Tesla ‘very close’ to level 5 autonomous driving technology, Musk says
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is “very close” to achieving level 5 autonomous driving...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot ‘self-driving’ possibly getting more aggressive in evasive maneuvering which could be a hidden sign about Level 5
A recent news story reported that a Tesla on Autopilot managed to avoid striking a deer by undertaking an aggressive maneuver of swerving...
Read MoreInterview: How Waymo’s Lidar plan works
Many autonomous vehicle (AV) developers have been in hot purdèè suit of lidar technologies, which are important because of their ability...
Read MoreIsrael drops two spots in KPMG’s readiness for autonomous vehicles ranking
Big Four accounting firm KPMG has ranked Israel the 16th most prepared country for self-driving cars, according to its new report...
Read MoreCoronavirus scrambles self-driving race, pushing Nuro’s delivery bots to front of the pack
When self-driving startupNuro emerged from stealth mode in early 2018, its ex-Googler cofounders had a simple reason for why they wanted...
Read MoreStartupWeRide starts driverless testing
BEIJING — WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle startup, said on Friday it has become the first autonomous company to start fully...
Read MoreThat reported ‘snakes in a car’ frantic driver is thankfully okay, so consider these self-driving car ramifications
Just about everyone has heard of the famous movie Snakes On A Plane. Having been released in 2006 to great fanfare, the movie has become a...
Read MoreSelf-driving startupAurora debuts its new long-range Lidar called ‘FirstLight’
Self-driving technology startup Aurora announced today its new in-house developed lidar system for its driverless vehicles. The lidar...
Read More3 Lidar researchers chase the same dream — affordable self-driving systems
Elon Musk doesn’t care for Lidar — the light-based echo location technology that is similar in concept to radar — even though Volvo says...
Read MoreTowards a driver-less world? Autonomy and its impact on the fleet business
As the world works its way through the current pandemic, one thing seems clear: rather than generating new trends, the current COVID...
Read MoreRobo-cars are coming, but probably not like you’d expect
Autonomous vehicle technology companies like Mobileye are aiming to launch “robo-taxis” in the coming years, while similar companies are...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars are set to revolutionize urban mobility
MUNICH, July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could make the urban environment greener and more...
Read MoreUni to join £1m self-driving vehicles project
Loughborough University is to take part in a new £1m project with Highways England to assess how suitable the country’s motorways are for...
Read MoreIsraeli autonomous vehicle startupVayaVision acquired by Canada’s LeddarTech
Canadian company LeddarTech Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired Israeli automotive company VayaVision Sensing Ltd. The financial terms...
Read MoreIntel’s Mobileye, WILLER partner on self-driving vehicles in Japan, Southeast Asia
(RTTNews) – Mobileye, an Intel Company, and WILLER, a transportation operator in Japan, Taiwan and the Southeast Asian region, have...
Read MoreBasemark raises $7.9 million for autonomous car graphics software
Basemark, a maker of graphics software for autonomous vehicles, has raised $7.9 million in funding. ETF Partners was the sole investor in...
Read MoreSelf-driving tech is becoming a game of partnerships
BUILDING A SELF-DRIVING car was never going to be easy. But Karl Iagnemma says he didn’t expect it to be this hard. “Vehicles are these...
Read MoreToyota green-lighted by Beijing to have road tests for autonomous cars
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Japanese automaker Toyota has been permitted to conduct roads tests for autonomous vehicles in Beijing, according to a...
Read MoreCMU team evaluates range and battery tradeoffs between vehicle automation and electrification
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has used a vehicle dynamics model to evaluate the trade-off between automation...
Read MoreHidden secrets that the Burger King ‘Autopilot Whopper’ teaches us about Tesla and self-driving cars
What do AI, self-driving cars, Tesla, Autopilot, and hamburgers such as the infamous Burger King Whopper all have in common? Well, a...
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