What will it take for us to trust driverless tech?
Since we first started discussing driverless tech, a lot has changed. It’s no longer all that difficult to imagine autonomous vehicles on...
Read MoreChina’s Meituan amasses $10 billion war chest for drones and driverless cars
China’s Meituan is raising nearly $10 billion from investors, hoping it will be able to gain an edge on its e-commerce rivals by spending...
Read MoreZF at Auto Shanghai 2021
The intelligence of future vehicles will be controlled by a few extremely powerful central computers. They will run the computationally...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles don’t need to be mandatory
Before I start making my case here, I want to make one thing perfectly clear: autonomous vehicle tech isn’t ready. CleanTechnica articles...
Read MoreAutoX selects Arbe’s 4D imaging radar platform for Level 4 autonomous vehicles
TEL AVIV, Israel and HOUSTON, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Arbe, a global leader in next-generation 4D Imaging Radar Solutions,...
Read MoreVolvo will provide cars for Didi’s autonomous vehicle division
Volvo will provide vehicles for Didi Chuxing’s self-driving taxi fleet, according to a new deal between the two companies. The Swedish...
Read MoreBaidu to speed up installation of Apollo self-driving system in mass-produced cars
Chinese search engine and AI giant Baidu Inc plans to have its Apollo autonomous driving system pre-installed in at least one...
Read MorePrecipice edginess when a self-driving car drives down a super-steep slope like these top ten U.S. vertical-drop streets
Have you ever been driving and found yourself at the top edge of a really steep incline? I’m talking about a monster of a dizzying slope....
Read MoreIt’s official: DJI is moving into self-driving cars
DJI has just upstaged the launch of its own DJI Air 2S drone by announcing a new sub-brand called DJI Automotive – the new home for its...
Read MorePlus and NVIDIA deal gives indications of our autonomous truck future
I’ve written before that autonomous vehicles will be one of the most powerful, most influential new technologies we see in our lifetimes....
Read MoreOxbotica raises $13.8M from Ocado to build autonomous vehicle tech for the online grocer’s logistics network
Ocado, the U.K. online grocer that has been making strides reselling its technology to other grocery companies to help them build and run...
Read MoreHonda China collaborates with AutoX on autonomous driving research through testing on China’s public roads
Honda China is collaborating with AutoX on autonomous driving research in China through vehicle testing on public roads. Honda will...
Read MoreAutonomous-truck developer TuSimple plans driverless road test this year
Self-driving company TuSimple Holdings Inc. plans to test its autonomous trucks without backup drivers on public roads in Arizona later...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) has emerged as a green urban transport mode and investment opportunity
PARK CITY, Utah, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) is small autonomous podcars on dedicated guiderails or...
Read MoreWalmart investing in GM’s Cruise self-driving car company
Walmart is investing in Cruise, General Motors’ majority-owned self-driving vehicle subsidiary, as part of a new $2.75 billion funding...
Read MoreAurora’s plan to catch Waymo in robot trucks, then taxis
On Feb. 11, about a month after closing on the acquisition of Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, or ATG, the self-driving-car startup...
Read MoreLocal Motors begins first-ever autonomous vehicle project at MCAS Miramar
CHANDLER, Ariz., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Local Motors, a leader in the development, manufacturing, and deployment of...
Read MoreEarly warning system for self-driving cars
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new early warning system for vehicles that uses artificial...
Read MoreVinFast selects NVIDIA for next gen autonomous EV
Vietnam-based VinFast has announced that it has selected NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for its new generation of autonomous electric vehicles....
Read MoreCruise CEO outlines global deployment of self-driving fleets
Dan Ammann, CEO of GM-backed Cruise, explains the company’s deal with Dubai to start running driverless taxis as early as 2023. He...
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