It’s Elon Musk vs. everyone else in the race for fully driverless cars
At Tesla’s “Autonomy Day” event for investors on Monday, Elon Musk was full of trash talk for his competitors and their technology....
Read MoreMusk’s self-driving car roadmap isn’t possible, futurist Martin Ford says
Martin Ford, author of “Rise of the Robots” and “Architects of Intelligence,” and Bloomberg Intelligence’s...
Read MoreThis self-driving startup wants to do more than just deliver groceries to your doorstep
Self-driving cars are still a relatively new concept that’s being tested, but one startup, AutoX, is thinking ahead and looking for...
Read MoreU. of Nevada, Reno, Filament partner for autonomous vehicle project
Filament, provider of comprehensive enterprise blockchain solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), is working with the University of...
Read MoreShould a self-driving car protect a passenger or a pedestrian? Ideally, both.
Much self-driving-car research focuses on pedestrian safety, but it is important to consider passenger safety and comfort, too. When...
Read MoreAutonomous driving and Elon Musk, the visionary
Like most events involving Elon Musk, yesterday’s Tesla Autonomy Day provided not just a glimpse of the future, but the industry, and to...
Read MoreCould autonomous vehicles be worse for cities than regular cars?
Could autonomous vehicles be worse for cities than autos have turned out to be? Few appear to think so. But we have a long track record of...
Read MoreWaymo will build its self-driving vehicle fleet in Detroit
Waymo will build its autonomous vehicles in Detroit. CEO John Krafcik wrote Tuesday in a Medium post that the company will repurpose an...
Read MoreThe three challenges keeping cars from being fully autonomous
Understanding where we are in the pursuit of self-driving cars can be as confusing as understanding where we are in the pursuit of AI....
Read MoreHow long will it take to phase in driverless cars?
Aurora CEO Chris Urmson stopped by The Vergecast to discuss the future of self-driving cars with Nilay Patel and Andrew Hawkins. They...
Read MoreNunes: Benefits won’t be shared
So, my colleague Meredith gave a very eloquent introduction as to why the technology is unsafe, why it doesn’t work. But let’s...
Read MoreTesla vaunts creation of ‘the best chip in the world’ for self-driving
At its “Autonomy Day” today, Tesla detailed the new custom chip that will be running the self-driving software in its vehicles. Elon Musk...
Read MoreAre we there yet? A reality check on self-driving cars
READ THE BREATHLESS articles and bold tweets and you could be forgiven for thinking that the fully autonomous vehicle is around the...
Read MoreExpect NHTSA to be strict with driverless cars, says expert
Jim Press, former president of Chrysler, and Steven Shladover, research engineer at University of California-Berkeley, join “Closing...
Read MoreChina site tests autonomous cars in highway conditions
China is building its first site to test autonomous cars under highway conditions amid a global shift toward technologically advanced and...
Read MorePony.ai’s pilot highlights everyone’s autonomous driving problems.
The launch of Pony.ai’s 1st live pilot looks great but digging into some of the details reveals that, just like everyone else, Pony.ai is...
Read MoreTeaching an autonomous car to perceive like a human
On April 2, 2019, Ford’s Chief Technology Officer, Ken Washington told Kara Swisher on Recode Decode with Kara Swisher that by 2021,...
Read MoreThese two companies are making autonomous cars safer on the road
At the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2019, Nvidia announced they would bring artificial intelligence-powered (AI) Level 2+...
Read MoreHere are Elon Musk’s wildest predictions about Tesla’s self-driving cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a series of bold predictions today about the ability for his company’s cars to completely drive themselves. And...
Read MoreFive reasons why autonomous cars aren’t coming anytime soon
In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those...
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