Over 1,400 self-driving vehicles are now in testing by 80+ companies across the US
In a talk at the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington, D.C., today, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao shared a total...
Read MoreSoftBank, Toyota autonomous car venture to launch in SE Asia next year
The self-driving car joint venture of SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor plans to begin operating in Southeast Asia next year, in its first...
Read MoreMorgan Stanley says investors are undervaluing Tesla’s self-driving future
Tesla has lost nearly a third of its value this year but Morgan Stanley believes there are some pieces of Elon Musk’s company that...
Read MoreMaking money on self-driving cars: The roving eye will be golden
At many of my speaking engagements on self-driving driverless autonomous cars, beyond the usual technology-based questions, I also...
Read MoreYandex promises 100 driverless cars on the road by 2020
Russian tech giant Yandex has been testing autonomous vehicles on public roads since December 2017, starting in Moscow and later expanding...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars could disrupt air travel
As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s travel habits not only around their own communities but...
Read MoreDon’t tell lidar foe Elon Musk but this maker of the robo-car vision tech just raised $170 million
Innoviz Technologies, a maker of laser lidar sensors for self-driving and highly automated cars, just closed a $170 million funding round,...
Read MoreHow Bosch maintains record pace despite multiple global challenges
Some of the biggest European auto suppliers have seen their profits slump over the past year, but Robert Bosch — the largest of them...
Read MoreInnoviz extends funding round to $170 million to bring its lidar tech to self-driving cars
Just a few months ago, Innoviz became one of the better capitalized lidar startups when it announced it had raised $132 million in a...
Read MoreIowa City begins planning ahead for autonomous vehicles
As automated vehicles edge nearer, Iowa City officials hope a newly released plan will help the community adapt to the new technology as...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot safety stats said imbued with statistical fallacies, interpret cautiously
As I’ve mentioned in my column posts, Tesla and Elon Musk’s vision for the realization of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous cars is...
Read MoreThere’s a drivers ed course for those who test self-driving cars on public roads
The combination of fatal accidents involving self-driving test vehicles and a lack of public trust regarding their safety is leading many...
Read MoreTNO and Siemens put connected and automated driving in the fast lane
At the ITS European Conference in Eindhoven, June 3 -6, 2019, TNO and Siemens announced that Streetwise, TNO’s real-world scenario...
Read MoreDriverless vehicles may lead to traffic congestion in cities
A unique simulation for the city of Zurich shows that driverless taxis would not displace personal transport in cities as long as...
Read MoreFiat Chrysler partners with Aurora to develop self-driving commercial vans
Aurora, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, has struck a deal with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles...
Read MorePeople need to be safe, secure and happy in shared autonomous vehicles
As increasing numbers of automakers and city authorities seek to explore innovative new mobility options, the scope for shared rides is...
Read More$410K AV education grant raises public criticism in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday authorized acceptance of a grant that has drawn criticism from some residents over the use self-driving...
Read MoreDriverless cars: once they’re on the road, human drivers should be banned
Self-driving cars could revolutionise people’s lives. By the end of the next decade, or perhaps even sooner, they could radically...
Read MoreBans on facial recognition will impact self-driving cars, reciprocally so
Recent headlines have made well-known the ban that San Francisco has enacted on facial recognition within its borders, becoming the first...
Read MoreEx-Tesla, Uber engineers ready testing of autonomous parcel delivery vehicle
Parcel logistics company OnTrac on Thursday announced a partnership with last-mile logistics and automation startup Boxbot to test a new...
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