Teaching an autonomous car to perceive like a human
On April 2, 2019, Ford’s Chief Technology Officer, Ken Washington told Kara Swisher on Recode Decode with Kara Swisher that by 2021,...
Read MoreThese two companies are making autonomous cars safer on the road
At the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2019, Nvidia announced they would bring artificial intelligence-powered (AI) Level 2+...
Read MoreHere are Elon Musk’s wildest predictions about Tesla’s self-driving cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a series of bold predictions today about the ability for his company’s cars to completely drive themselves. And...
Read MoreFive reasons why autonomous cars aren’t coming anytime soon
In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot, full self driving, Elon Musk, ARK Invest — CleanTech talk with Tasha Keeney
For our hot new CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, I recently sat down with ARK Invest Analyst Tasha Keeney to discuss various...
Read More1987 self-driving technology — the future was almost ready decades ago?
Isn’t this funny: Here I am, happy about finally placing an order on a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, including the full self-driving...
Read MoreUber’s self-driving cars are still a ‘science experiment,’ report says
Uber’s self-driving cars still aren’t very reliable, apparently. Business Insider reports that Uber’s self-driving tech...
Read MoreKroger and Nuro launch driverless grocery deliveries in Houston
Nuro is on a hot streak this year, as it transitions from self-driving pilot programs to integration with existing businesses. Earlier...
Read MoreGM’s Cruise is preparing for a self-driving future in the cloud
According to marketing firm ABI, as many as 8 million driverless cars will be added to the road in 2025. Meanwhile, Research and Markets...
Read MoreMighty suspenseful: Musk reveals Tesla full self-driving tech on Monday. Brace yourself
There’s been a lot of suspense permeating the news lately. For example, in anticipation of the now released Mueller Report, the...
Read MorePony.ai tests robo-taxi program on its employees, promises self-driving trucks next
Guangzhou, China-based self-driving startup Pony.ai is joining an exclusive club of companies that have launched autonomous ride-hailing...
Read MoreMore self-driving cars = more miles driven & more energy consumed
A study by researchers at the University of Michigan School For Environment And Sustainability led by doctoral fellow Morteza Taiebat...
Read MoreUber’s self-driving car unit raises $1B from Toyota, Denso and Vision Fund ahead of spin-out
Uber has confirmed it will spin out its self-driving car business after the unit closed $1 billion in funding from Toyota, auto-parts...
Read MoreWith driverless cars running late, a startup tries remote-control trucks
For four days in February, Ben Shukman showed up to his office at Phantom Auto in Mountain View, California, sat down in front of a bank...
Read MoreCadillac commits to sedans with CT5 semi-autonomous car debut at New York auto show
Once the self-described “standard of the world,” Cadillac has spent the last decade struggling to catch up to key competitors like...
Read MoreWaymo CEO John Krafcik explains why a parking lot is one of the most difficult environments for a self-driving car
Since John Krafcik became the CEO of Google’s self-driving car project, now called Waymo, in 2015, the company has achieved two...
Read MoreKia HabaNiro concept is a spicy, self-driving EV that’s confused about its own existence
As the makers of the Soul and Stinger, Kia has never been one to shy away from bold model names. This becomes especially apparent in the...
Read MoreIs Lidar necessary for self-driving cars? Audi seems to think so
There is a long running debate in the realm of autonomous vehicles about whether self-driving cars need to be equipped with lidar sensors,...
Read MoreDutch chipmaker NXP makes China push by backing radar company Hawkeye
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has come a long way since Qualcomm’s outsized $44 billion offer to acquire it fell through last year....
Read MoreHalf-baked automated cars will put lives at risk, but (almost-ready) robotaxis will save lives
At the core of autonomous cars is deep neural networks, which improve as they encounter more scenarios, leading to safer autonomous cars....
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