Driverless grocery delivery service debuts in Texas’ largest city
Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE:KR) is introducing driverless, robot-controlled vehicles in high-traffic Houston zip codes. The grocer hopes...
Read MoreVW’s ID Roomzz previews a full-size electric SUV due in 2021
Volkswagen’s growing electric car lineup will include something for those who like the reassurance of a full-size SUV. The automaker...
Read MoreVolkswagen unveils next electric SUV in its futuristic ID lineup
Volkswagen unveiled a new electric car concept at the Shanghai Auto Show this week. The quixotically named ID Roomzz is an all-electric...
Read MoreAudi AI:ME autonomous electric car hints at what’s coming from Volkswagen
Auto shows are places where car companies stretch their wings, imagining vehicles that could become reality — some day. This week, Audi...
Read MoreYole anticipates $6B market for autonomous-vehicle LiDAR in five years
The LiDAR market was worth $1.3 billion in 2018, according to market research firm Yole Développement (Lyon, France), which recently...
Read MoreSweden’s Veoneer bets driverless car delay will be its gain
Sweden’s Veoneer expects to gain from a commercial delay in self-driving cars, betting that rising demand for its radar and camera-based...
Read MoreVW says China to become global software development hub to autonomous tech
Volkswagen will use Chinese software developers to help design a global autonomous vehicle architecture thanks to the prevalence of...
Read MoreAudi’s self-driving EV concept filters out rush-hour stress
Many folks are cool on autonomous cars because we actually like to drive, but nobody wants to be stuck in rush hour or city congestion....
Read MoreGame, set, match — Elon Musk exudes confidence in Tesla’s position in autonomous vehicles
It this article, I’ll highlight the points Elon Musk and Lex Fridman made in a recent YouTube video on Artificial Intelligence and give...
Read MoreTesla is raising the price of its full self-driving option
In a few weeks, Tesla buyers will have to pay more for an option that isn’t yet completely functional, but that CEO Elon Musk promises...
Read MoreCambridge startup teaches driverless cars to behave around cyclists, can deploy on any road now
“Cambridge is a great place to test [autonomous vehicles] because the roads are complex and difficult,” says the cofounder of driverless...
Read MoreUber spent $457 million on self-driving and flying car R&D last year
Uber spent $457 million last year on research and development of autonomous vehicles, flying cars (known as eVTOLs) and other “technology...
Read MoreZF launches coPILOT system for next-gem ADAS
German auto parts supplier ZF on Friday announced the debut of ZF coPILOT, an intelligent advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) leading...
Read MoreBacker of Musical.ly, Grindr and Opera to invest $50M in self-driving startup Pony.ai
A games publisher in China is following the path of its larger peer Tencent to back a wide spectrum of startups for financial gains....
Read MoreCalifornia to allow testing of light-duty self-driving trucks
California would allow for the testing of light-duty autonomous trucks on public roads under a proposed rule announced Friday. The state’s...
Read MoreAffectiva raises $26 million to bring emotional intelligence AI to car safety systems
Affectiva today announced the close of a $26 million funding round to advance its emotion and object detection AI for monitoring vehicle...
Read MoreTesla launches Model 3 leases, will keep cars for autonomous Uber-like service after term
Tesla announced today that it is launching a lease program for Model 3 and interestingly, it won’t let people buy the cars after the...
Read MoreUber’s 250 autonomous cars have driven ‘millions’ of miles and transported ‘tens of thousands’ of passengers
Hot on the heels of Lyft’s public market debut, Uber filed its S-1 today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, setting the...
Read MoreIowa 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 MoreBaidu dominates Chinese autonomous driving tests
Eight tech companies in China’s capital city of Beijing have logged a total of 95,442.6 miles (153,600 kilometers) in their autonomous...
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