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Ford and Volkswagen taking their self-driving efforts abroad

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 in Cars, News

In recent days both Ford and Volkswagen have announced plans to work on self-driving vehicles outside of their home markets. In...

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DENSO to open new facility at Haneda Airport for automated driving technology development and testing

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

DENSO Corporation (DENSO), the world’s second largest mobility supplier, today announced it will establish a new facility at Haneda...

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Autonomous car Lidar

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 in Cars, Technology

The RS-IPLS Intelligent Perception LiDAR system from RoboSense is a hardware- and software-algorithm-based solution for the mass...

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Driver’s ed, for the car: Autonomoose learns to drive like a human

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 in Cars, News

After logging more than 100 kilometres driving on public roads, the University of Waterloo’s autonomous car — affectionately named...

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Time running out for self-driving car bill automakers sought

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

A push on Capitol Hill to speed development of self-driving vehicles may not cross the finish line in time for this Congress —...

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Ford and Baidu team up to test self-driving vehicles in China

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford and Chinese internet giant Baidu announced a tie-up Wednesday that will see the two firms jointly test self-driving vehicles in China...

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Cities could be the first customer for HD maps this startup built for autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Lvl5 has taken a novel, crowdsourced approach to building and updating its high-definition maps that auto manufacturers could use to help...

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The fully autonomous Tesla: A scam?

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

It’s been two years since Tesla started selling the full self-driving option. Was Elon Musk too optimistic? Or did he know that his...

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Ford and Baidu team up to test self-driving vehicles in China

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Ford and Chinese internet giant Baidu announced a tie-up Wednesday that will see the two firms jointly test self-driving vehicles in China...

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New driverless car technology could make traffic lights and speeding tickets obsolete

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Imagine a daily commute that’s orderly instead of chaotic. Connected and automated vehicles could provide that relief by adjusting to...

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Waymo gets the green light to test fully driverless cars in California

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google parent Alphabet, has been granted permission to operate fully driverless cars without human drivers...

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Toyota, Tri-ad, and Tokio Marine & Nichido fire insurance to establish business alliance to develop advanced automated driving technology

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc. (TRI-AD), and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire...

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Introducing crowdsourced pavement quality maps

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports

Lvl5, a company that creates HD maps for self-driving cars, today released a list of states with the best and worst road quality. The...

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Volkswagen looking to Waymo among others for autonomous tech partnership

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Volkswagen is looking to expand relationships with autonomous mobility companies for future intel developments. Working with giants in the...

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Cities could be the first customer for HD maps this startup built for autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Lvl5 has taken a novel, crowdsourced approach to building and updating its high-definition maps that auto manufacturers could use to help...

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Autonomous cars? We want autonomy cars

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Three of us in a Brock Yates Edition 1985 Audi 4000 that was terrible new and worse now. A single crack runs diagonally across the...

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Audi not all-in with autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The way Audi executive Reinhard Fischer sees it, the impending world of self-driving cars will share the road with ones driven by people –...

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The link between autonomous vehicles and blockchain

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are on the verge of completely revolutionizing the way we think about the transportation of both goods and...

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AstaZero unveils mixed reality testing for driverless cars

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The Sweden-based AstaZero proving ground is one of the most advanced sites for testing autonomous vehicles and new automotive...

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Waymo may start charging for its autonomous-car rides in Phoenix

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Thus far, the roughly 400 people signed up as “early riders” in Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids have been riding in the...

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