VW subsidiary to help with pilot of robotic charging stations for self-driving vehicles
Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, will work with fleet charging firm Stable Auto to roll out robotic fast...
Read MoreFor Waymo user, convenience 1st, tech 2nd
At a time when the idea of self-driving vehicles has barely left the pages of science fiction in the minds of many consumers, Damian...
Read MoreThe reasons why millennials aren’t as car crazed as baby boomers, and how self-driving cars fit in
The automotive industry is not very happy with Millennials and Gen Z. It seems that in comparison to the Baby Boomers and Gen X, the...
Read MoreElectrify America & Stable partner on robochargers for autonomous vehicles
You may remember back a few years ago when Tesla released a video of a robotic charging cable connecting to an electric car without human...
Read MoreWhat is ‘Ultra Cruise’? GM teases mysterious autonomous technology to investors
Last year, General Motors filed a trademark for something called “Ultra Cruise.” The company has never explained what Ultra Cruise is, but...
Read MoreHow safe do self-driving vehicles need to be?
For self-driving vehicles, safety remains in the eye of the beholder. Dozens of companies are rolling out hundreds of autonomous cars and...
Read MoreInterior LEDs can make autonomous driving safer, more comfortable
A peripheral-vision communication system powered by next-generation LEDs can help passengers feel more comfortable, and even less car...
Read MoreThe hidden downsides of autonomous vehicles – and how to avoid them
Almost every major car manufacturer has mentioned the potential benefits of autonomous vehicles. They often talk about design, on-board...
Read MoreRobosense and Controlworks will provide smart LiDAR sensor systems to Korean automotive industry
Targeted to Level 3+ mass production passenger cars, RoboSense provides advanced Smart Sensors based on the RS-LiDAR-M1, a revolutionary...
Read MoreEyes-on, hands-off for Nissan’s ProPILOT 2.0 rouses level 3 self-driving tech misgivings
We are entering into a murky driving era involving semi-autonomous cars, ones that are not yet proficient at true self-driving and are...
Read MoreVW wants to test robotic EV chargers for self-driving cars
The cars of the future will be electric and robotic, so why not use robots to charge their batteries, too? Volkswagen announced a pilot...
Read MoreElectrify America is deploying an autonomous fast-charging station with robot arms for self-driving cars
Electrify America announced that it is deploying what will likely be the first autonomous fast-charging station for electric vehicles and...
Read MoreMeasuring real-world fuel economy in autonomous cars
Automated control of cars may let “drivers” rack up more fuel savings than if they were completely in charge, according to a new study...
Read MoreGetting infrastructure ready for the rising generation of vehicles means rethinking from the ground up
Fifty years ago, a bright, shiny spacecraft delivered humans to the moon for the first time. That breathtaking achievement captured the...
Read MoreRobosense and Controlworks will provide smart LiDAR sensor systems to Korean automotive industry
Targeted to Level 3+ mass production passenger cars, RoboSense provides advanced Smart Sensors based on the RS-LiDAR-M1, a revolutionary...
Read MoreFord bought a robotics company to boost its self-driving cars
Back in April, Ford chief Jim Hackett admitted that the company overestimated the arrival of self-driving cars. He added that the...
Read MoreYour guide to deciding if Tesla ‘full self driving’ is worth buying today
Tesla has, over time, had a number of offerings in their autopilot and “full self driving” upgrades with some fairly varying...
Read MoreCongress wants the self-driving car industry’s help to draft a new AV bill
Congress is calling on stakeholders in the self-driving car industry to help reignite their efforts to draft a bill aimed at speeding up...
Read MoreRecogni raises $25 million for power-efficient autonomous car inferencing
RK Anand — along with Ashwini Choudhary, Eye-Fi founder Eugene Feinberg, former Lilium sensor systems engineer Gilles Backhus, and Valerie...
Read MoreHow jaywalking could jam up the era of self-driving cars
Imagine Manhattan without jaywalking. Or Los Angeles freeways without speeding, or Moscow without grinding traffic. If self-driving cars...
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