Ford vs. GM: Same industry, two increasingly different companies
DETROIT — “Same industry. Two different companies.” That’s how influential Morgan Stanley auto industry analyst Adam Jonas recently...
Read MoreTesla starts rolling wide Full Self-Driving v11 update: Exciting and scary
Tesla is starting the rollout of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) v11 update, which is supposed to be the wider release to everyone who bought...
Read MoreWaymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder
Waymo keeps (driverless) trucking along. The Alphabet division made a couple of announcements this week meant to highlight the progress —...
Read MoreAre airports the ideal testbed for the newest technologies?
Airports are increasingly turning to emerging technologies to improve the airport experience for customers and employees alike — and...
Read MoreGathering data for autonomous driving in adverse weather conditions
Autonomous driving is fundamentally changing the way people and goods are transported and could benefit the future society in significant...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle survivors on edge
There’s a phrase that keeps getting tossed around in the autonomous vehicle business: trough of disillusionment. Cruise CEO Kyle...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles and the future of roadway design and construction
Transportation engineering is one of the major disciplines within the Civil Engineering profession. Hundreds of thousands of students...
Read MoreReal-world testing of autonomous trucks ramps up
Over the past year, the autonomous trucking sector has accelerated efforts to test its technology in real-world applications. Through its...
Read MoreMercedes-Benz won’t follow Tesla into the robotaxi game
Mercedes-Benz CTO Markus Schäfer is energized by his visit to Silicon Valley. The executive is at the automaker’s Sunnyvale, California,...
Read MoreWill 2027 change trucking’s technology track?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a recent ACT Research study predicting a massive Class 8 truck prebuy in 2026, ahead of the next...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars were supposed to take over the road. What happened?
Washington, DC (CNN Business) — For over a decade, companies from Google to General Motors have poured billions of dollars into the...
Read MoreIs Mobileye stock a buy now?
Mobileye (NASDAQ: MBLY) went public again on Oct. 26 after spending the past five years as a subsidiary of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). The...
Read MoreAI ethics and AI law grappling with overlapping and conflicting ethical factors within AI
Do two wrongs make a right? Whichever way that you decide to answer that longstanding and vexing question, the odds are that you are...
Read MoreFormer head of Tesla AI explains why they’ve removed sensors; others differ
In a recent interview, Andrej Karpathy, who formerly was head of AI for Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD products, outlined their reasoning...
Read MoreArgo.ai shuts down – What will happen to its LiDAR unit?
Argo.ai, an autonomous vehicle (AV) unicorn, announced on October 26, 2022, that it would terminate operations across its locations in...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles have a long way to go despite billions in investments
In an automotive world always running between monthly sales goals, quarterly earnings and multiyear product cycles, it can be easy to lose...
Read MoreDriverless cars aren’t going away, but we need to lower our expectations about them
The driverless car startups that haven’t run out of money, gone out of business, or been bought out want you to know that driverless cars...
Read MoreDriverless shouldn’t equal meaningless: creatives can unlock the user experience
There’s no halting the rapid push toward driverless cars—once the technology is matured, autonomous vehicles (AVs) will likely make the...
Read MoreAutomotive safety and security on the road
The last two articles addressed how sensor fusion is advancing the capabilities of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and how the electrification...
Read MoreFour things needed to make robotaxis successful in Los Angeles
Have you heard the exciting, futuristic-transportation news? Robotaxis will soon be “rolling down the street” in Los Angeles. And if you...
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