Why Amazon is revving up its investments in electric and self-driving cars
Amazon (AMZN – Get Report) is on a bit of an investment streak, and recently, it’s been focused on transportation....
Read MoreDOT to seek public input on integrating autonomous cars and trucks into U.S. roadways
Two agencies within the U.S. Department of Transportation are seeking public input on removing regulatory barriers to allow the...
Read MoreFord wants to use human-like robots to help self-driving cars make autonomous deliveries
Ford wants to use self-driving cars as delivery vehicles, but that presents a problem: how do the packages get from the car to the...
Read MoreGM faces blowback on federal driverless car petition
General Motors Co. is running into opposition to its petition to federal regulators for permission to put up to 5,000 driverless cars —...
Read MoreIn Ford’s future, two-legged robots and self-driving cars could team up on deliveries
Autonomous vehicles might someday be able to navigate bustling city streets to deliver groceries, pizzas and other packages without a...
Read MoreAutonomous driving startup Aurora to acquire lidar company Blackmore
Aurora, a well-funded Silicon Valley-based autonomous driving startup, announced that it is acquiring lidar company Blackmore. In a blog...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle pioneer doubles down on technology Tesla CEO Elon Musk calls ‘freaking stupid’
A pioneer in autonomous driving is doubling down on a self-driving technology called lidar that uses sensors to help navigate through...
Read MoreMIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans
Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....
Read MoreMIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans
Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....
Read MoreFMCSA, NHTSA seek comment on automated driving systems
A pair of federal agencies are seeking public comment that would help in crafting regulations related to automated driving systems. The...
Read MoreLetting your kids ride alone in an autonomous self-driving car: Ever or never?
There’s a lot of hand-wringing these days about letting your children be solo passengers in ridesharing cars run by the conventional...
Read MoreIt takes a village to build an autonomous vehicle
Many of the greatest breakthroughs in science and technology are inextricably associated with a specific name. Think Einstein and the...
Read MoreFormer Opel CEO Neumann joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup
Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has joined the board of directors of California-based Apex.AI, a company working to make open-source...
Read More‘Mini-city’ for self-driving vehicles launches in Greenbelt
A former research farm in Ottawa’s Greenbelt is being turned into a hub for testing the algorithms, sensors and other technology that will...
Read MoreUdacity, Mercedes-Benz create sensor fusion nanodegree as demand for self-driving car engineers rises
Udacity and Mercedes-Benz’s North American R&D lab have developed curriculum for a sensor fusion nanodegree, the latest effort by the...
Read MoreInvestors give record support to ride-hailing, EVs, AVs, and Chinese startups
Investors have seen the future when it comes to the almighty car, and it revolves around electrification, driverless vehicles,...
Read MoreSelf-driving automobiles: How soon and how much?
Based on the wide range of published forecasts of when autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be on the street and how much they will cost, you...
Read MoreBlickfeld and Koito announce the integration of LiDAR for autonomous vehicles
Blickfeld a leading provider of solid-state LiDAR technology, and Koito Manufacturing, the leading global tier-one supplier of exterior...
Read MoreResearchers say ‘spidey senses’ could help self-driving vehicles avoid hazards
Researchers want to give cars, planes and drones “spidey senses.” That is, they want to give autonomous machines sensors that...
Read MoreSee mini self-driving cars work together to improve traffic flow
On Monday, a team from the University of Cambridge unveiled a video featuring a fleet of mini robot cars capable of autonomously switching...
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