Baidu fully opens Apollo Go Robotaxi service in Beijing
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Baidu announced on October 11 that it has fully opened its Apollo Go Robotaxi service to ordinary users in Beijing....
Read MoreChinese self-driving cars ready to roll abroad
Chinese startups in the field of self-driving or fully automated vehicles are beefing up their presence in foreign markets. Their move...
Read MoreYou may not have heard, but the autonomous vehicle has now arrived
No one said it would be easy. Much less that its deployment would be immediate, or that it would be available to everyone around the...
Read MoreSelf-driving car UX shifting gears from stony silence to avid chitchat
What usually happens today when you get into a ride-sharing car that you requested as a pick-up for your trip to a local store?...
Read MoreWaymo will allow more people to ride in its fully driverless vehicles in Phoenix
Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet, announced it will be opening up its fully driverless vehicles to all customers of its...
Read MoreUber still sees micromobility and AVs in its future, and could push Prop 22 beyond California
Uber made headlines earlier this year when it offloaded Jump, the shared bike and scooter unit that once appeared to be a critical piece...
Read MoreHalloween trick-or-treating in an era of self-driving cars
Halloween is almost here! Even if this year’s celebrations might be somewhat less extravagant and require added care and precautions,...
Read MoreVolvo’s new patent would let drivers slide a steering wheel out of the way when their car is driving itself
Although driver-assistance systems are the new craze, true autonomous vehicles — cars that will allow for driving without any human...
Read MoreBMW uses Unity 3D to create virtual world for autonomous driving development
BMW needs to amass 150 million virtual miles of testing for its autonomous driving technology before it will be ready for customers, so...
Read MoreYou’ve got mail: Japan Post delivery robot debuts in Tokyo
Japan Post Co. unveiled Wednesday a self-driving mail delivery robot as demand grows for minimizing human contact amid the coronavirus...
Read MoreSemi-autonomous vehicle brings future to Japanese mountain village
AKITA, Japan (Kyodo) — Asa Ishikami has seen much change in her 85 years of life, and now she is witnessing the future of travel...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars could be operating daily in 1-2 years—just not in big cities
(Bloomberg) — Oliver Cameron co-founded the self-driving car start-up Voyage in 2017 on the theory that retirement communities are...
Read MoreWaymo and Cruise safety drivers face a bleak choice: Pandemic or pollution?
Leo* stepped out of his house in Oakland recently to start his day as a backup driver for Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by...
Read MoreAnn Arbor startup develops autonomous robot to safely deliver meals, groceries in pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has affected Michigan companies big and small in all kinds of ways but for startups tied to robotics and mobility, the...
Read MoreTire blowouts could cause self-driving cars to go astray
Have you ever had a tire go bad on you? Sometimes, a tire can seemingly obliterate and become a tangled mess of rubber and threads....
Read MoreUber self-driving car death ruling sets a scary precedent
Recently we learned that someone will face charges, after all, in the death of Elaine Herzberg, the first person killed by a self-driving...
Read MoreOur self-driving business in Austin, one year later
We stood in Austin one year ago with optimism for the journey ahead — launching a self-driving service that can be a part of the city’s...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars are still going to take a long time, people
A few years ago, I visited a super promising company called Luminar, which makes LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, technology that...
Read More10 unexpected places taking on the driverless challenge
The driverless dream is quickly becoming closer to reality, and not just in Silicon Valley. Here we take a look at a few of the more...
Read MoreThey promised us driverless cars. What happened?: Don Pittis
The name of the Scottish indie band We Were Promised Jetpacks alludes to disappointment that the future isn’t all it was cracked up...
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