Why 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...
Read MoreSelf-driving firm Pony.ai gets funding from China carmaker FAW
(Bloomberg) — Self-driving technology startup Pony.ai struck a funding agreement with carmaker FAW Group, calling it the first...
Read MoreWaymo moved its self-driving cars in San Francisco to a ‘secured location’ in case of election chaos
Waymo is pulling its autonomous vehicles out of San Francisco in anticipation of Election Day unrest, The Verge has learned. The Google...
Read MoreCutting through the self-driving hype: A realistic view of an exciting opportunity
Earlier this year, AI analyst Emerj pointed out that despite the bullish public pronouncements of the auto industry CEOs, it is “still a...
Read MoreAlibaba-backed autonomous car firm AutoX to test in four more cities
SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese autonomous vehicle startup AutoX, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said it is preparing...
Read MoreThe near-miss quandary is unavoidably messy for self-driving cars
Reckless and fleckless drivers. I’m sure you experience their antics and angst-producing driving activities all the time....
Read MoreWaymo and other self-driving car companies readying real-world driverless transportation
The driverless taxi era has finally arrived, in parts of Arizona, at least. Two weeks after Alphabet-owned Waymo started its driverless...
Read MoreRoborace crash showcases how difficult autonomous driving is
One of the major points to defend motorsports is how it supposedly helps develop new tech for cars. If you think about Roborace, that’s...
Read MoreWaymo pulls back the curtain on 6.1 million miles of self-driving car data in Phoenix
In its first report on its autonomous vehicle operations in Phoenix, Arizona, Waymo said that it was involved in 18 crashes and 29...
Read MoreTesla has increased the price of its ‘Full Self-Driving’ option to $10,000
Tesla has made good on founder and CEO Elon Musk’s promise to boost the price of its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software upgrade option,...
Read MoreDaylight Savings Time could miraculously be saved by self-driving cars
Spring forward, fall back. Simple enough. That’s what is supposed to happen due to our acceptance of abiding by Daylight Savings Time...
Read MoreLexus and TED reimagine the autonomous vehicle of the future
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As the world builds toward autonomous driving, Lexus continues to keep the focus on what...
Read MoreChina’s Ministry of Transport supports legal trials for autonomous car application
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- China will encourage local authorities of cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Hebei to launch pilot projects focusing on...
Read MoreMercedes targets evolution rather than revolution in self-driving car push
(Reuters) — As Tesla touts the cutting-edge nature of its new Full Self Driving software, rival Mercedes-Benz says it has developed a...
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