Electric vehicles creating a roadmap to autonomous vehicles
With one stroke of the pen Governor Newsom of California has insured a robust outlook for the future of electric vehicles in California....
Read MoreThrowing wrenches at autonomous vehicles
If you need to quickly figure out whether or not an AV is safe, you might want to throw a wrench at it. If it doesn’t crash, it’s worthy...
Read MoreWaymo Continues Autonomous Trucking Development Push
Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google owner Alphabet Inc., is talking more about its push into autonomous trucking.The company said...
Read MoreHidden factor steering for trouble in latest Elon Musk versus Waymo self-driving cars squabble
There is an elephant in the room, but it seems as though nobody is noticing it. In the ongoing push toward the fielding of self-driving...
Read MoreThe real question: When do we ban human drivers?
Every year, about twenty million people die or suffer serious horrific (and permanent) injury every year, worldwide. With self-driving...
Read MoreChinese self-driving cars ready to roll abroad
Chinese startups in the field of self-driving or fully automated vehicles are beefing up their presence in foreign markets. Their move...
Read MoreYou may not have heard, but the autonomous vehicle has now arrived
No one said it would be easy. Much less that its deployment would be immediate, or that it would be available to everyone around the...
Read MoreSelf-driving car UX shifting gears from stony silence to avid chitchat
What usually happens today when you get into a ride-sharing car that you requested as a pick-up for your trip to a local store?...
Read MoreST enabling industry on its journey towards autonomous driving
There continues to be a strong acceleration in transitioning to serve new mobility trends, including increasing vehicle electrification,...
Read MoreWaymo and TuSimple autonomous trucking leaders on the difficulty of building a highway-safe AI
TuSimple and Waymo are in the lead in the emerging sector of autonomous trucking; TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou and Waymo trucking head...
Read MoreUber still sees micromobility and AVs in its future, and could push Prop 22 beyond California
Uber made headlines earlier this year when it offloaded Jump, the shared bike and scooter unit that once appeared to be a critical piece...
Read MoreHalloween trick-or-treating in an era of self-driving cars
Halloween is almost here! Even if this year’s celebrations might be somewhat less extravagant and require added care and precautions,...
Read MoreWhen AV software meets human driver…
A key question about autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is whether an AV software driver can match the capabilities of human drivers — and...
Read MoreSlow and steady wins the race: A case for driverless shuttles
Many driverless shuttles and delivery programs operate at no more than 25 mph on structured routes or within tightly fenced areas, and...
Read MoreRedefining LiDAR – Will perception software become the eyes of AVs?
California-based LiDAR specialist, AEye has developed iDAR (Intelligent Detection And Ranging), a perception system that acts as the eyes...
Read MoreSemi-autonomous vehicle brings future to Japanese mountain village
AKITA, Japan (Kyodo) — Asa Ishikami has seen much change in her 85 years of life, and now she is witnessing the future of travel...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars could be operating daily in 1-2 years—just not in big cities
(Bloomberg) — Oliver Cameron co-founded the self-driving car start-up Voyage in 2017 on the theory that retirement communities are...
Read MoreWaymo and Cruise safety drivers face a bleak choice: Pandemic or pollution?
Leo* stepped out of his house in Oakland recently to start his day as a backup driver for Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by...
Read MoreAnn Arbor startup develops autonomous robot to safely deliver meals, groceries in pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has affected Michigan companies big and small in all kinds of ways but for startups tied to robotics and mobility, the...
Read MoreTire blowouts could cause self-driving cars to go astray
Have you ever had a tire go bad on you? Sometimes, a tire can seemingly obliterate and become a tangled mess of rubber and threads....
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