Self-driving cars have a problem: They’re making human-driven ones safer
If you buy one of many new makes and models of car today, you might be surprised to find that, as a standard feature, it can do something...
Read MoreShifting alliances hint at new balance of power in autonomous cars
It’s been a busy week in the world of autonomous drive technology, as a frantic burst of dealmaking reshuffled the landscape of...
Read MoreAs cars become increasingly driverless, people are already seeking analogue motoring experiences
According to those in the industry, and researchers too, driverless cars will totally revolutionise the way we think about individual...
Read MoreA green future of transportation: How self-driving cars will be make or break
It’s the year 2030: you wave your hand and within 30 seconds a car pulls up, the door opens, and you step in. Your favorite music is on...
Read MoreMorgan Stanley says investors are undervaluing Tesla’s self-driving future
Tesla has lost nearly a third of its value this year but Morgan Stanley believes there are some pieces of Elon Musk’s company that...
Read MoreMaking money on self-driving cars: The roving eye will be golden
At many of my speaking engagements on self-driving driverless autonomous cars, beyond the usual technology-based questions, I also...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars could disrupt air travel
As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s travel habits not only around their own communities but...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot safety stats said imbued with statistical fallacies, interpret cautiously
As I’ve mentioned in my column posts, Tesla and Elon Musk’s vision for the realization of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous cars is...
Read MorePeople need to be safe, secure and happy in shared autonomous vehicles
As increasing numbers of automakers and city authorities seek to explore innovative new mobility options, the scope for shared rides is...
Read MoreDriverless cars: once they’re on the road, human drivers should be banned
Self-driving cars could revolutionise people’s lives. By the end of the next decade, or perhaps even sooner, they could radically...
Read MoreBans on facial recognition will impact self-driving cars, reciprocally so
Recent headlines have made well-known the ban that San Francisco has enacted on facial recognition within its borders, becoming the first...
Read MoreZoox CEO explains what makes the company’s self-driving cars better: four-wheel steering, big batteries, AI
Aicha Evans, CEO of Foster City, California-based Zoox, spoke during a keynote about the challenges facing self-driving cars and the...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles: To park or not to park?
One of the more astonishing statistics about Apple’s new headquarters (registration required), ironically named Apple Park, is that it...
Read MoreOpinion: Advisory needed for autonomous vehicle development
“Fully automated cars and trucks that drive us, instead of us driving them, will become a reality,” announced the National Highway Traffic...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars are already here
Southern California, like many parts of the country, has terrible traffic. With almost 13 million Californians driving alone into work...
Read MoreHuman drivers bullying self-driving cars: Unlawful or fair game?
The official California DMV Driver Handbook provides prescribed driving practices that everyone is supposed to comply with while driving...
Read MoreThe road to Level 5 autonomy is still a long way off
Automakers are waking up to the realities of autonomous vehicles. In 2016, Ford said that it’d be mass producing vehicles capable of...
Read MoreCooperation and communication essential for consumer confidence in autonomous vehicles
Until very recently, mobility has been a purely mechanical affair. The cogs and bolts that have underpinned and powered automobiles have,...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot, at times unsafe for automatic lane changes, lays bare machine-learning brittleness
In my column of last Sunday, I analyzed a Tesla Autopilot incident involving a Tesla Model 3 that slammed into a stalled car on a highway,...
Read MoreProBeat: Apple’s Drive.ai acquisition proves nothing new
This week was another whirlwind in AI News. But one story particularly stood out to me: the collapse of self-driving car startup Dubai.ai....
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