Grappling with risk-o-meters for self-driving cars
You are a finely tuned risk calculator. That’s right, when you are driving a car you are in real-time having to figure out the risks of...
Read MoreChina is betting on slow but steady to win the self-driving car race
Over the past two years, China has been setting the stage for a revolution in autonomous driving. Just don’t expect that revolution to...
Read MoreAutonomous mobility and the mythical mass market
In the fall of 2002, Microsoft announced the Smart Personal Objects Initiative (SPOT), which aimed to inject software into everyday...
Read MoreResearchers look into keeping autonomous vehicles from becoming mobile vomitoriums
If you’re like me, and I’m just going to assume most of you are, motion sickness is a serious consideration on any car trip where you’re...
Read MoreWaymo: Building cars is a “distraction” from self-driving tech
When it comes to building and perfecting the self-driving car, some companies have elected to build a full vehicle from the ground up,...
Read MoreAutonomous technology requires caution — and a leap of faith
Historically, every wave of technological innovation — especially those that directly impact human well-being — has had...
Read MoreExec warns of too much public road AV testing
A whistleblower who alerted Uber officials to safety problems in the company’s self-driving program days before a fatal crash has a...
Read MoreHow Tesla’s path to self-driving cars is different from others
The race to fully autonomous vehicles is on. In April, Elon Musk declared that Tesla should have over a million level 5 autonomous...
Read MoreThe past, present, and future of self-driving cars
Cars will eventually drive themselves. But it’s probably going to take longer than we hope. Realists in the industry, such as Gill Pratt,...
Read MoreWhen an autonomous car is in a crash, who’s liable? (Good question.)
Who is liable when an autonomous vehicle is involved in a car crash? It’s a question yet to be answered, and one the Governors Highway...
Read MoreDeadliest summertime highways in the U.S. will be recast via self-driving cars
Here’s a quick roadway tip for you. If you are heading on a driving trip this summer, please try to avoid the following highways:...
Read MoreWaymo’s self-driving tech needs one big thing to succeed: More humans
Alphabet’s self-driving car company Waymo has built the world’s smartest vehicles with access to the world’s best artificial intelligence,...
Read MoreFive myths about autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are the future. Self-driving cars could change our lives, heralding an era of greater convenience, improved...
Read MoreCloud breaches like Capital One will strike at self-driving cars
The news has covered yet another breach of systems security that involves the theft of massive amounts of data, in this case impacting an...
Read MoreCurb pedestrians or driverless cars?
One of the tempting scenarios proffered for the advent of ‘autonomous vehicles’ (AVs) is that jaywalking — an offence in many countries —...
Read MoreWomen, men sharply divided on driverless cars
Women are far less enthusiastic about the prospect of driverless cars than men, recent studies show. The latest survey by the AAA car...
Read MoreWhat will become standard first: Electric cars or self-driving cars?
Which is more likely to become standard in the near future: hybrid/electric cars, or self-driving cars? originally appeared on Quora: the...
Read MoreThe moral imperative of self-driving cars
Some say the advent of self-driving cars is a moral imperative. Most notable of the prognosticators about driverless cars and someone who...
Read MoreBetween cars and micromobility lies “minimobility” – a self-driving transportation revolution
Today’s hot transportation topic is “micromobility” where the “micro” means super-small kick scooters and...
Read MoreLook no hands: self-driving vehicles’ public trust problem
While the Silicon Valley race to make autonomous vehicles (AV) feasible is proceeding full speed, with technology giants, capital-loaded...
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