The long road to automated cars
Sergey Brin knows a little about ground-breaking technology. But when the Google co-founder said in 2012 that we could ‘count on one hand’...
Read MoreVia and Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture to offer shared robotaxi rides next year
Motional, the Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture, and on-demand shuttle startup Via plan to launch a shared robotaxi service for the public in a...
Read MoreJ.D. Power survey finds drastic changes to commuting habits had minimal effect on sentiment in US about BEVs & self-driving
Many vehicle owners in North America are driving fewer miles in the era of COVID-19, but their opinions of future mobility technology...
Read MoreFord doubles down on testing autonomous cars in Miami-Dade
After landing in Miami-Dade in 2018 with a fleet of self-driving cars, Ford announced Oct. 26 that it plans to broaden its presence in the...
Read MoreMotional and Lyft resume self-driving service in Las Vegas
Motional (a mobility JV between Hyundai and Aptiv) and Lyft have announced the resumption of their self-driving mobility service in Las...
Read MoreXPengto release Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) in Q1 2021
XPeng plans Level 5 autonomous driving technology by 2025. XPeng Motors held its Tech Day this past Saturday and laid out the...
Read MoreAutonomous delivery vehicles deployed in Chinese cities amid the Covid-19 pandemic
BEIJING – For the past three months, robots have been making parcel deliveries in Changshu. The autonomous delivery vehicles...
Read MoreAutonomous cars are gaining momentum in California
(TNS) — This was meant to be the year that robot cars went mainstream. The self-driving car industry, largely based in Silicon Valley,...
Read MoreTexas A&M researchers develop framework to identify health impacts of self-driving vehicles
Texas A&M University researchers have developed a conceptual model to identify systematically the potential health impacts of...
Read More“Drivers have not been asked if they want autonomous cars”
Never mind the big debate about what’s best: comparatively cheap internal combustion-engined cars, or relatively expensive 100 per...
Read MoreTesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta testers share their thoughts with me
Several of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta testers, who have permission from Tesla to share their experiences with FSD online, shared...
Read MoreTesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves
Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its “full self-driving” software to a small group of owners who will test it on public...
Read MorePredictions rosy for ‘roadschooling’ whence self-driving cars arrive
Time to hit the road and hit the books. Recently, parents that are able to work remotely have been increasingly opting to travel during...
Read MoreDriverless car companies are getting back on track after a COVID-19 standstill
Two weeks after Waymo opened up its driverless taxi service to the public in Phoenix, other autonomous vehicle developers are reporting...
Read MoreCoventry University boosts research capability with acquisition of new autonomous vehicles from StreetDrone
Coventry University’s Institute for Future Transport and Cities (IFTC) has taken delivery of two new self-driving vehicles, supplied by...
Read MoreFord outs 4th-gen self-driving platform with better sensors, cleaning tech and improved batteries
Ford and Argo AI today released details about its fourth-generation self-driving test vehicle. Built on the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, the...
Read MoreElon Musk’s Tesla launches ‘Full Self Driving’ beta to select drivers
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed the company has started rolling out its next-gen Full Self Driving (FSD) set of features...
Read MoreTesla is putting ‘self-driving’ in the hands of drivers amid criticism the tech is not ready
In a year when Tesla might have been forgiven for extending its timeline on a key initiative, Elon Musk is forging ahead with a vision for...
Read MoreOxford sees first public autonomous trials for Project Endeavour
The first live trials of Project Endeavour’s autonomous vehicle fleet will begin this week on roads in Oxford. A fleet of six Ford Mondeo...
Read MoreUK plans for self-driving cars threaten safety – insurance group
British government plans that could allow self-driving cars on motorways as soon as 2021 would put lives at risk because the available...
Read More