Inside the industry: Will insurers pay if self-driving cars cause crashes?
Until recently, I had few qualms about ranking car insurers alongside estate agents and traffic wardens in the pits of my estimation; they...
Read MoreZipper merging is a frenzied traffic squeeze play on self-driving cars
You are driving along on the highway, minding your own business, when you spy up ahead an indication that your lane is being narrowed out...
Read MoreUber reportedly may sell its self-driving car division to rival Aurora
Uber is in talks to sell its autonomous vehicle unit to startup competitor Aurora Innovation, TechCrunch reported. If it comes to pass,...
Read MoreVW boosts investment in electric and autonomous car technology to $86 billon
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen has raised its planned investment on digital and electric vehicle technologies to 73 billion euros...
Read MoreDaimler will shrink with shift to electric, autonomous cars: CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler DAIGn.DE will be a smaller company five years from now, focused on capturing recurring revenues with...
Read MoreSelf-driving delivery car hits UK roads as government funds multiple AI vehicle projects
AN ELECTRIC car that can drive itself has hit Britain’s roads with the aim of delivering parcels, and experts say it could be a...
Read MoreTop reasons the investment spigot is reopening for self-driving cars
Some are pointedly asking: What’s going on? Readers have fervently lobbed that question as a result of the most recent spate of...
Read MorePlaying it safe. There is no other way to launch self-driving cars
Over the last several decades, Ford and the rest of the auto industry have spent a vast amount of resources developing robust,...
Read MoreHonda says will be first to mass produce level 3 autonomous cars
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it will be the world’s first automaker to mass produce sensor-packed...
Read MoreCruise is teaming up with Walmart for robo-delivery in Arizona
Cruise is partnering with Walmart to test out a delivery service using a fleet of autonomous and electric vehicles. The pilot project will...
Read MorePeugeot, Altran team for driverless car testing
European engineering consultancy Altran is working with car maker Group PSA on validation systems for autonomous driving. Altran’s parent,...
Read MoreSelf-driving delivery firm Nuro raises $500 million as COVID-19 boosts e-commerce
(Reuters) – Self-driving delivery company Nuro, whose R2 unit has no pedals or steering wheel and only room for packages, said...
Read MoreXPeng: Set up for the electrification and autonomous driving revolution
To say 2020 has been full to the brim with interesting developments would be underselling the year’s events. Covid-19 has obviously taken...
Read MoreWhy those puddles on the roadway can be startling hazardous for self-driving cars
Have you ever encountered roadway puddles that turned out to be worse than you thought? It is easy to misjudge a puddle and assume that...
Read MoreDespite promises, totally self-driving cars still in the future
Tesla recently made headlines with the beta launch of its Full Self-Driving system. That system comes with a disclaimer saying, “It may do...
Read MoreAutonomous driving startup Pony.ai raises $267 million in latest funding round
Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai, which is backed by Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. and is working with the automaker on self-driving...
Read MoreTest of self-driving taxi begins in Tokyo
An unprecedented road test of a self-driving taxi using a fifth-generation, or 5G, ultrahigh-speed wireless network started in Tokyo on...
Read MoreVolkswagen CEO says will tweak strategy to maintain electric, autonomous push
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen will tweak its strategy to maintain investment momentum for developing electric and autonomous cars...
Read MoreMercedes-Benz no longer interested in autonomous race
Mercedes-Benz has revealed that it will back away from the autonomous vehicle race and avoid morphing into a mobility company, as so many...
Read MoreWhen a tree falls on top of a self-driving car
A popular riddle that has been asked since at least the 1800s is whether a tree that falls in a forest will make a sound if there isn’t...
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