Why cities might want to start planning now for self-driving vehicles
The day autonomous vehicles outnumber manned vehicles is coming, and experts say transportation and urban planners, public policy makers...
Read MoreTesla stopped promoting the ‘Full Self-Driving’ option for its cars
Tesla has pulled a long-standing promise of a “Full Self-Driving” option for its cars from the order page on the company’s website. Elon...
Read MoreFrom Ford to Volkswagen, rivals become frenemies to share the cost and risk of building self-driving cars
Politics, it’s been said, creates strange bedfellows. So does the auto industry these days. Ford this week announced plans to expand...
Read MoreWaymo releases guidelines for autonomous vehicle tech crash response
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo recently published a document titled “Waymo Fully Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Emergency...
Read MoreZF takes 35 percent stake in autonomous driving specialist ASAP
Car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen said on Friday it acquired a 35 percent stake in ASAP, a Germany-based maker of software and testing...
Read MoreWhy people keep rear-ending self-driving cars
The self-driving-car crashes that usually make the news are, unsurprisingly, either big and smashy or new and curious. The Apple that got...
Read MoreShaken by hype, self-driving leaders adopt new strategy: Shutting up
Three former executives at Google, Tesla and Uber who once raced to be the first to develop self-driving cars have adopted a new strategy:...
Read MoreSupplier looks to tech to reduce growing public fear of self-driving vehicles
Auto supplier Continental AG is counting on technology to solve two big problems: traffic fatalities and the public’s growing skepticism,...
Read MoreNational League of Cities unveils guide to piloting autonomous vehicles
The National League of Cities (NLC) released its newest report, “Autonomous Vehicle Pilots Across America,” which offers an analysis of...
Read MoreDrivers wildly overestimate what ‘semiautonomous’ cars can do
CARS ARE GETTING smarter and more capable. They’re even starting to drive themselves, a little. And they’re becoming a cause...
Read MoreCognata raises $18.5 million to grow its autonomous vehicle simulation platform
Alphabet’s self-driving technology arm Waymo recently announced that it has now clocked 10 million self-driven miles on public roads —...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles, AI and voice-enabled inventory among Domino’s Pizza tech initiatives, CEO says
Jim Cramer hears from Domino’s Pizza CEO Ritch Allison after earnings about the company’s international growth, how he sees...
Read MoreUber considers spinning off self-driving car unit
Uber is considering taking minority stake investments to help finance its costly self-driving car unit amid pressure from investors ahead...
Read MoreAutomated driving hype is dangerously confusing drivers, study reveals
Thatcham Research, October 17, 2018 Research launched today shows that 71% of drivers around the world believe they can purchase a...
Read MoreTesla’s full self driving: compare and contrast
In this confusing world, it is of comfort to many that things move in cycles: seasons, fashion trends and, sometimes, even markets....
Read More‘We’re not Google’ won’t cut it for TomTom
TomTom NV’s pitch to customers is simple: It’s not Google. Yet as jittery as carmakers might be about letting the Alphabet Inc. unit into...
Read MoreKey former Google engineer says safety wasn’t his primary concern when developing self-driving cars
A new report in The New Yorker details the events leading up to Waymo’s 2017 high-profile lawsuit alleging Uber stole its trade...
Read MoreMovement rises to keep humans, not robots, in the driver’s seat
Car enthusiast McKeel Hagerty’s future changed in March 2017. He was at a car event in Vancouver, British Columbia, when a stranger...
Read MoreElon Musk eyes early 2019 release for Tesla’s custom AI chip
Elon Musk has announced that Tesla’s new custom AI chip is about six months away from being installed in new production cars. The CEO said...
Read MoreWebinar: Autonomous vehicles: Driving employment for people with disabilities
National Center for Mobility Management, October 16, 2018 Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month and learn about the...
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