Self-driving startup Embark raises $70 million, opens freight transfer hubs for robot big rigs
Embark Trucks, a self-driving tech firm created by two twenty-something Canadian computer scientists, just landed $70 million in new...
Read MoreTesla smart summon will make driverless cars common in parking lots
Netflix is not the best thing the Tesla V10 software will offer the brand’s EV owners. There is a feature people are even asking to test...
Read MorePennsylvania groups partner to test autonomous vehicles
In the first project of its kind in the U.S., the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation received an $8.4 million grant last week from...
Read MoreFord’s autonomous vehicles are coming to Austin, Texas
Ford is bringing its autonomous vehicles to Austin, Texas, the company announced on Wednesday. Ford will start by mapping the streets of...
Read MoreIs the Scania AXL autonomous truck a self-driving workhorse of the future?
For over 100 years, automobiles have housed human passengers and the stuff they decided to take with them. Yet, the budding self-driving...
Read MoreAudi study finds high interest in self-driving cars, but far from a blanket statement
While autonomous cars and self-driving technology aren’t ready to roll in the near future, such technology is bound to become...
Read MoreHow autonomous driving affects heat loads and component sizing in electric vehicles
Electrified vehicles present a whole new set of design challenges, and autonomous driving piles on an entire new level of complexity. For...
Read MoreThe driverless car is dead. Long live the driverless car
A $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv Plc to develop autonomous cars might look like evidence that the promised...
Read MoreRobotaxis as the norm are still ‘far away’
If there’s a voice of reason in the autonomous vehicle industry, Bryan Salesky is it. One might think the CEO of Argo AI would have every...
Read MoreA European university is testing 5G for self-driving vehicles
The University of Warwick, in collaboration with National Instruments (NI), has installed and will be testing Europe’s first...
Read MoreBaidu snags autonomous car licenses, bringing China closer to driverless future
The capital of central China’s Hubei province granted licenses for companies to test self-driving vehicles, boosting robocar-related...
Read MoreNimble tech firms must adapt as promised self-driving revolution hits speed bumps
When Silicon Valley startup Phantom Auto was formed in 2017, it was one of many software suppliers hitching their fortunes to self-driving...
Read MoreOpinion: Here’s what stands in the way of completely self-driving cars
Democratic presidential hopefuls and auto makers are betting big on new technologies to rid cars of fossil fuels, while auto makers are...
Read MoreHyundai to set up $4 billion driverless car venture
Hyundai Motor Group will spend $1.6 billion to develop autonomous vehicles with Aptiv Plc, marking one of the biggest investments yet by a...
Read MoreHyundai to set up $4 billion driverless car venture
Hyundai Motor Group will spend $1.6 billion to develop autonomous vehicles with Aptiv Plc, marking one of the biggest investments yet by a...
Read MoreRobotaxis as the norm are still ‘far away’
If there’s a voice of reason in the autonomous vehicle industry, Bryan Salesky is it. One might think the CEO of Argo AI would have...
Read MoreDrivers’ jobs post-autonomy, ‘disruption in chunks’: Panel talks self-driving trucks
Speaking earlier this month at the FTR Transportation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, representatives from three autonomous truck...
Read MoreTech companies adapt as promised self-driving revolution takes time
When Silicon Valley startup Phantom Auto was formed in 2017, it was one of many software suppliers linking their fortunes to self-driving...
Read MoreCould a start-up entrepreneur invent a self-driving car in their garage?
One of the most popular tropes in high-tech seems to be the notion that an enterprising entrepreneur could miraculously invent the...
Read MoreZoox CEO Aicha Evans to talk self-driving cars at Disrupt SF 2019
Aicha Evans, CEO of self-driving startup Zoox, is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in just two short weeks. Evans came on...
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