Are we ready for autonomous vehicles?
A recent study examines 20 countries worldwide and finds both opportunities and potential potholes on the road to driverless cars. KPMG...
Read MoreExtreme corner case for autonomous cars — giants riding on cars down hills!
So, imagine you are driving along in your fancy high-tech car, minding your own business, with your yet-to-be-feature-complete full...
Read MoreCities are trying—again—to plan for autonomous vehicles
On the one hand, autonomous vehicles offer an excellent opportunity to rethink how American cities operate, down to each lane line,...
Read MoreRoborace sets a Guinness World Record for fastest autonomous car
Mostly when we think of autonomous vehicles, we think of ordinary road cars converted to be self-driving development vehicles or slow,...
Read MorePlus.ai, FAW Jiefang form JV to develop self-driving trucks for China; first production-class L2 semi-autonomous truck
Silicon Valley-based Plus.ai has formed a joint venture with FAW Jiefang, China’s oldest and largest truck manufacturer, to develop...
Read MoreMore than a decade before driverless buses take over, says Volvo
Bus drivers will be needed for at least another 10 to 15 years before autonomous vehicles take over, a Volvo executive predicted,...
Read MoreKey insights about The U.N.’s new framework for globalization of self-driving cars
Trying to drive in a foreign land can be daunting. The car itself is pretty much the same in terms of its operational characteristics,...
Read MoreDelta partners with Georgia Tech and 5G-enabled lab on autonomous vehicle research
Delta Air Lines is to partner with Georgia Tech and the Curiosity Lab on research into autonomous vehicles. The project will see...
Read MoreBuilding safe, trustworthy driverless cars
How safe is safe? This seemingly simple question is a topic of frequent discussion within Aptiv’s autonomous mobility division. I’m proud...
Read MoreNew system allows self-driving cars to make more human decisions
Common worries associated with self-driving car technology are that it won’t be able to navigate safely or accurately when working...
Read MoreJapan will let self-driving cars wander freely ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially kick off, tourists and locals are in for quite a display around the area. Japan will allow...
Read More1 big thing: AVs could help speed evacuations
About 1.5 million Floridians have moved inland to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Dorian. Such evacuations can be perilous — but in the...
Read MoreFeds say tesla autopilot is partly to blame for a 2018 crash
The design of Tesla’s Autopilot feature contributed to a January 2018 accident in which a Model S sedan smashed into the back of a fire...
Read MoreDeepMind, Waymo team up to boost ai accuracy in self-driving cars
It takes a lot of training to refine and improve the artificial-intelligence (AI) algorithms that power self-driving vehicles....
Read MoreBugs are no match for Ford’s self-driving car sensors
We’ve all been there. You’re cruising along the highway, and suddenly, there are bug guts on the windshield. It’s...
Read MoreUPS has invested in autonomous trucks after ongoing tests
TuSimple, the San Diego-based self driving truck company, has entered into a partnership with UPS to test self driving tractor trailer...
Read MoreFord squashes the bug problem plaguing autonomous cars
Self-driving cars are supposed to change the way we get around, but before they can do that, engineers have to solve a lot of problems...
Read MoreGAC Group unveils autonomous high-end SUV
(ECNS) — The new energy arm of Guangzhou-based carmaker GAC Group has unveiled the first luxury electric SUV model with the latest...
Read MoreLumotive and Himax Technologies target autonomous vehicles with industry-first liquid crystal on silicon solution for high-performance lidar systems
SEATTLE and TAINAN, Taiwan, Sept. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lumotive, the Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for...
Read MoreTomtom maps out revamp with bet on self-driving cars
Once a household name for its satellite navigation for cars, TomTom NV has taken a backseat in recent years as smartphones, loaded with...
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