Tesla drops a bunch of new Autopilot data, 3 billion miles and more
Tesla’s head of AI, Andrej Karpathy, released a bunch of new data about Autopilot and its features in a new presentation. Unlike most...
Read MoreNuro is using delivery robots to help health care workers fighting COVID-19
Nuro, the autonomous vehicle startup founded by two ex-Google engineers, is using its small fleet of road-legal delivery robots to...
Read MoreSurprise! 2020 is not the year for self-driving cars
In March, because of the coronavirus, self-driving car companies, including Argo, Aurora, Cruise, Pony, and Waymo, suspended vehicle...
Read MoreLeddarTech partners with Ningbo Sunny Automotive Optech Co. Ltd to accelerate LiDAR deployment for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving applications
QUEBEC CITY, April 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, an industry leader in providing the most versatile and scalable auto and...
Read MorePutting autonomous driving back on the road
The self-driving car was a dream deferred even before the Covid-19 outbreak brought the U.S. economy to a standstill. By early 2020, plans...
Read MoreSensible 4 begins testing self-driving vehicle fleet in Finland
A fleet of self-driving vehicles are now operating in Helsinki, Finland, in what autonomous driving software developer Sensible 4...
Read MoreThe underlying ethics of autonomous driving (6/6)
When we get behind the wheel of a car, we don’t really think about anything other than where we are going, how long the journey is likely...
Read MoreVoyage 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....
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