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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

Damasky: Artificial intelligence is deciding factor for connected and automated driving

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

What will artificial intelligence contribute to automated driving? What will happen with Brexit? What will the transport of tomorrow be...

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Why Nvidia partnering with Toyota is a big deal

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Shares of Nvidia (NVDA – Get Report) fell about 0.75% on Wednesday, but they have done well over the past few weeks. In fact,...

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On the ‘edge’ with driverless cars

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

How soon will it be before you pull up at a stop light in your car, and the car next to you has no one behind the wheel? Maybe sooner than...

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Reducing human error road accidents with automotive technology

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Human error in road accidents is estimated at 94 percent, making mistakes by drivers a major concern for public safety. In order to get a...

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ON Semiconductor and 3M collaborate to accelerate automated vehicle technology

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

ON Semiconductor and 3M have mutually announced their partnership to help improve the navigation systems in vehicles equipped with...

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A Waymo engineer reveals how the self-driving car company develops its robot brains

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

It’s a common Silicon Valley story: a young person reads science-fiction novels or watches some movies that feature robots and...

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Molex announces membership in Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Molex has joined the Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance to collaborate with other industry leaders in the development and...

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Ford develops lighting signals for driverless cars to ‘speak’ to pedestrians

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

When it comes to signaling, light is one of the most reliable methods for catching someone’s attention in busy locations. This...

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Waymo plans to open 85,000-square-foot technical service center in Mesa, Arizona

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Waymo, the self-driving car division of Google parent company Alphabet, today announced that it would open an 85,000-square-foot technical...

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Nuro’s driverless pods to start delivering groceries in Houston this spring

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News

While seven in 10 Americans remain wary of self-driving cars, they will be soon faced with a new driverless vehicle species: the unmanned...

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Yandex and Hyundai ink deal to develop driverless car components

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Russian internet giant Yandex is teaming up with South Korean automaker Hyundai to develop driverless car components. It’s the former’s...

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Toyota doubles down on Nvidia tech for self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Toyota is deepening its relationship with Nvidia as the automaker, and its research arms in Japan and the U.S., ramps up its autonomous...

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Future of mobility: urban strategy

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports, Trucks

Department for Transport, March 19, 2019 The ‘Future of mobility: urban strategy’ outlines the government’s approach to maximising the...

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Transportation weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, News

This week we’ll focus on the city of Austin, gain insight into Uber’s spending habits, do a little scooter number crunching, the Tesla...

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Zack Hicks is defining the future of driving for Toyota

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Zack Hicks joined in Toyota in 1996, and in the 23 years since, he has held a variety of management positions of increasing responsibility...

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Zoox can cruise San Francisco without drivers, but now it needs cash

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

San Francisco’s Lombard Street is famous for its eight hairpin turns. Tourists in rental cars slowly snake their way past the street’s...

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10 lessons from Uber’s fatal self-driving car crash

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The single most important moment in the world of self-driving cars was around 10 PM on a Sunday evening, one year ago today. On that fatal...

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A new startup aims to be a ‘Designated Driver’ for autonomous vehicles in need of assistance

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, Technology, Trucks

In 1997, General Motors introduced OnStar, a cellular communications system allowing a driver to connect to a human operator at the touch...

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Nvidia’s Safety Force Field is ‘mathematically’ designed to prevent autonomous vehicle crashes

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Today at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, CEO Jensen Huang detailed the latest developments regarding the chipmaker’s...

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Trump’s views about ‘crazy’ self-driving cars are at odds with his DOT

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, News

President Donald Trump is an automated-vehicle skeptic, a point of view that lies in stark contrast with agencies within his own...

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