Groups call on U.S. lawmakers to develop ‘meaningful legislation’ for AVs
Officials from trade groups representing automakers and tech companies, as well as consumer and vehicle safety, called on Congress to...
Read MoreResearchers create ears for cars to improve road safety
For drivers, there are times when it feels as if that fast-approaching emergency vehicle, with its siren blaring, has come from nowhere....
Read MoreHypodermic needles left in self-driving cars is an ominous harbinger of what’s to come
Recent news indicates that some workers at a prominent self-driving car company reported that they’ve found leftover hypodermic needles...
Read MoreLyft touts benefits of self-driving cars, but warns of ‘second order’ effects
Autonomous cars will prove critical to the future of cities, according to Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s chief strategy officer and head of business...
Read MoreSelf-driving car bill drafts silent on maker accountability (1)
(Updates throughout with controversy over lawsuits.) House and Senate lawmakers moved a step closer to drawing up driverless car...
Read MoreThe self driving and sharing economy: How regulation may drive the transportation revolution in 2020 and beyond
The year 2020 may be the one that redefines your ride. Less than a decade ago, typing the words Uber or Lyft into an internet search or...
Read MoreGroups call on U.S. lawmakers to develop ‘meaningful legislation’ for AVs
Officials from trade groups representing automakers and tech companies, as well as consumer and vehicle safety, called on Congress to...
Read MoreOvercoming challenges for AI-based perception systems in automated driving
Automated driving calls for the seamless functioning of multiple sensor-based perception systems. Perception systems are crucial for the...
Read MoreTesla’s Autopilot in spotlight in new NTSB reports on crashes
(Bloomberg) — A Tesla Inc. vehicle that slammed into a California highway barrier in 2018 with its automated driver-assist function...
Read MoreThe engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup
The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products —...
Read MoreCOAST Autonomous signs MOU with Saint Leo University in Florida
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COAST Autonomous (“COAST”) announced today that it has signed a...
Read MoreAptiv’s self-driving cars have given 100,000 paid rides on the Lyft app
What started out as a temporary pilot project to test a robotaxi service in Las Vegas has turned into a multi-year partnership between...
Read MoreWe still can’t agree how to regulate self-driving cars
There was a sense of déjà vu on Capitol Hill today as a House panel convened yet another hearing on how to best regulate autonomous...
Read MoreGordon Murray’s Motiv reinvented as electric autonomous pod with a single gullwing door
Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has released photos and specifications of its new Motiv autonomous city car. Developed in collaboration with...
Read MoreIs it time to curb our enthusiasm for autonomous driving?
It wasn’t that long ago that some people within the automotive industry were claiming that fully autonomous cars would be on the road by...
Read MoreFiat Chrysler and AutoX confirm plans to work on robotaxis
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is joining forces with the Chinese startup AutoX to bring self-driving robotaxis to China. The companies...
Read MoreAre autonomous vehicles still a utopian dream?
An autonomous car in Arizona was involved in a fatal crash. Permits for pilot projects in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space have been...
Read MoreFriendships are faltering but there’s hope that AI self-driving cars might cause a friendship uplift
Friendships. It’s an easy word to say, but a much harder word to put into practice. Sadly, friendships right now are waning and becoming...
Read MoreTech start-up Pix Moving uses self-driving ideas to make flexible cities
Pix self-moving spaces are clever autonomous mobile units. These modular systems can be reconfigured and stacked freely to form different...
Read MoreDeep Learning has limits. But its commercial impact has just begun.
There has been increased hand-wringing across the AI community in recent months about the limitations of deep learning. It was a dominant...
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