Top safety official at Waymo self-driving unit stepping down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Waymo self-driving unit said on Thursday that its chief safety officer, Debbie Hersman, was...
Read MoreIntel/MobilEyepromises self-driving robotaxi service in 2022, while others back off
At the EcoMotion self-driving conference held (in cyberspace) from Israel this week, Amnon Shashua, founder and CEO of MobilEye, now a...
Read MoreWatch out for those looming AI oligopolies, including for self-driving cars
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being deployed into all facets of our existence. Via the advent of Machine Learning...
Read MoreWaymo is using AI to simulate autonomous vehicle camera data
Waymo says it’s beginning to leverage AI to generate camera images for simulation by using sensor data collected by its self-driving...
Read MoreSUSE innovates at the edge with Elektrobit to transform how cars operate
Mobility as we know it is about to change forever. Early stages of autonomous driving, the connected car, and electrification are no...
Read MoreElon Musk: Tesla raises cost of ‘self-driving’ cars
Tesla is raising the price of its “self-driving” option on its electric vehicles worldwide starting with a $1,000 (£820) hike....
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles: Who needs ’em?
To develop autonomous vehicles (AVs) capable of handling almost every corner case is cruelly hard. Equally tough and yet less often...
Read MoreAmericans still don’t trust self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are having a really rough time gaining our trust. This is not a total shock considering autonomous vehicles remain...
Read MorePorsche to incorporate Israel-based Tactile Mobility tech in future cars
Porsche, the sportscar subsidiary of German carmaker Volkswagen, will implement in its future vehicles technology developed by Haifa-based...
Read MoreHow coronavirus is accelerating a future with autonomous vehicles
Countries around the world have responded to the Covid-19 coronavirus with lockdowns, restrictions, and technology solutions that use...
Read MoreSunday’s NASCAR racing results if there were self-driving cars included
“Drivers, start your engines” was the battle cry this weekend. NASCAR racing is back underway after a ten-week halt due to the pandemic,...
Read MoreAutomated delivery cashes in on pandemic-driven demand
(Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis is accelerating a shift in the world of autonomous cars toward delivering packages instead of...
Read MoreTesla lawsuit over autopilot-engaged pedestrian death could disrupt automated driving progress
A recently filed lawsuit against Tesla in the U.S. District Court of Northern California where Tesla is headquartered alleges that a Tesla...
Read MoreRoad test area for ICVs extended in Cangzhou City, north China’s Hebei
A man tries a self-driving car in Cangzhou City, north China’s Hebei Province, May 14, 2020. The road test area for intelligent...
Read MoreThe state of the self-driving car race 2020
It turns out self-driving cars aren’t dissimilar from self-driving humans: It takes about 16 years for them to be ready for the road....
Read MoreTesla fast tracking full self-driving development with advanced neural net training techniques
Autonomous driving has been one of the fundamental pillars of Tesla’s push to electrify transport, and by all accounts, the California...
Read MoreVW, Ford forge ahead with technology sharing to save costs
(Bloomberg) — Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. are pushing ahead with plans to team up on electric and self-driving vehicles even as...
Read MorePatent office declares AI cannot be an inventor, stuns AI devotees, has impacts for self-driving cars
Can AI be an inventor? According to a recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the answer seems to be no....
Read MoreWaymo develops a machine learning model to predict the behavior of other road users for its self-driving vehicles
The emerging field of machine learning has important uses in a variety of fields, such as finance, healthcare and business. For...
Read MoreGM-Cruise lays off 8% of staff as self-driving companies face tough times
Cruise Automation, the General Motors company developing shared, autonomous EVs, laid off about 150 people on Thursday. It’s the latest...
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