Ford, Michigan State University expand autonomous driving research program
Ford and Michigan State University (MSU) are expanding a research partnership into new areas. Going forward, the automaker and the...
Read MoreThe CEO of Argo AI, a self-driving startup backed by Ford, reveals the one thing that is absolutely necessary for an autonomous driving company to survive
The past few years have been good for entrepreneurs who were early to the self-driving-car game. In the aftermath of the financial crisis...
Read MoreMobility startup plans commercial autonomous trucking service in future-ready Dubai
Swedish startup Einride is developing self-driving trucks, and it now plans to operate those trucks in Dubai. The startup and Dubai’s...
Read MoreSelf-driving-car tech startup Aptiv debuts command center in Las Vegas
Aptiv opened a new facility to show off its self-driving car tech in Las Vegas, where the company operates a sizable fleet of test...
Read MoreSenate Democrats fight push to pass driverless-car bill during lame duck Congress
Senate Democrats are pushing back against attempts to pass a compromise bill in the lame-duck session that could speed the introduction of...
Read MoreBMW names new head of autonomous driving development
BMW said Alejandro Vukotich will be the new head of its driver assistance and autonomous driving development department. Vukotich will...
Read MoreAudi to spend nearly $16 billion on self-driving car tech, electrification through 2023
Audi, the German luxury automaker under VW Group, said Tuesday it will invest €14 billion ($15.95 billion) over the next five years on...
Read MoreOhio’s first self-driving shuttle service begins on December 10th
Ohio wants to be a haven for self-driving cars, and it’s already acting on those plans… if slowly. Smart Columbus and DriveOhio have...
Read MoreNissan looks to future that’s driverless, with fewer cars
Every automaker needs to plan for the future. For more than a century, this generally has meant determining which types of vehicles to...
Read MoreExtremely precise Bosch sensor will help self-driving cars navigate roads more accurately
Self-driving cars require an array of sensors to figure out things human drivers take for granted, like knowing the exact position of a...
Read MoreUber hires former NHTSA official to help with self-driving car program
Uber has hired a former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) official to work in its self-driving car program, which has...
Read MoreGM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms
First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...
Read MoreVolvo’s self-driving trucks will haul limestone from a mine
Sometimes, it’s the least glamorous uses of self-driving tech that can be the most important. Volvo has struck a deal that will have six...
Read MoreDriverless cars on the streets of London’s Hounslow before 2019
Driverless cars are to hit the streets of Hounslow in London, England, before Christmas. Following successful trials in Oxford, England,...
Read MoreContinental and EasyMile are making self-driving vehicles for Singapore roads – here’s what it’s like inside
The future where self-driving vehicles roam the roads is coming at us full-speed. German automotive manufacturing company Continental...
Read MoreFord partners with Walmart and Postmates to test autonomous grocery delivery
Ford is partnering with Walmart and Postmates to test the business of delivering goods like groceries and pet food using self-driving...
Read MoreNew £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre will be Europe’s main site for autonomous and electric car R&D
Research into the next generation of autonomous and electric vehicles will be conducted at a new £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre in the...
Read MoreVolkswagen and Ford explore self-driving and EV partnerships
The auto industry is transitioning into a new phase, as businesses prepare to roll out self-driving and electrified vehicles. The effort...
Read MoreComfortDelGro to trial self-driving shuttle bus at NUS from March 2019
A self-driving shuttle bus service will be on trial at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Kent Ridge campus from March 2019,...
Read MoreAImotive unveils third-generation neural network for self-driving cars
AImotive has been working on its autonomous vehicle (AV) technology for a number of years, focusing on vision-first technology that will...
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