Waymo CTO: In a natural disaster, self-driving cars must recognize their limits
Even in an ideal situation, getting a car to safely shuttle a passenger around without a human driver is an insanely difficult task. The...
Read MoreFord and GM among stocks driving toward profits with autonomous vehicles
In Dubai earlier this year, Tesla (TSLA – Get Report) CEO Elon Musk made another of his infamous predictions: “I think we will...
Read MoreConsumer scepticism in autonomous vehicles remains unresolved
The development and spread of advanced ‘semi-automated’ features among personal vehicles has been bold. The fact that non-premium...
Read MoreOklahoma Governor signs autonomous vehicle legislation
Cities and counties are banned from regulating autonomous vehicles, according to legislation signed Tuesday by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt....
Read More11 myths about GPS for autonomous vehicles
Everyone knows that GPS uses satellites to deliver position information to things like smart watches and your car’s navigation system. But...
Read MoreTesla claims affordable autonomous cars aren’t possible without China
President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on a variety of imports from China has sent a ripple throughout the entire automotive industry....
Read MoreWayve says self-driving cars don’t need sensors. Experts aren’t so sure
Why weigh down a self-driving car with a lot of sensors, HD maps, and equipment when you don’t have to?That’s the philosophy of...
Read MoreStartup says end-to-end machine learning is “only scalable solution” for self-driving cars
It’s a solution that Tesla CEO Elon Musk would approve. No lidars, no high-definition maps. No hand-coded rules. A small startup in...
Read MoreToyota looks to an autonomous and electric future
Toyota announced creation of a $100 million venture fund to invest in autonomous driving and robotic technology start-ups as automakers...
Read MoreAn inconvenient truth: Human drivers and autonomous cars mix like oil and water
For those automakers and tech firms aiming to produce a truly autonomous car, considered a Level 5, they are using our public roadways as...
Read MoreApple self-driving car could use ‘confidence’ algorithm to speed up sensor processing & decision-making
Self-driving vehicles in Apple’s “Project Titan” could reduce the amount of processing required to recognize objects and...
Read MoreConfidence that your self-driving car won’t drive off a cliff while you’re sleeping
The high-tech and automotive industries are coming to terms with the likelihood that a truly driverless car – one in which it’s safe...
Read MoreWhat’s the piece-of-the-pie for driverless cars in $2 trillion infrastructure plan?
There are emerging discussions that perhaps Congress and the White House might agree to a rather significant spend on America’s...
Read MoreBill governing driverless vehicles advances in Louisiana
Though still a few years away, a Louisiana House committee considered and advanced Monday legislation that would set up the legal and...
Read MoreElon Musk calls Lidar “a fool’s errand” … & other autonomous driving experts starting to agree
Tesla presented its latest and greatest vehicle autonomy features at its recent Autonomy Investor Day. The brain of the system is the...
Read MoreGM Cruise autonomous vehicle unit gets $1.15B investment
A group of institutional investors is sinking $1.15 billion into GM Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors. Cruise...
Read MoreWaymo’s self-driving cars are now available on Lyft’s app in Phoenix
Lyft riders in the Phoenix area will soon be able to summon one of Waymo’s self-driving minivans for a ride, the companies said Tuesday....
Read MoreNissan markets ProPilot cautiously
Tesla infamously pushes the envelope with the promotion of its semi-autonomous tech- nology. Even the brand name, Autopilot, has sparked...
Read MoreSpecial report: Mastering the autonomous vehicle map
Maps used by humans will not be sufficient when the driving is taken over by artificial intelligence (AI). Proponents of high definition...
Read More‘Special report: Mastering the autonomous vehicle map’ by Automotive World
A new Automotive World report looks at the role of maps in the development and roll-out of autonomous vehicles. Maps used by humans will...
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