Researchers create ears for cars to improve road safety
For drivers, there are times when it feels as if that fast-approaching emergency vehicle, with its siren blaring, has come from nowhere....
Read MoreLyft touts benefits of self-driving cars, but warns of ‘second order’ effects
Autonomous cars will prove critical to the future of cities, according to Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s chief strategy officer and head of business...
Read MoreSelf-driving car bill drafts silent on maker accountability (1)
(Updates throughout with controversy over lawsuits.) House and Senate lawmakers moved a step closer to drawing up driverless car...
Read MoreGroups call on U.S. lawmakers to develop ‘meaningful legislation’ for AVs
Officials from trade groups representing automakers and tech companies, as well as consumer and vehicle safety, called on Congress to...
Read MoreTesla’s Autopilot in spotlight in new NTSB reports on crashes
(Bloomberg) — A Tesla Inc. vehicle that slammed into a California highway barrier in 2018 with its automated driver-assist function...
Read MoreThe engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup
The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products —...
Read MoreCOAST Autonomous signs MOU with Saint Leo University in Florida
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COAST Autonomous (“COAST”) announced today that it has signed a...
Read MoreAptiv’s self-driving cars have given 100,000 paid rides on the Lyft app
What started out as a temporary pilot project to test a robotaxi service in Las Vegas has turned into a multi-year partnership between...
Read MoreWe still can’t agree how to regulate self-driving cars
There was a sense of déjà vu on Capitol Hill today as a House panel convened yet another hearing on how to best regulate autonomous...
Read MoreGordon Murray’s Motiv reinvented as electric autonomous pod with a single gullwing door
Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has released photos and specifications of its new Motiv autonomous city car. Developed in collaboration with...
Read MoreFiat Chrysler and AutoX confirm plans to work on robotaxis
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is joining forces with the Chinese startup AutoX to bring self-driving robotaxis to China. The companies...
Read MoreUS House panel will discuss self-driving cars next week
On February 11th, a House panel will hold a hearing that could help shape the future of self-driving vehicles in the US. The Consumer...
Read MoreTesla accused of abruptly pulling self-driving from a used Model S
Tesla’s much-vaunted ability to add features to its cars over the air has turned into a real inconvenience for some drivers. An...
Read MoreBosch says it could launch an autonomous car tomorrow
The German supplier’s senior vice-president of automated driving, Kay Stepper, told Autocar that its engineers have already cleared the...
Read MoreWaymo’s AI Content Search tool lets engineers quickly find objects in driving records
AI is the method by which self-driving cars perceive joggers, cyclists, traffic lights, road signs, trees, shrubs, and more, and it...
Read MoreThe federal government just granted its first driverless car exemption
Nuro, the self-driving startup founded by two ex-Google engineers, has a new delivery robot. The R2 is the company’s second-generation...
Read MoreLexus to unveil its first Level 2 autonomous car this year
Lexus is set to unveil its first ever car with autonomous driving capabilities this year, albeit only with Level 2 autonomy initially....
Read MoreCOAST Autonomous and DG Cities announce collaboration to transform cities through integration of connected and autonomous vehicles
US: COAST Autonomous (“COAST”) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with DG Cities, an expert in smart city...
Read MoreTuSimple expands UPS autonomous routes
TuSimple, a global autonomous-driving technology company, has expanded autonomous truck service for current customer UPS to 20 trips per...
Read MoreSelf-driving mass transit arrives on American streets
(Bloomberg) — When Interstate 71 arrived in Columbus in the 1960s, the South Linden neighborhood was largely cut off from the rest...
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