Self-driving ‘Apple Car’ may combine LiDAR with other sensors for better decision-making
As work on the “Apple Car” progresses, Apple is coming up with new ways to improve automated driving systems, including using...
Read MoreChina’s NIO, Mobileye launch level 4 trials in Israel
The Chinese electric vehicle maker is installing Mobileye kits for driverless cars. The electric vehicles of Chinese carmaker NIO (NYSE:...
Read MoreAutonomous open-wheelerswill race at Indianapolis next year for a $1 million prize
Motorsport may have once been a technological wellspring from which road car tech could sometimes be skimmed, but today, the link between...
Read MoreRussia’s Yandex aims to double self-driving fleet with Hyundai
(Bloomberg) — Yandex NV will test a driverless car it developed with Hyundai Motor Co. in Detroit as the Russian technology giant...
Read MoreAVs gather momentum amid Coronavirus but roadblocks remain
Gone are the days when autonomous vehicles (AVs) were confined to the realms of science fiction. Over the past few years, driverless cars...
Read MoreHeroic Kansas soldier runs over active shooter, saves lives, vital implications for AI and self-driving cars
Quite a harrowing moment occurred recently when a man with a rifle started randomly shooting at people while standing on the Centennial...
Read MoreAutonomous driving firm Aurora has doubled staff in past year
While the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic and its entire, gigantic, enormous economic fallout, it’s perhaps surprising to...
Read MoreWaymo’s robot minivans are ready to roll in the Bay Area for the first time since COVID-19 outbreak
Waymo’s self-driving cars are returning to Bay Area roads for the first time since the company halted its public testing in early March...
Read MoreWho will own the cars that drive themselves?
It was a difficult question even before the coronavirus pandemic hit: When self-driving cars eventually rule the roads, will Americans own...
Read MoreDidi Chuxing’srobotaxi unit lands $500 million from Softbank-led group
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing service, said it has raised $500 million for its autonomous vehicle business from an investment...
Read MoreVolkswagen’s board approves multi-billion dollar alliance with Ford to develop electric & commercial vehicles
German carmaker Volkswagen AG said on Thursday its supervisory board had approved several projects in a multibillion-dollar alliance with...
Read MoreSpeaking of space launches, here’s how Apollo 12 was saved by a steely-eyed missile man, plus lessons for self-driving cars
This is an exciting week for space travel and kudos goes to NASA and SpaceX for being on the verge of launching astronauts into space from...
Read MoreMobileye demos self-driving car that uses cameras to get around
Mobileye, Intel’s driverless vehicle R&D division, today published a 40-minute video of one of its cars navigating a 160-mile stretch...
Read MoreNuro’s self-driving vehicles to deliver prescriptions for CVS Pharmacy
Nuro, the autonomous robotics startup that has raised more than $1 billion from SoftBank Vision Fund, Greylock and other investors, said...
Read MoreHow Mercedes Benz is keeping drivers safe using ‘Car-to-X’ communication technology
A major focus of German automaker Dailmer AG throughout its history is the automaker’s commitment to the safety of passengers. For...
Read MoreCarnegie Mellon University to join Roborace autonomous racing championship
LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A student team from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is joining the upcoming season of...
Read MoreAutonomous car company Aurora increases hiring amid industry struggles
Autonomous vehicle (AV) startup Aurora today announced it has roughly doubled its workforce to 500 people (up from 250 as of May 2019) and...
Read MoreFor better or for worse, ballot harvesting for election voting would be a cinch with self-driving cars
There is a lot of controversy about ballot harvesting. First, some prefer to call it ballot collecting, since the word “harvesting” seems...
Read MoreGM’s Cruise self-driving unit beefs up board with executive who ran advanced research for Google, Facebook, DoD
Cruise, a majority-owned self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, has added prominent inventor and tech executive Regina E. Dugan to its...
Read MorePedestrians and cyclists make Guangzhou ‘efficient’ for testing self-driving cars
WeRide, a Chinese robotaxistartup, recently compared its results testing self-driving cars in both Silicon Valley and Guangzhou, China....
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