CES 2019: Riding a self-driving Lyft car made me giddier than I have any right to be
The first time I opened my Lyft app to summon a ride here at Las Vegas for CES 2019, I nearly screamed. Instead of seeing the usual map...
Read MoreTop 10 industries transformed by self-driving cars
It took 50 years for electricity to be adopted by 60% of households in the United States and only 10 years for cell phones. The adoption...
Read More‘Reality is kicking in’: Ford says self-driving vehicles are further away than many expect
Ford will continue its push toward “mobility” to position itself as a key player in autonomous vehicles, even as the...
Read More15 factors that may be delaying self-driving cars
Let’s face it, self-driving cars aren’t living up to their hype. I’ve seen hype before and then some. But nothing like that showered upon...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars are losing their novelty factor, and that’s OK
CES 2018, last year’s massive tech show in Las Vegas, played host to the debut of Lyft’s self-driving car. Powered by...
Read MoreHere’s why a little-known autonomous trucking company is beating Tesla and Waymo in the race for driverless big rigs
The electric Tesla Semi has been, in part, ballyhooed for its semi-autonomous driving options; it can travel in a convoy where one semi...
Read MoreData sheet—there’s no doubt self-driving cars are on the way, but not soon
Mobility, as I related yesterday, is the new word for transportation. It’s a bigger, more expansive, more meaningful expression that...
Read MoreThe future of autonomous cars may involve facial sensors
We’ve come a long way since Henry Ford first rolled out the Model T in 1908, and car companies have ensured that the future is autonomous...
Read MoreConnected automated travel: As complicated as 1, 2, 3
Self-driving cars will change life as we know it; no question there. But they’re only a start — just as personal computers were....
Read MoreAptiv CTO calls 2021 ‘overly aggressive’ for AV debuts
Targets by automakers such as Volvo Cars, Audi, Hyundai and Ford Motor to have Level 4 autonomous cars on the road by 2021 are very...
Read MoreD.C. is not ready for Ford’s driverless vehicle testing
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced last year that the District would be the corporate testing ground for Ford’s driverless...
Read More5 profound lessons in the mobility space in 2018
Looking back, like so many of us are wont to do at the end of the Gregorian calendar year, 2018 was a year like so many: ups, downs,...
Read MoreAre driverless cars a threat or benefit to society?
Driverless cars are the new sensation in both the tech and transport sectors. While the cars themselves may not yet be here with us yet,...
Read MoreHere’s why 2019 could be the year that an autonomous vehicle delivers your pizza and groceries
Domino’s Pizza is leading the charge in an unlikely trend of partnerships between food companies and autonomous vehicle...
Read MoreUber employees working on self-driving cars feel their cars are safer but their careers are stuck, according to leaked employee survey
Uber is sending its self-driving cars back on the public road this week in Pittsburgh, with a whole new set of revamped safety procedures...
Read MoreThe CEO of Argo AI, a self-driving startup backed by Ford, reveals the one thing that is absolutely necessary for an autonomous driving company to survive
The past few years have been good for entrepreneurs who were early to the self-driving-car game. In the aftermath of the financial crisis...
Read MoreDriverless cars will be the biggest investment write-off ever
In December 2015, I published an article on Seeking Alpha titled “The most overhyped story of 2015 — and 2016: Driverless...
Read MoreThe future is hybrid: Why we need a control tower for autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles and services are coming as early as next month or late in the next decade, depending on who you ask. Ford, Waymo and...
Read MoreSlow and steady could win the self-driving car race
The bulk of the attention in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space has been focused on Alphabet’s Waymo and GM, which will likely be the...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars might still need human drivers
For all the talk of cars without drivers, the deployment of autonomous vehicles might still require humans controlling them from a...
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