Coronavirus shows there’s still no such thing as a totally human-free self-driving car
Autonomous vehicles were supposed to make human drivers obsolete. But the coronavirus pandemic is exposing how a technology designed to be...
Read MoreAdvances in sensor cleaning pave the way for autonomous driving
Sensor systems provide pivotal environmental data to smart cars, allowing for automated and autonomous functionality. They can tell a...
Read MoreToyota partners with China’s Momenta on high definition maps for autonomous cars
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp has partnered with Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta to...
Read MoreHow to lease an autonomous delivery van
Something happened on the way to robotaxis taking over the world. The timeline to transport people without a human driver, particularly...
Read MoreUSDOT announces $20.3 million grant to improve transport with innovation
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced approximately $20.3 million in grant...
Read MoreFederal regulators move to make room in safety standards for driver-less cars
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Tuesday moved to make changes in some safety standards to help pave the way for driver-less vehicles....
Read MoreReinventing mobility and manufacturing at once: Local Motors
Some of the most consequential technological and economic advances happen where two innovation trends intersect. Local Motors, a company...
Read MoreChinese EV startupXPeng Motors granted permit to test its new P7 sedan on roads in the U.S.
Chinese electric vehicle startupXpeng Motors is one of a new group of electric vehicle startups looking to follow Tesla’s lead by...
Read MoreWaymo pausing some robotaxi service after safety drivers raise coronavirus concerns
Waymo is temporarily shutting down some of its robotaxi services in Arizona, just days after The Verge reported that its contracted safety...
Read MoreThe problems of medical emergencies while inside a self-driving car are going to be challenging
Jonathan got into his car that morning and was driving over to the grocery store. It was a day like any other day. He had driven the route...
Read MoreCoronavirus fears halt autonomous vehicle testing for Uber, Cruise, Aurora, Argo AI, Waymo, and others
Following Waymo’s announcement that it would limit its ride-hailing service in Phoenix, Arizona and autonomous car testing on California...
Read MoreWaymo funding shows long road to AVs
There can be no doubt: The development of autonomous vehicles is going to require more — way more — time and money than people thought...
Read MoreVelodyne Lidar announces multi-year sales agreement with NAVYA
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. announced a multi-year sales agreement with NAVYA, a leading company in autonomous driving systems. Since 2015, NAVYA...
Read MoreMining industry laboratory for self-driving tech
As the debate continues about how – or even whether – to deploy autonomous vehicles in populated areas, lest lives be at risk,...
Read MoreApex’s electric supercar includes an AR race coach and partial self-driving
How do you make a name for yourself as an EV startup when you have plenty of rivals? By promising a mix of breakneck performance with...
Read MoreWeRide resumes robotaxi service in China after COVID-19
WeRide resumes robotaxi service in China with extreme precautions to keep riders and drivers safe after COVID-19. I met the WeRide team at...
Read MoreHuman behavior and group dynamics can be reshaped by AI use, including via ai self-driving cars
Suppose you interact with an AI system, such as a robot, and in so doing your behavior changes based on that interaction. This makes sense...
Read MoreNavigant’s nonsense about Tesla autonomous driving
It is that time of year again. We see all the self-appointed experts extol their superior vision on the subjects that are most clickbait...
Read MoreTesla trails Waymo, Cruise and others in self-driving strategy, study claims
When it comes to autonomous vehicle development, the names you see in the news or on social media might not be the ones actually leading...
Read MoreYour weatherman says: “Your AV index for today is … “
Today’s automobile needs a great deal of infrastructure to be useful. A major part of the infrastructure is the civil transportation...
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