Voyage gets the green light to bring robotaxi service to California’s public roads
Voyage has cleared a regulatory hurdle that will allow the company to expand its self-driving service from the private roads of a...
Read MoreHow will autonomous cars change the user experience?
The cornerstones of the automotive industry—people’s love of a car brand, passion for a type of car, pride in owning a particular model...
Read MoreLow-trust versus high-trust beliefs will impact the growth of AI, including for self-driving cars
Do you trust your fellow citizens? Maybe, maybe not. Or, more likely, you trust them to some degree, and therefore you somewhat trust them...
Read MoreNendo designs self-driving mobile playground equipment for children
Coen Car is a concept design by Nendo that envisions children playing with a fleet of autonomous vehicles that function as pieces of...
Read MoreLinking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light
THE BIG IDEA Automated vehicles don’t have human operators to communicate their driving intentions to pedestrians at intersections. My...
Read MoreChina pushes forward with autonomous driving standards
Framework for low-level driverless vehicles a major task this year, says MIIT China is expected to complete the formulation of a framework...
Read MoreAutonomous-driving startupPony.ai takes on last-mile delivery
With autonomous-vehicle companies parked by Covid-19, Pony.ai has teamed up with Los Angeles-based e-commerce site Yamibuy to deliver...
Read MoreHas Elon Musk set up regulatory Boogeyman as scapegoat for ongoing delay in promise of self-driving Teslas?
A tweet by Elon Musk this recent Easter weekend has sprung forth an erstwhile Easter egg hunt by the media and industry about the...
Read MoreThe Xpeng Motors P7 sedan with NVIDIA’s AI-powered DRIVE AGX hardware goes on sale in China this month
Chinese electric vehicle startupXpeng Motors, announced this week that its latest vehicle the P7 smart electric sports sedan will...
Read MoreWatch Zoox’s autonomous car drive around San Francisco for an hour
Zoox today published a video showcasing its autonomous system driving for an hour in downtown San Francisco and performing a range of...
Read MoreDownsides of self-driving cars could swamp benefits if D.C. region fails to act, study says
Widespread use of self-driving cars in coming decades will increase congestion and pollution in the Washington region if governments don’t...
Read MoreCOVID-19 is a wake-up call for automakers to get into the mobility service business
Five years ago, I made a call to action for the world’s best engineers to join the mission to render human drivers obsolete. Since then,...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars and the challenges they face to gain acceptance (5/6)
The nature of wheeled transportation is changing very rapidly in what has become a disruptive technological environment....
Read MoreTesla’s latest self-driving visualization comes to life in this impressive picture
Tesla has made some impressive progress in self-driving visualization with its latest software updates. Check out this new beautiful...
Read MoreUber claims its AI enables driverless cars to predict traffic movement with high accuracy
In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org this week, researchers at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) propose an AI...
Read MoreU.S. self-driving car startupZoox agrees to settle lawsuit with Tesla
Zoox Inc said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit with Tesla Inc after admitting that some new hires from the electric carmaker were in...
Read MoreDriverless vehicles in the age of the novel coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to different outcomes for different businesses. While some have stood to benefit (think Zoom, Facebook and...
Read MoreApollo 13 has its 50th anniversary and divulges hidden warning signs applicable to today’s AI systems including self-driving cars
Time to go on a mission. There will be important lessons, I promise. Go back in time to April 11, 1970. The Apollo 13 mission to the moon...
Read MoreOn the probabilities of social distancing as gleaned from AI self-driving cars
When you get behind the wheel of your car and go for a leisurely drive, you become an estimator of probabilities whether you realize it or...
Read MoreBrazil exemplifies the auto industry’s CASE challenge
Think of CASE—connected, autonomous, shared and electrified—mobility and you might picture a well organised street scene with dedicated...
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