Morgan 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 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 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 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...
Read MoreLyft investors are banking on self-driving cars, not ride-sharing
Lyft became the first ride-hailing app to go public on Friday, skyrocketing to a $23.4 billion valuation. But don’t get too excited for...
Read MoreBMW finds a spooky way to promote autonomous driving
BMW is hard at work developing advanced self-driving features for its vehicles and has previewed its latest developments in the field with...
Read MoreThe week in tech: Who should let driverless cars off the leash?
Greetings from London. Here’s a look at the week’s tech news: A lot of people are getting way more interested in putting fully autonomous...
Read MoreAccelerating autonomous vehicle technology
The automotive industry is currently looking at the technology innovation needed to move from today’s prototype autonomous vehicles to...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle IP protection — when HAL is driving
Each day, a fleet of lidar-guided, all-electric Chevy Bolts exits a downtown garage to roam San Francisco, attempting to blend in with...
Read MoreUSDOT publishes automated driving system demonstration grant applicants
On Tuesday, USDOT published the list of applicants for the Automated Driving System (ADS) Demonstration Grants which were announced in...
Read MoreAutomakers’ edge in the autonomous mobility market
“Driverless cars are an existential threat to the car industry,” Forbes contributor Stephen McBride wrote last year. He points out that...
Read MoreHonda, Hino hitch ride with self-driving venture of SoftBank, Toyota
Honda Motor Co. and Hino Motors are joining a venture of SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor Corp. that will develop self-driving car services...
Read MoreVW, Ford to develop pickup truck, continue talks on autonomous driving
Volkswagen has signed a deal to develop a pickup truck with U.S. rival Ford and continues discussions about extending its alliance to...
Read MoreAptiv releases comprehensive open-source dataset for autonomous driving
Global auto parts supplier Aptiv, formally known as Delphi Automotive, announced today the full release of nuScenes, an open-source...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles are driving innovation
As the automotive and technology industries converge more tightly together, it’s accelerating the pace of innovation in the mobility and...
Read MoreNext step in photonic technologies: apply for funding
Photonic technologies including lasers and fibre-optics contribute almost £13 billion to the UK economy. These technologies, which...
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