Could autonomous vehicles be worse for cities than regular cars?
Could autonomous vehicles be worse for cities than autos have turned out to be? Few appear to think so. But we have a long track record of...
Read MoreHow long will it take to phase in driverless cars?
Aurora CEO Chris Urmson stopped by The Vergecast to discuss the future of self-driving cars with Nilay Patel and Andrew Hawkins. They...
Read MoreNunes: Benefits won’t be shared
So, my colleague Meredith gave a very eloquent introduction as to why the technology is unsafe, why it doesn’t work. But let’s...
Read MoreAre we there yet? A reality check on self-driving cars
READ THE BREATHLESS articles and bold tweets and you could be forgiven for thinking that the fully autonomous vehicle is around the...
Read MoreExpect NHTSA to be strict with driverless cars, says expert
Jim Press, former president of Chrysler, and Steven Shladover, research engineer at University of California-Berkeley, join “Closing...
Read MorePony.ai’s pilot highlights everyone’s autonomous driving problems.
The launch of Pony.ai’s 1st live pilot looks great but digging into some of the details reveals that, just like everyone else, Pony.ai is...
Read MoreFive reasons why autonomous cars aren’t coming anytime soon
In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those...
Read More1987 self-driving technology — the future was almost ready decades ago?
Isn’t this funny: Here I am, happy about finally placing an order on a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, including the full self-driving...
Read MoreWaymo CEO John Krafcik explains why a parking lot is one of the most difficult environments for a self-driving car
Since John Krafcik became the CEO of Google’s self-driving car project, now called Waymo, in 2015, the company has achieved two...
Read MoreTesla autonomous driving: Fact or fantasy? Bold but unsubstantiated claims do not mean much
Elon Musk has made some pretty bold claims on Tesla’s behalf regarding the state of its autonomous driving solution but with no hard data...
Read MoreLIDAR Game of Thrones for driverless cars, there will be winners and there will be losers
The popular Games of Thrones series has a famed reputation for killing off characters of the provocative cable show, including primary...
Read MoreBoeing crashes and Uber collision show passenger safety relies on corporate promises, not regulators’ tests
Advanced technologies deliver benefits every day. But, sometimes interactions with technology can go awry and lead to disaster. On March...
Read MorePooling resources to make autonomous vehicles safer
New industry statistics suggest that autonomous vehicles are becoming better at driving without human intervention. U.S. automakers and...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles won’t save Uber and Lyft
No two companies have cannonballed onto the public markets like Uber and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are doing right now. Not only are the two...
Read MoreZoox CEO Aicha Evans reveals what will set the company’s electric, self-driving cars apart from the rest
Zoox CEO Aicha Evans has a big challenge ahead of her: turning an ambitious idea into a revenue-generating business. Zoox is developing an...
Read MoreFirst-ever picture of a black hole, still no picture of a true driverless car
Scientists are abuzz with the release of a picture depicting a supermassive black hole that is over 55 million light-years away in outer...
Read MoreWith full self driving evolution, Elon Musk believes your Tesla’s value will appreciate — interview video
In a must-watch interview with MIT artificial intelligence researcher, Lex Fridman, Elon Musk has revealed that he believes the move...
Read MoreWhy edge computing is key to developing autonomous cars
Self-driving cars will generate huge amounts of data (potentially in the form of terabytes of data in an hour). This can hamper response...
Read MoreThe political, economic and social drivers behind autonomous and electric vehicles
Reducing accidents, making transport cleaner and economic potential are among the key drivers for a future of autonomous and electric...
Read MoreBoeing’s cold-blooded risk calculation may tarnish trust in “self-driving” cars for years
When experts want to illustrate the potential safety of self-driving cars, they point to the remarkable safety record of modern aircraft,...
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