Ford 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 MoreInvestigating connected and autonomous vehicles with real-life driving data
A new partnership has focused on using human-driver data to improve the performance and acceptability of connected and autonomous vehicles...
Read MoreData could be what Ford sells next as it looks for new revenue
As Ford Motor Co. works to navigate a global reorganization effort that is certain to include significant job reductions, one way forward...
Read MoreWaymo, GM to deploy self-driving cars with or without Congress
Congress is the closest it could be for at least a year to passing self-driving vehicle legislation, but if lawmakers fall short,...
Read MoreTop 5 things you’ll do in a self-driving car
When carmakers show us the self-driving future it always looks like utopian sci-fi, needing only Spock playing a lute in the back seat to...
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 MoreRidecell expands funding round for autonomous ride-hailing platform to $60 million
Car-sharing, ride-sharing, and ride-hailing companies have something in common: They rely on fairly sophisticated backends to keep fleets...
Read MoreWaymo to start first driverless car service next month
In just a few weeks, humanity may take its first paid ride into the age of driverless cars. Waymo, the secretive subsidiary of Google’s...
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...
Read MoreAutonomous cars survey matter of life and death
An extensive international survey reveals distinct global preferences concerning the ethics built into the programming for autonomous...
Read MoreElectric pickup trucks are not in GM’s plans for the next couple decades, says exec
Electric propulsion is rapidly taking over many segments of ground transportation and pickup trucks, which are the biggest profit centers...
Read MoreFour-seasons road mapping touted as WatCAR breakthrough for AVs
A research project aimed at developing three-dimensional, high-definition mapping (3D HD) could give Ontario an edge in the race to...
Read MoreFord open to working with foreign rivals on driverless cars
Ford is open to working with other carmakers to expand self-driving services internationally, the head of the carmaker’s autonomous...
Read MoreTesla’s Elon Musk is promising a self-parking feature for 2019. The only problem? It may be illegal
All over the world, searching for a parking spot can be a nightmare. Take New York City, for example. According to INRIX Research’s 2017...
Read MoreRoborace ditches driverless car for first season
Even though Roborace’s self-driving race car made it all the way up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, it won’t be...
Read MoreVW considers investing in Ford-backed autonomous unit Argo
Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. are nearing a framework agreement to join forces on electric and self-driving vehicles, capital-intensive...
Read MoreMixed feelings among German drivers about automated driving
According to the Continental Mobility Study 2018, German drivers are ambivalent about automated driving. While around two thirds would...
Read MoreDaimler and Bosch lay out plans for autonomous taxi service in San Jose
Bustling San Jose — the third-largest metropolis in California, according to the 2010 census — is about to become a testbed for autonomous...
Read MoreNever is not answer when Law Commission asks whether driverless cars can nudge pedestrians
Rather amazingly, a legal peek into the future governance of autonomous vehicles has asked when it might be “required” for driverless cars...
Read MoreTencent builds autonomous driving team in Silicon Valley
Tencent is building an autonomous driving team in Silicon Valley, in the latest sign of the Chinese tech giant moving into new areas as...
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