How Robots May Help Automakers Cope With EV Adoption Uncertainty
The automotive industry today finds itself in a no man’s land of risk and reward and contradicting trends. While the number of electric...
Read MoreGM faces hurdles with launch of robotaxi fleet
Halfway through 2019, General Motors is running short on time to meet its goal of launching a large-scale fleet of robotaxis by the end of...
Read MoreGet Ready For Autonomous Cars To Bring Back Bygone Tradition Of A Sunday Drive
When I was a kid, my parents only had one car for the family and my father used our motorized workhorse to drive to work each day. This...
Read MoreStartups at the speed of light: Lidar CEOs put their industry in perspective
As autonomous cars and robots loom over the landscapes of cities and jobs alike, the technologies that empower them are forming...
Read MoreThe 2019 Chevy Silverado hints at future autonomous trucks in one specific way
Someday, a truck will be more like a rolling, portable workshop than something you actually drive. In many ways, trucks are already...
Read MoreRecord Layoffs Loom In Shadow Of Industry Push For Electrification And Self-Driving
Automakers are in a bind. Global car sales are slowing faster than they are able to reinvent themselves as transportation service...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars are a chance to design a new part of our culture
Driverless cars aren’t just a new kind of car. They’re teachable machines that come with new ownership models and rules. And we don’t yet...
Read MoreCruise is testing emergency vehicle detection for autonomous cars
Cruise is testing computer vision and sound detection AI to help autonomous cars respond to passing emergency vehicles, a company...
Read MoreArgo AI and Waymo release automated driving data sets
Until recently, the data collected by companies developing automated driving systems was a closely guarded secret. Automated vehicles...
Read MoreFormer Anki engineers will steer Waymo’s self-driving trucks effort
More than a dozen engineers, who lost their jobs after consumer robotics startup Anki shut down in April, have found a new home. The 13...
Read MoreHow self-driving cars will cope with unruly riders
We’ve all had occasions to rate our rideshare drivers, typically on a scale of 1 (worst) to 5 (best), but did you also know that the...
Read MoreWaymo makes autonomous vehicles available to Lyft riders
Waymo, a subsidiary of Google-parent Alphabet which is developing autonomous vehicles and related services, has officially expanded its...
Read MoreApple’s latest acquisition shows self-driving cars are in the doldrums of disappointment
Apple’s recent acquisition of autonomous vehicle startup Drive.ai throws a monkey wrench into the theory that it had backed away from an...
Read MoreAurora: The self-driving startup making big moves
Currently, there are a number of of self-driving companies racing to make autonomous vehicles a reality. One to keep your eye on is...
Read MoreApple’s silence hurts efforts to take drivers out of cars
It should be obvious that a car is not a smartphone. Apple Inc. is acting as if they’re the same....
Read MoreHere’s how Cruise’s autonomous cars navigate double-parked cars
Cruise, the driverless car startup acquired by GM for $581 million in 2016, today detailed in a blog post how its fleet of over 180...
Read MoreSoftBank, Toyota’s self-driving car venture to add five more automakers: sources
The self-driving car joint venture of SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor will receive investment from a further five Japanese automakers, two...
Read MorePower-Monitoring IC has built-in self-diagnostic function
ROHM recently announced the availability of a power supply monitoring integrated circuit (IC), the BD39040MUF-C, with built-in self-test...
Read MoreIncreased safety through partially automated driving: the forwarding agent Wagenstetter from Forsting in Upper Bavaria tested Active Drive Assist in the new Actros
In preparation for the new Mercedes-Benz Actros, Mercedes-Benz Trucks carried out final tests with customers. One of these customers is...
Read More5StarS publishes assurance framework to build trust in connected and autonomous vehicles
The 5StarS consortium – which brings together key research bodies Ricardo, Roke, HORIBA MIRA, Thatcham Research and Axillium Research to...
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