Idriverplus raises over $14.6 million for autonomous street cleaners and cars
Idriverplus, a Beijing-based supplier of driverless vehicle and robotics systems, this week raised over 100 million yuan (~$14.6 million)....
Read Morepriestmangoode reimagines mass transit with electric self-driving vehicle for dromos
priestmangoode has revealed an electric, autonomous vehicle designed for high capacity urban transport. autonomous network transit (ANT)...
Read MoreWhen wildfire smoke and ash fill the sky, here’s how self-driving cars can go awry
There has been a recent spate of deadly wildfires throughout the western parts of the country, especially hitting California, Oregon, and...
Read MoreOklahoman nabbed for driving au naturel, which reveals eye-opening self-driving car insights
Time to share some lighter news, though with surprisingly revealing insights included. A recent news item that received rather startling...
Read MoreExperts stress public trust in AV tech as e-commerce rises
As the coronavirus pandemic prompts people to shop from their homes and rely on contactless delivery services, gaining public trust in...
Read MoreLockdown couldn’t keep Waymo from testing self-driving cars … in a fake city
Self-driving car testing on public roads gets most of the headlines, but that was no longer an option for Waymo once the coronavirus...
Read MoreBaidu launches its ‘Apollo Go’ robotaxiservice in China’s capital city of Beijing
Three weeks after launching its “Apollo Go” robotaxi service in the Chinese city of Cangzhou, China’s tech giant Baidu...
Read MoreConnected and autonomous vehicle projects in the UK
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and Innovate UK have published a series of case studies of connected and autonomous...
Read MoreAmazon jobs UK: Online retail giant hiring new Cambridge team for exciting driverless delivery service
Online retail giant Amazon is set to hire a new team of engineers to help develop driverless deliveries in the UK and globally, following...
Read More4 ways Tesla self-driving ‘falls short’ in Consumer Reports testing
Consumer Report says extensive testing on Tesla’s “full self-driving” capability shows that it falls short of its name, isn’t worth the...
Read MoreWill you hail a Robotaxi via mobility service platforms?
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Hailing an autonomous driving taxi, the scenario that was previously seen in sci-fi films, has come into reality and is...
Read MoreDawn of the ghost riders
Testing is a topic which often comes up in any discussion of driverless tech. And yes, rigorous testing on various routes, in varied...
Read MoreYandex self driving group gets $150 million, partners with Uber to bring autonomous vehicles to U.S.
On paper, a lot is happening with Yandex’s self-driving vehicles. Yandex NV YNDX -1.2%, a Russian multinational company that...
Read MoreRobot shuttles double as robotaxis says IDTechEx
BOSTON, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As IDTechEx predicted in its report, “Robot Shuttles and Autonomous Buses...
Read MoreHefei licenses DiDi to have autonomous car road tests
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- DiDiChuxing (DiDi) has been given green light to conduct road tests for autonomous cars by Hefei government, the...
Read MoreTENET is a palindrome and maybe self-driving cars ought to be reversible too
The new sci-fi thriller Tenet has brought palindromes to the forefront of our minds, along with jolting us all to think outside of the box...
Read MoreGM and Honda join forces as the post-coronavirus consolidation of the auto industry begins
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the global auto industry faced a period of unprecedented change. Many automakers weren’t dealing...
Read MoreA home run for self-driving vehicle education in D.C.
In cities across America, access to transportation is important for people to move freely. Washington, D.C. is no different. Many...
Read MoreWhat coronavirus means for the future of self-driving cars
It’s 2025 and driverless cars still aren’t zooming around everywhere. Where are the chilled out passengers on their phones, or...
Read MoreHow autonomous carmakers can make their cars more accessible
We’ve been talking about how technology is, or isn’t, making the world more accessible for people with disabilities. Last month, we spoke...
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