VW to test self-driving tech in retro-styled electric Microbuses
Ten self-driving electric Volkswagen buses will soon cruise the streets of Austin, Texas, testing autonomous driving technology. The...
Read MoreBreakthrough: University of Washington Develops Compact and Affordable LiDAR Technology
In a groundbreaking development, researchers at the University of Washington have invented a smaller, cheaper form of LiDAR that...
Read MoreQuantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects
Driverless cars can use pulses of laser light to sense objects and measure how far away they are, but this can fail when it is very bright...
Read MoreStreet smarts: Can autonomous car tech pave the way for future cities?
Trinity College Dublin’s Dr Mélanie Bouroche wants to create smart cities one road at a time using connected autonomous vehicles. ...
Read MoreWeRide receives UAE’s first self-driving licence
WeRide, a Chinese autonomous driving company, has become the first self-driving vehicle company to receive a licence in the UAE. The...
Read MoreAmazon’s Zoox Tests Driverless Taxi in Las Vegas
Zoox’s self-driving taxi has started testing on public roads in Las Vegas. The deployment marks the first time a fully driverless,...
Read MoreTechScape: Self-driving cars are here and they’re watching you
If you’ve spent any time in San Francisco, you might believe we’re on the cusp of the self-driving future promised by car makers and the...
Read MoreSan Francisco may soon get 24/7 driverless cabs. City leaders are fuming.
SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon here, a driverless car jammed itself between a lane of traffic and a painted red curb...
Read MoreAmazon’s Zoox Tests Driverless Taxi in Las Vegas
Zoox’s self-driving taxi has started testing on public roads in Las Vegas. The deployment marks the first time a fully driverless,...
Read MoreTesla wants to pay you to drive its cars this summer
Tesla is going on a hiring spree for drivers this summer with the goal of “capturing high-quality data that will contribute to the...
Read MoreChina accelerating commercial use of self-driving technology, expert says
China is playing a prominent role in accelerating the commercial use of self-driving technology, and the fully autonomous vehicles will...
Read MoreThe Groundbreaking Influence of Generative AI in the Automotive Industry
Generative AI has emerged as a transformative force across numerous sectors, including the automobile industry, where its influence is on...
Read MoreChinese researchers just won a top AI award. Will their algorithm be driving your next car?
Not long ago, the idea of vehicles that could drive themselves seemed like a dreamy, futuristic vision of transport. Then suddenly,...
Read MoreTuSimple Conducts Autonomous Trucking Trials In China
TuSimple announced that it successfully performed China’s first fully autonomous trucking trials without a human driver. It follows...
Read MoreTuSimple explores withdrawal from U.S. autonomous truck market
The autonomous driving technology vendor TuSimple is “exploring strategic alternatives” for selling off its U.S. operations and expanding...
Read MoreUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says self-driving cars could one day make up 20% of drivers on the platform
Uber isn’t betting that autonomous vehicles are going to completely take over the rideshare industry. But the self-driving cars could make...
Read MoreMnDOT eyes autonomous vehicles to close transportation gaps, improve safety
When you hear “autonomous vehicles,” you might think of big tech and Tesla. But the state thinks opportunity. The Minnesota Department of...
Read MoreNHTSA rejects call to make AV test reporting mandatory
WASHINGTON — A federal regulator has declined a request to require automated vehicle (AV) developers and government agencies to submit...
Read MoreRobotaxis are here. It’s time to decide what to do about them
In some San Francisco neighborhoods, at certain hours of the night, it seems as if one in 10 cars on the road has no driver behind the...
Read MorePorsche will develop “highly autonomous” features at the Nardo test center
The Porsche-owned Nardo Technical Center (NTC) in southern Italy is perhaps most famous for its 7.8-mile (12.6 km) high-speed, circular...
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