The dream of the truly driverless car is officially dead
Lyft’s quest for driverless cars is over. The company recently announced the sale of its self-driving unit to the auto giant Toyota....
Read MoreAutonomous Vehicle Day: IDTechEx discusses autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is 2-3 years away, for real this time
BOSTON, May 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “Autonomous cars will be here in 2 years” has been a standard sentence from the...
Read MoreNew research says human drivers are accelarousal-prone which is especially eye-catching for AI self-driving cars
I feel the need, the need for speed. We all know that famous line. I feel the need, the need for acceleration. That’s a line that doesn’t...
Read MoreMapping the most important companies in autonomous vehicle tech
Moving closer to operational setups across the world, here is the latest update of the global Autonomous Driving Network, showcasing most...
Read MoreThe LiDAR range wars – Mine is longer than yours
The LiDAR wars are heating up. Not surprising since 6 companies have gone public in the past 6 months and become LUnicorns via SPAC...
Read MoreWhat’s the difference between autonomous and electric vehicles?
Currently, apart from sharing a letter in their acronym, the relationship between electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) is...
Read MoreApple seeks to bite into self-driving electric vehicle market
The scramble for the $5 trillion car market is afoot. The leaders in self-driving tech and electric mobility will be the winners. Apple...
Read MoreMemorial Day traveling is going to be dicey, not so in an era of AI self-driving cars
The Memorial Day weekend is almost here! And it is time for a deserved road trip, a refreshing getaway, a chance to finally stretch your...
Read MoreWhat are the safety and reliability rules for AV makers?
Autonomous vehicles (AV) are already on the public streets and roads in various U.S. cities. Do regulators — and the public — have reason...
Read MoreSilicon Valley is resetting expectations for self-driving cars and settling in for years of more work.
After years of hype, billions of dollars of investments and promises that people would be commuting to work in self-driving cars by now,...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars offer chance to re-imagine sound systems
As auto manufacturers continue developing tomorrow’s self-driving cars, there’s a parallel design process taking shape....
Read MoreOp-ed: Alphabet’s Waymo warns that describing vehicles as ‘self-driving’ before they’re ready can lead to unsafe driver behavior
Yesterday’s science fiction is a real transportation option today for a growing segment of the population. I’m referring specifically to...
Read MoreOpinion: It’s time for Elon Musk to start telling the truth about autonomous driving
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has shown that he has an influential platform by roiling the cryptocurrency market with his...
Read MoreInfusing a dose of human driver skepticism into the AI driving systems of self-driving cars
Are you skeptical about most things? Maybe you are rarely skeptical. In that case, it might be that you take life as it seems to exist and...
Read MoreIn it for the long haul: Autonomous trucking startup Plus goes public via SPAC
Autonomous trucking startup Plus (formerly known as Plus.ai) is a company I’ve begun to follow closely. While much of the hype...
Read MoreThe costly pursuit of self-driving cars continues on. And on. And on.
It was seven years ago when Waymo discovered that spring blossoms made its self-driving cars get twitchy on the brakes. So did soap...
Read MoreFrom driverless cars to robotic warehouses, China looks to automation to solve population issues
GUANGZHOU, China — Qin Jiahao has been working at Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com’s logistics operations for around six years. Now a huge...
Read MoreSolving big city murder cases and other crimes via AI and self-driving cars
The nationwide murder rate is heading in the wrong direction. It is decidedly on the rise, rather than on the decline....
Read MoreLooking ahead to autonomous trucking
Although autonomous trucks are still in their infancy, the continued development and eventual deployment of these vehicles represents a...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars might never be able to drive themselves
The California Department of Motor Vehicles said this week it’s reviewing whether Tesla is telling people that its cars are self-driving...
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