Autonomous vehicle tests underway in London
Supervised autonomous vehicle tests have started in two London boroughs, according to a statement published Tuesday. FiveAI, which...
Read MoreGet a free ride in a self-driving car this weekend in Detroit
It’s something to check off the bucket list: ride in a car that drives itself. This weekend, the Society of Automotive Engineers is...
Read MoreSeizing the self-driving vehicle opportunity
Self-driving vehicles are poised to trigger huge social, industrial and economic benefits. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers...
Read MoreAutonomous driving start-up Aurora open to working with BMW, Daimler
Self-driving cars start-up Aurora is open to working with BMW and Daimler to develop self-driving cars, the technology company’s Chief...
Read MoreAre we on the right road to driverless cars?
There is much ongoing research into autonomous road vehicles and experimental cars and heavy-goods vehicles have already hit the roads. A...
Read MoreAutonomous driving has serious problems that could lead to very long delays
Whack-a-mole is not good enough. A Chinese demonstration of the inadequacies of Tesla’s autopilot (see here) also clearly shows that the...
Read MoreSearch giant Baidu has driven the most autonomous miles in Beijing
While the public is asking, “When are we going to ride in autonomous cars?,” technology companies have been moving apace to test them on...
Read MoreStanford wants to teach its autonomous race cars to learn from their past
Researchers at Stanford University are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to help their autonomous prototypes learn from the...
Read MoreSun plays tricks on Cadillac’s Super Cruise
For automakers and technology companies working on autonomous driving technology, making vehicles perform well in inclement conditions...
Read MoreVirtual tests for autonomous driving systems
Sensors in autonomous vehicles have to be extremely reliable, since in the future motorists will no longer constantly monitor traffic...
Read MoreLumotive announces a new ‘Beam-Steering’ Lidar for autonomous vehicles
Lumotive, a Seattle-based lidar startup developing technology for autonomous vehicles, recently introduced a disruptive...
Read MoreMorgan Stanley warns General Motors investors to lower their expectations for Cruise autonomous cars
Morgan Stanley is trying to tamper investor excitement for General Motor’s Cruise robo-taxi unit. In a note to clients this week,...
Read MoreThe convergence of 5G and AI: A venture capitalist’s view
As an emerging-technology investor, I am always on the lookout for new technologies that can improve existing markets and enable new ones....
Read MoreWatch a self-driving car handle hairpin turns like a race car
Self-driving cars are trained to be overly cautious, but there may be situations where they need to make high-speed maneuvers to avoid a...
Read MorePortland startup develops AV remote control
In an era of self-driving vehicles, roadside assistance could transform into on-road assistance. Instead of asking OnStar for help, riders...
Read MoreWhy the rush? Self-driving cars still have long way to go before safe integration
For the past four or five years, we’ve been hearing about the potential of autonomous vehicles to alleviate traffic congestion and...
Read MoreDaimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in autonomous-driving firm Torc Robotics
Daimler Trucks is taking a major step in the development of self-driving trucks. The German firm will acquire a majority stake in Torc...
Read MoreWhat’s next? Self-driving cars and Asia’s LNG market breaks free
BloombergNEF held its annual New York Summit this week. Analysts hosted dozens of sessions on topics as varied as the future of...
Read MoreWhat’s the acceptable death rate for autonomous cars?
Before a surgeon cracks open your chest, ask him his acceptable death rate for patients. When you climb aboard an airplane, ask the pilot...
Read MoreElon Musk clarifies Tesla’s plan to retrofit cars for ‘Full Self-Driving’ with new HW3 computer
Tesla is preparing its most important retrofit program to date and something completely new in the industry: updating hundreds of...
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