A first ride in Waymo’s self-driving car prototype: Google plays it safe, and smart
On Thursday morning, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Waymo—both of which can be colloquially lumped together as part of Google,...
Read MoreKnorr-Bremse: Future concepts for automated commercial vehicles
At the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Knorr- Bremse, the global market leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of...
Read MoreTesla patents technology to automate turn signals to improve safety, reduce idiot factor
Tesla has filed for a new patent that describes a technology to automate turn signals. Surprisingly, it sounds like the technology is...
Read MoreWhen cars are self-driving, we’ll have a lot more time to wretch
If you get a little queasy riding in a car, the autonomous future promises more illness. Even when sitting in the driver’s seat...
Read MoreAre we ready for the digital tsunami?
How do we prepare for and manage what’s known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution? A technological metamorphosis is upon us, and we...
Read MoreWaymo autonomous car update: Seeking perfection in an imperfect world
Google began its quest to develop autonomous cars nearly 15 years ago when it decided to participate in the first DARPA Grand Challenge in...
Read MoreDriverless cars market is hitting new highs $26.58 billion globally by 2024
The shift in demand from passenger cars to self-driving cars has driven the market at a rapid pace. Global cars market has manifested rise...
Read MoreRenault Samsung granted permit to test autonomous cars in South Korea
Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) Corp. said Thursday that it has received temporary approval from the country’s transportation ministry...
Read MoreBlickfeld wants to give AVs better, more affordable vision
Blickfeld wants to give autonomous vehicles the gift of sight. Using cheaper components and deploying micromechanics to reduce size and...
Read MoreTaking Tesla’s 14-day Autopilot trial for a spin
Tesla opened up its 14-day Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) trial for some Model 3 owners over the weekend and we were included in the update. We...
Read MoreVW acquires minority stake in autonomous-drive software company
Volkswagen Group has acquired a minority stake in eastern German software startup FDTech, in a bid to strengthen its expertise in...
Read MoreMiniature Lidar
The Micro-Motion Technology (MMT) platform of miniature lidar solutions from Cepton Technologies Inc. are designed for autonomous driving....
Read MoreDaimler claims massive growth in mobility services
Daimler claims 24.4 million people worldwide are using its various mobility services. That’s an increase of 64 percent over the...
Read MoreVolkswagen reinforces competences in highly automated driving
Friedrich Eichler, Head of Chassis Development of the Volkswagen brand, says: “We are working flat out to integrate highly automated...
Read MoreBaidu researchers develop a new auto-tuning framework for autonomous vehicles
Researchers at Chinese multinational tech company Baidu have recently developed a data-driven auto-tuning framework for self-driving...
Read MoreHow do you get people to trust autonomous vehicles? This company is giving them ‘virtual eyes.’
One of the biggest challenges facing car companies developing driverless vehicles has little do with sophisticated robotics or laser...
Read MoreHumans—not technology—are the leading cause of self-driving car accidents in California
Self-driving cars will eventually hit the roads. But it might still be humans we’ll need to worry about when that happens....
Read MoreTesla’s ahead of the competition. Can it stay in front?
Tesla got a big jump on the competition in the battle to create the perfect electric car with driverless capabilities. More escapades like...
Read MoreWaymo success spells big upside for Alphabet, Morgan Stanley says in street-high forecast
The accelerating success of Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, spells big upside for stakeholders, according to Morgan...
Read MoreCleanTechnica exclusive: Electric autonomous Byton prototype is a showstopper at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Bringing a 21st-century mobility prototype to the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is a bold move that needs to be backed up. Byton...
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