Self-driving cars have long road to travel before they go public
Private autonomous vehicles will not hit public roads soon because of safety and cost, according to a senior executive at leading supplier...
Read MoreSemi-autonomous and always available: A peek into the near future of car rental
The world is inexorably moving to an era where personal mobility is connected, shared, electric, and ultimately autonomous. But that...
Read MoreWill self-driving cars make Tesla a $500 billion company?
In May 2019, the online investment blog Seeking Alpha (SA) published another article that dissed Tesla as a credible investment. Writing...
Read MoreDistracted driving will grow exponentially on the path to self-driving cars
All it takes is a brief moment of distraction and your world can change radically for the worse. When driving a car, a split-second...
Read MoreBlind trust, culture clashes and robot empathy: Mercedes-Benz on autonomous cars
At CES 2019, Mercedes-Benz revealed the Urbanetic autonomous shuttle, a futuristic proof-of-concept to illustrate the kind of work that is...
Read MoreHow Nissan’s ‘invisible-to-visible’ tech could pave the way for autonomous cars
Nissan’s engineers are working on more than just cars. At CES 2019, the Japanese automaker unveiled “invisible-to-visible” (I2V) tech that...
Read MoreAccessibility must be at the heart of new transport tech
New modes of transport and pioneering technologies should transform travel for older people and those with disabilities, the government...
Read MoreElon Musk’s hefty anti-LIDAR gamble undermines Tesla chances of survival
Readers have asked me to augment my remarks about Tesla’s Investor Autonomy Day, in which I had indicated Elon Musk decidedly and...
Read MoreHitting the Books: Autonomous cars will do more than drive you around
The idea that the ideal future involves fleets of shared-use autonomous cars does not acknowledge the true nature of how humans interact...
Read MoreA bet on Uber is a bet on self-driving
On Friday morning, Uber executives rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange as their 10-year-old, $82 billion company went...
Read MoreWhat do you think you know about self-driving cars? What the experts say may surprise you
Cars that completely drive themselves in showrooms a year from now? It’s a common misconception, consumer safety advocates and auto...
Read MoreElon Musk is wrong on robotaxi timing, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC he agrees with Tesla CEO Elon Musk that the future of mobility is electric, but he disagrees with...
Read MoreBelieving machines can out-do people may fuel acceptance of self-driving cars
In order for self-driving cars to hit the streets, more people may need to concede that machines can outperform humans, at least in some...
Read MoreAn MIT-trained Intel autonomous-driving exec explains why Tesla, Uber and Lyft are in a robo-taxi race for their lives
If you have to choose a ridesharing executive to listen to on the future of human drivers as robo-taxis rise, take controversial former...
Read MoreTalk of Lyft and Alphabet’s ‘self-driving robotaxis’ is linguistic fraud
One of the most infuriating things in life is when a phrase or word is used, but it suddenly means the exact opposite of its traditional...
Read MoreWaymo CTO: In a natural disaster, self-driving cars must recognize their limits
Even in an ideal situation, getting a car to safely shuttle a passenger around without a human driver is an insanely difficult task. The...
Read MoreConsumer scepticism in autonomous vehicles remains unresolved
The development and spread of advanced ‘semi-automated’ features among personal vehicles has been bold. The fact that non-premium...
Read MoreAn inconvenient truth: Human drivers and autonomous cars mix like oil and water
For those automakers and tech firms aiming to produce a truly autonomous car, considered a Level 5, they are using our public roadways as...
Read MoreConfidence that your self-driving car won’t drive off a cliff while you’re sleeping
The high-tech and automotive industries are coming to terms with the likelihood that a truly driverless car – one in which it’s safe...
Read MoreWhat’s the piece-of-the-pie for driverless cars in $2 trillion infrastructure plan?
There are emerging discussions that perhaps Congress and the White House might agree to a rather significant spend on America’s...
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