Michigan leans on manufacturing history in bid to become a hub for autonomous vehicles
This week, Waymo announced that it will turn an old factory in the Detroit, Michigan area into a retrofitting facility for level four...
Read MoreWorld’s most valuable AI startup SenseTime unveils self-driving center in Japan
The world’s highest-valued artificial intelligence startup SenseTime has set foot in Japan. The Beijing-based firm announced on Friday...
Read MoreAAA acquires largest autonomous vehicle test site in the country
The largest autonomous vehicle test site in the United States has been acquired by AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah, one of the...
Read More7 insane roads that will push self-driving cars to their very limits
The technology that powers autonomous cars has clearly improved by leaps and bounds over the years. Tech companies and automakers alike...
Read MoreOhio cities sign up to be autonomous-vehicle testing grounds
Four Ohio cities signed agreements with the state government this week to open their streets to the testing of connected and autonomous...
Read MoreMilton Keynes, the model town building itself around self-driving cars
In October, the largest self-driving car project backed by the British government wrapped up three years worth of testing aimed at getting...
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 MoreHow Southeast Michigan municipalities are building the road infrastructure of the future
Self-driving cars were once relegated to zooming around the highways in science fiction realms. But the technology that could make...
Read MoreSweden unveils advanced testing facility for self-driving vehicles
Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), in partnership with Charmers University, has unveiled the AstaZero 5G test facility for self-driving...
Read MoreArizona and Intel team up on Institute for Automated Mobility to develop driverless vehicle technology
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey today announced that he has signed an executive order creating the Institute for Automated Mobility (IAM), a...
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...
Read MoreFeds strip Willow Run robot car test site of proving-ground designation
A massive robot car test site at the former Willow Run bomber plant west of Detroit and nine other similar sites across the country have...
Read MoreHyundai-Kia pushing for autonomous technology
Hyundai-Kia has built a dedicated proving ground to develop autonomous vehicles and is targeting global leadership in the technology it...
Read MoreChina allocates 11 more roads for self-driving car tests to speed up development
China’s capital city has designated 11 more roads for self-driving vehicle testing, state news agency Xinhua said on 19 September, to try...
Read MoreInnovation such as driverless cars key to overhauling old Hong Kong districts, Urban Renewal Authority chief says
A more innovative approach is necessary to overhaul two of Hong Kong’s oldest districts, the city’s top urban renewal official has...
Read MoreTesting the unknown: The real problem with autonomous vehicles
Regulations, architectures, and neural-network algorithms are among the unknowns facing autonomous-vehicle test engineers, which beckons...
Read MoreThis autonomous testing ground is laying the groundwork for the future of transportation
Since opening in 2015, Michigan’s Mcity has been testing the reliability of self-driving cars in a model city, complete with fake...
Read MorePave over the subway? Cities face tough bets on driverless cars
Transit advocates fear that unrealistic hopes for new technology — and how soon it’ll get here — could lead cities down the wrong path....
Read MoreSingapore built a dedicated town for self-driving buses
Singapore to start testing and gathering information on AV buses in its 2-hectare mini town complex.
Read MoreELIX Wireless and GoMentum Station Partner to test new method of charging electric vehicles
GoMentum Station and ELIX Wireless Charging Systems announce a partnership today that will facilitate the testing of ELIX’s patented...
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