Black box data could prove lynchpin to autonomous vehicle success
There has been considerable hype over the last few years about fully autonomous vehicles merging onto the roads, but the reality is that...
Read MoreBe resolute to reduce that nighttime artificial light pollution, which AI self-driving cars can help solve (but doing so will be tricky)
Let there be darkness. That is the potential catchphrase for those that are concerned about nighttime light pollution. More formerly known...
Read MoreCarwow: why self-driving cars are a lie
Self-driving vehicles appear to be the next big step in transportation. Less human error, decreased congestion and increased productivity...
Read MoreCrashing the self-driving party of Tesla & co.
Self-driving cars — and their current hands-free precursors from the likes of Tesla TSLA -1.5%, Cadillac, Audi, and Ford — may be...
Read MoreDriverless cars and AI ethics
In my last blog, I discussed the market growth of driverless cars, and identified a number of leading companies investing globally in this...
Read MoreAlexa shockingly tells 10-year-old girl to put a penny into an electrical socket, which provides important lessons for AI self-driving cars
Hey, Alexa, be careful about what you say, especially to kids. A recent news report indicates that via a household Echo Dot, Alexa urged a...
Read MoreDriverless car market leaders innovating the transportation industry
An autonomous car is one that can sense its surroundings and drive itself without the help of humans. It is not required for a human...
Read MoreTesla’s FSD Beta 10.8 in Detroit: are there obvious improvements?
Browsing through recent social media posts suggest that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta Version 10.8 is a vast improvement over...
Read More2021 roundup: year of the self-driving shuttle
Over the course of this year, shuttles became an extremely popular platform for testing self-driving technologies. While there has been...
Read MoreChina tests first automotive grade driverless delivery vehicle equipped with Huawei MDC
A driverless delivery vehicle named “Pioneer” developed by Juzhen Data Tech has started alpha testing for application scenarios at the...
Read MoreTechnologies for making AVs safer in bad weather
Autonomous vehicles hold the potential to make our roads safer, but first, autonomous and semi-autonomous systems must overcome a range of...
Read MoreHow to scale up autonomous deliveries
In the mid 2010’s, many were predicting that mass market fully autonomous vehicles were just around the corner. With rollouts of...
Read MoreWhy autonomous vehicles won’t be taking over Ontario’s city streets in 2022
The drive to put autonomous vehicles on the market has sped up over the last decade but that doesn’t mean self-driving cars will be...
Read MoreLearn what makes a self-driving car autonomous
Tesla does not build self-driving cars. Neither does General Motors, nor Ford. In fact, there isn’t a single self-driving car on...
Read MoreDinner is servoed
I’ve been up to my neck in CES planning — and, I suppose, unplanning this week. There’s a strange disconnect getting pitches for the one...
Read MoreAt-fault robotaxi accidents for Waymo, Pony.AI, Olli and what they mean for the future
Three different robotaxi-related accidents at the end of this year raise some interesting issues about what they mean going forward. This...
Read MoreObservant human drivers cleverly watch tall trucks in traffic so as to reveal up ahead roadway snafus, which astute AI self-driving cars ought to do likewise
Let’s go on a safari! As you head out onto the savanna, you keenly observe that the area is rife with wildlife. Whoa, right over there is...
Read MoreFive ways technology will change transportation in 2022
As we reflect on two consecutive years of community disruption, one area has remained a critical lifeline: our transportation systems....
Read MoreApple Car, with wave of recent departures, faces make-or-break 2022
It’s hard to believe we’re approaching year eight of Apple’s work on a self-driving car. For all the fits and starts, 2022 could prove...
Read MoreA tale for the season: the whimsical parable of the hedgehog and the fox sheds dazzling light on AI advances and those majestically emerging self-driving cars
There is a famous line by an Ancient Greek poet named Archilochus that goes something like this: Multa novit vulpes, verum echinus unum...
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