A government’s struggle: How hands-off to regulate handsfree vehicles
Per Charles Dickens’ 1859 classic A Tale of Two Cities, our best-of-time-worst-of-times society seems to fit the second, less-famous...
Read MoreChina’s robotaxis hit the road
China continues to lead in the development of robotaxis. This post will explore the status of robotaxis in China. A future column will...
Read MoreNew LIDARs from Waymo and others produce amazing results
A recent clip of Waymo’s perception stack shows both good perception, but also the quality of Waymo’s latest LIDAR. We also saw impressive...
Read MorePlaying the persuasion game: Convincing passengers that autonomous equals safe
Though autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, to many, feels like something from the future, it is far closer to being a part of everyday...
Read MoreBothering and even spying on your neighbors via an AI self-driving car
One of the most famous TV show songs of all time urges you to sit right back and hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip that takes place...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles: Cross jurisdictional regulatory perspectives
The use of autonomous vehicles is expected to grow precipitously, and with it, novel legal questions will undoubtedly arise. As a result,...
Read MoreDriver in Virginia gets out and saves peachy toddler pushing stroller with stuffed animal toward active roadway, providing sweet lessons for AI self-driving cars
A driver did the right thing the other day and saved the life of a meandering toddler. Per recent news reports, a driver in Virginia...
Read MoreExperts say driverless trucks likely decades away, ‘like going to the moon’
Trucking technology seems mired in a race to market between electrification and self-driving, with every North American truck OEM heaping...
Read MoreCan Tesla’s Track Mode & Safety Score coexist?
Tesla’s rollout of the Full Self Driving (FSD) beta request button and accompanying Safety Score Beta has been met with apprehension by a...
Read MoreMost self-driving demonstrations are theater, here’s how to make them more real
Almost every company producing self-driving car technology has released a video showing their car taking a drive in some situation. The...
Read MoreFacebook snafu prompts realization about rescuing AI self-driving cars from single points of failure
The recent multi-hour-long outage of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger that impacted perhaps billions of users has reportedly...
Read MoreCathy McMorris Rodgers: Congress not ready to regulate autonomous vehicles
Congress “missed an opportunity” to include autonomous vehicle (AV) regulations in the infrastructure bill, Rep. Cathy...
Read MoreWaymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on how to get self-driving taxis to the mall
Waymo is working on self-driving taxis, which is a huge deal. Ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft have remade cities, allowed people to...
Read MoreThose unassuming exurbs that are just beyond the suburbs are aiming to grow due to AI self-driving cars
Are you ready for a fun driving trip? Pretend that you are sitting in your car, doing so in the midst of a hectic downtown city. Please go...
Read MoreTruckers make the world go round. Invisible truths you didn’t know about trucking in America
In May 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic in its infancy, a chain of colorful big rigs parked along Constitution Avenue in Washington,...
Read MoreThe road ahead: What about regulation for self-driving cars?
On Wednesday’s show we talked about Tesla’s full self-driving mode, which it is about to make available to more drivers. And yes, the name...
Read MoreOops, you just collided with an AI self-driving car, what happens next?
We all dread getting into a car crash. I’m hoping that you’ve never had such an occurrence. You might find of interest that there are...
Read MoreWe don’t just need an AV revolution — we need a design evolution
Over a century ago, the advent of the internal combustion engine took us out of the age of the horse-drawn carriage and into the age of...
Read MoreCOVID builds further business case for autonomous vehicles
Australia based EarlyBirds is commenting on how COVID is building a business case for autonomous vehicles (AV). EarlyBirds is an open...
Read MoreSynthetic data to play a real role in enabling ADAS and autonomy
Distracted driving has been a problem for as long as vehicles have been on roads. However, the meteoric rise of technology and the...
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