a busy place and it becomes a nightmare. Could autonomous driving...
Read MoreWhy Elon Musk taunted Bezos for being a copycat in Amazon’s buyout of Zoox, an Autopilot-like self-driving car stalwart
It is time to blare the trumpets and roll out the red carpet for some good old-fashioned maxims that explain the recent announcement of...
Read MoreBaidu-backed maker of self-driving vehicle sensors said to be in talks to go public
Blank-check company Graf Industrial Corp is in talks to merge with Baidu-backed Velodyne Lidar, a deal that would take public the maker of...
Read MoreTesla’s most robust self-driving package will cost more — again
It’ll soon cost you $8,000 to buy a Tesla upgrade package, which includes some features that don’t even exist yet....
Read MoreChristopher Columbus and evaluating autonomous vehicles as an investor
In recent times, the news surrounding Autonomous Vehicles has been quite active. Examples include Amazon AMZN acquiring Zoox for over a...
Read MoreUC Riverside receives $1.2M grant to build GPUs for autonomous vehicles
Three UC Riverside engineers have received a $1.2-million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new generation of...
Read MoreShanghai launches self-driving ride service
SHANGHAI, June 27 (Xinhua) — Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (DiDi) on Saturday launched the trial run of self-driving ride service...
Read MoreTuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks
TuSimple,the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corporation, is headed back into the...
Read MoreCountries agree regulations for automated driving
GENEVA – More than 50 countries, including Japan, South Korea and the European Union member states, have agreed common regulations for...
Read MoreReport: Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox
Amazon is expected to announce a deal as early as today to purchase self-driving vehicle technology provider Zoox for upwards of $1...
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