Autonomous 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,...
Read MoreReuters hosts Newsmaker with Raquel Urtasun, Uber’s Chief Scientist & Head of Advanced Technology Group, Toronto
On Monday, Reuters hosted a Newsmaker event in New York with Raquel Urtasun, Uber’s Chief Scientist & Head of Advanced Technology...
Read MoreCovestro sees new automotive opportunities as cars evolve
With the car undergoing some of the biggest changes in its 130-year history, companies such as materials maker Covestro hope to capitalize...
Read MoreMEMS based LiDAR to overcome conventional limitations
The big challenge is to come up with a LiDAR design which hits the performance and robustness targets and is able to be produced in mass...
Read MoreFully autonomous vehicles: A journey worth pursuing
The utopian visions of roads dominated by self-driving vehicles might not ever come to pass, but it’s still a goal worth pursuing. Making...
Read MoreFirst ride in driveless car is a bit jerky, but still ‘pretty cool’
Andrew Ogawa says he is excited about self-driving car technology after getting his first ride in an autonomous vehicle Sunday. “It...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles provide new economic opportunities although security hurdles arise
If you live in the Silicon Valley, you probably have seen Google’s autonomous vehicles map terrain and drive around your local highways or...
Read MoreBuilding driverless cars: How they will reshape our world
Waymo consultant Larry Burns, General Motors’ former vice president-R&D, shares his insights with GlobalAutoIndustry.com on the...
Read MoreSeizing the self-driving vehicle opportunity
Self-driving vehicles are poised to trigger huge social, industrial and economic benefits. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers...
Read MoreAre we on the right road to driverless cars?
There is much ongoing research into autonomous road vehicles and experimental cars and heavy-goods vehicles have already hit the roads. A...
Read MoreAutonomous driving has serious problems that could lead to very long delays
Whack-a-mole is not good enough. A Chinese demonstration of the inadequacies of Tesla’s autopilot (see here) also clearly shows that the...
Read MoreThe convergence of 5G and AI: A venture capitalist’s view
As an emerging-technology investor, I am always on the lookout for new technologies that can improve existing markets and enable new ones....
Read MoreWhy the rush? Self-driving cars still have long way to go before safe integration
For the past four or five years, we’ve been hearing about the potential of autonomous vehicles to alleviate traffic congestion and...
Read MoreWhat’s the acceptable death rate for autonomous cars?
Before a surgeon cracks open your chest, ask him his acceptable death rate for patients. When you climb aboard an airplane, ask the pilot...
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