Urban planning guru says driverless cars won’t fix congestion
Peter Calthorpe thinks Silicon Valley has it all wrong. He rejects the ideas of tech industry visionaries who say personal autonomous...
Read MoreVolkswagen, Intel, and Mobileye will launch a self-driving taxi service in Israel in 2019
Volkswagen and Mobileye, the computer vision firm owned by Intel, announced Monday a plan to launch a commercial self-driving ride-hailing...
Read MoreIntel: 43% of U.S. respondents don’t feel safe around self-driving cars
Autonomous cars are on the way, with some experts forecasting that 33 million will hit the road by 2040. But public acceptance hasn’t...
Read MoreNew autonomous trucking company Ike aims to bring ‘some patience’ to field
This year has seen its fair share of autonomous trucking news, but the space shows little sign of cooling off. Earlier this month, a new...
Read MoreLyft unveils a new self-driving car and acquires an AR startup to help it build maps
On Tuesday, Lyft offered a glimpse of its brand-new self-driving car. It’s a Ford Focus hybrid sedan with technology designed and built by...
Read MoreFord will test self-driving cars in Washington, DC, with an emphasis on ‘equity’
Autonomous cars are coming to the nation’s capital. Ford announced Monday that it would begin testing its self-driving cars on the streets...
Read MoreSelf-driving school bus project shut down by the government
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shut down a self-driving school bus project in Florida, calling it...
Read MoreWaymo releases guidelines for autonomous vehicle tech crash response
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo recently published a document titled “Waymo Fully Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Emergency Response...
Read MoreFuturistic autonomous cars don’t have to ‘lack soul,’ Peugeot designer says
French car maker Peugeot doesn’t think the future of self-driving cars has to look like sci-fi-inspired pods. Instead, a design executive...
Read MoreArizona is creating an autonomous vehicle research institute
Arizona, a state that has been quite open to self-driving technology, has now created the Institute for Automated Mobility (IAM), a...
Read MorePennsylvania approves its first self-driving car tests (update)
Self-driving startup Aurora is the first company to receive Pennsylvania’s blessing to test autonomous vehicles on its roads....
Read MoreWaymo’s driverless cars hit a new milestone: 10 million miles on public roads
As it nears the launch of its first commercial service, Waymo is celebrating a new milestone: 10 million miles driven on public roads....
Read MoreTrump plans to drop 10 U.S. self-driving car test sites
Ten sites picked by the Obama administration to be nation’s hotbeds of self-driving car testing will soon have to compete with the rest of...
Read MoreTake a spin on the city’s first electronic autonomous vehicle
Edmonton’s foray into autonomous vehicles began Tuesday with the first crowd of keen commuters putting the driverless vehicle to the test...
Read MoreThe UK firm hoping to take on Google’s driverless cars
The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Stan Boland, founder...
Read MoreNavya autonomous shuttle: Self-driving a reality at Paris Motor Show 2018
The latest version of the Navya autonomous shuttle was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show this week, highlighting the French manufacturer’s...
Read MoreToledo, Ohio, wins $1.8M grant to deploy driverless bus downtown
Toledo, Ohio, is getting in on the autonomous vehicle movement, with plans for a driverless bus loop around its downtown....
Read MoreHonda putting $2.75 billion into G.M.’s self-driving venture
In the race to develop self-driving cars, General Motors has picked up another hefty ally. Honda, the Japanese automaker, has agreed to...
Read MoreUK to have driverless cars on its roads in the coming 3-4 years, says minister
Britain will see truly driverless cars on its roads in three to four years but there will still be a role for diesel cars for many years,...
Read MoreTuSimple building safest self-driving truck with 1,000 meter perception range
TuSimple, a global autonomous truck technology leader, publicly demonstrated its Level 4 fully autonomous driving solution – the first of...
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