Iowa lawmakers advance basic AV legislation in Senate
Fully autonomous vehicles still may be years — if not decades — away, but some Iowa lawmakers are hoping to take a proactive approach to...
Read MoreChina building a highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles
A new highway in China is being built that will have dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles. The lanes reserved for self-driving cars...
Read MoreAustria’s AI brain has a plan to take down Waymo and Tesla
Think of the European automobile industry and countries like Germany come to mind, with its luxury cars whizzing down the speed-limit-less...
Read MoreScania and Nobina announce autonomous EV bus trials in Sweden
Scania and Nobina (the largest public transport operator in the Nordic countries) announced trials of autonomous buses on regular routes...
Read MoreDaimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in autonomous-driving firm Torc Robotics
Daimler Trucks is taking a major step in the development of self-driving trucks. The German firm will acquire a majority stake in Torc...
Read MoreNew York City is finally getting its own self-driving shuttle service
Autonomous vehicles are finally coming to the Big Apple. Optimus Ride, a Boston-based self-driving startup, announced plans to deploy an...
Read MoreA Waymo engineer reveals how the self-driving car company develops its robot brains
It’s a common Silicon Valley story: a young person reads science-fiction novels or watches some movies that feature robots and decides to...
Read MoreHow TomTom is evolving for autonomous vehicles
To many, TomTom is a brand synonymous with satellite navigation (“Sat Nav”) devices plastered to car windshields. But behind the scenes,...
Read MoreToyota doubles down on Nvidia tech for self-driving cars
Toyota is deepening its relationship with Nvidia as the automaker, and its research arms in Japan and the U.S., ramps up its autonomous...
Read MoreGM’s self-driving division Cruise plans to double in size by year end
Cruise Automation, the San-Francisco startup acquired by General Motors in 2016, has plans to double in size this year. To help with its...
Read MoreSelf-driving trucks hitting the roads in China using FABU technology
Autonomous package delivery services have begun in China—marking a first for the country. Delivery and logistics companies China Post and...
Read MoreSkoda’s Vision iV electric concept has self-driving tech
Skoda said its Vision iV concept is a “concrete preview” of its first full-electric car based on parent Volkswagen Group’s MEB modular EV...
Read MoreDriverless electric bus launched by NTU and Volvo in ‘world first’
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Volvo Buses on Tuesday (Mar 5) launched a 12-metre autonomous electric bus in what they said...
Read MoreOlli, a 3D-printed autonomous shuttle, comes to Sacramento state
Local Motors of Chandler, Arizona is a world leader in the manufacture of 3D-printed vehicles. Some of its offerings are just plain...
Read MoreBMW and Daimler will spend over $1 billion on the future of transportation
BMW and Daimler, two giants in the automobile sector, are pooling their resources in a joint mobility effort that spans autonomous cars,...
Read MoreUAE’s first autonomous vehicle to be unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2019
Dubai-based high-performance luxury sports car developer W Motors will unveil the UAE’s first autonomous vehicle at Auto Shanghai 2019 in...
Read MoreBlackBerry, federal government pour $350M into autonomous cars
BlackBerry and the federal government are spending a combined $350 million on autonomous vehicle technology, which they say will create...
Read MoreThe woman in charge of laying the groundwork for Waymo’s self-driving taxis in cities across the US reveals why humility is key to the company’s future
It’s assumed that if you want to work at Alphabet, your best path runs through a computer-science program at a major university. That’s...
Read MoreNo driver? No problem when Vancouver, Surrey put driverless shuttle to the test
The future of transportation is as close as Vancouver and Surrey this month when the cities host demonstrations of a driverless shuttle....
Read MoreAutonomous trucking still distant
The future of autonomous trucks is further down the road than people believe, but final-mile delivery by robots is closer to larger use,...
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