Uber removed the second backup driver from its self-driving cars ahead of the crash that killed an Arizona pedestrian
After one of the Uber’s self-driving test cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March, some employees blamed the safety...
Read MoreDemand for faster, cheaper deliveries is good news for autonomous vehicle makers
Bots, drones and driverless cars and trucks are going to explode on the scene in coming years as demand for speedy delivery of goods...
Read MoreWaymo taps former NTSB chair to oversee safety of self-driving ride-share fleet
Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary on the cusp of launching the first autonomous rideshare service in the U.S., has hired a former top safety...
Read MoreCan driverless cars gain market acceptance? (Part 3 Of 3)
Successful industrialization of driverless cars will depend on getting over many significant hurdles. Failure only requires getting...
Read MoreCan driverless cars scale into industrial-strength businesses? (Part 2 Of 3)
Will driverless cars (AVs, for Autonomous Vehicles) live up to the revolutionary potential imagined by many, including me? In part one of...
Read More15 hurdles to the industrialization of driverless cars (Part 1 Of 3)
Will the future of driverless cars rhyme with the history of the Segway? The Segway personal transporter was also predicted to...
Read MoreVolvo and Luminar demo advanced lidar tech that gives autonomous cars detailed view of pedestrian movements
Volvo and and autonomous vehicle sensor company Luminar gave a glimpse into the future of autonomous cars at the Automobility LA trade...
Read MoreDriverless cars will need cities covered in sensors, China’s Didi Chuxing says
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing wants to become one of the front-runners in developing self-driving cars, the company’s...
Read MoreWaymo reportedly returns safety drivers to its autonomous cars
Waymo is reportedly rolling out additional safety measures for its self-driving vehicle fleets, reintroducing safety drivers and...
Read MoreThrough all the hype, self-driving cars remain elusive
The relentlessly hyped arrival of autonomous vehicles looms as the greatest disruption in personal transportation since Henry Ford’s...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles are coming and there’s no roadmap (yet)
When I was growing up, my father had a tiny grocery store in Brooklyn that served our immediate community. Around 1960, something...
Read MoreGM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms
First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...
Read MoreCountry racing ahead in boosting autonomous driving development
China is speeding up its development of autonomous driving and is expected to become the leader in the technology, which is believed key...
Read MoreRussian driverless cars take to the road | Video
A Moscow firm is about to unveil technology that it says will help computer-driven cars navigate the most extreme weather, while...
Read MoreVolvo’s self-driving trucks will haul limestone from a mine
Sometimes, it’s the least glamorous uses of self-driving tech that can be the most important. Volvo has struck a deal that will have six...
Read MoreDriverless cars on the streets of London’s Hounslow before 2019
Driverless cars are to hit the streets of Hounslow in London, England, before Christmas. Following successful trials in Oxford, England,...
Read MoreDenso acquires stake in Infineon
According to Infineon, the two companies have been working together for a long time and now want to strengthen their cooperation....
Read MoreGrowth in Hamilton: Drones and self-driving cars enter the sprawl-curbing conversation
If it’s possible to prepare Hamilton for flying cars, city planners will hear you out and not call you crazy.”We talk about it...
Read MoreCOMMENT: Electric, connected and autonomous – Three building blocks for the future of last mile delivery
The last mile of delivery has become an increasingly complex final few metres for logistics companies. While for many years the automotive...
Read MoreGM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms
First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...
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