Tesla is raising the price of its full self-driving option
In a few weeks, Tesla buyers will have to pay more for an option that isn’t yet completely functional, but that CEO Elon Musk promises...
Read MoreFirst-ever picture of a black hole, still no picture of a true driverless car
Scientists are abuzz with the release of a picture depicting a supermassive black hole that is over 55 million light-years away in outer...
Read MoreCambridge startup teaches driverless cars to behave around cyclists, can deploy on any road now
“Cambridge is a great place to test [autonomous vehicles] because the roads are complex and difficult,” says the cofounder of driverless...
Read MoreUber spent $457 million on self-driving and flying car R&D last year
Uber spent $457 million last year on research and development of autonomous vehicles, flying cars (known as eVTOLs) and other “technology...
Read MoreZF launches coPILOT system for next-gem ADAS
German auto parts supplier ZF on Friday announced the debut of ZF coPILOT, an intelligent advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) leading...
Read MoreWith full self driving evolution, Elon Musk believes your Tesla’s value will appreciate — interview video
In a must-watch interview with MIT artificial intelligence researcher, Lex Fridman, Elon Musk has revealed that he believes the move...
Read MoreBacker of Musical.ly, Grindr and Opera to invest $50M in self-driving startup Pony.ai
A games publisher in China is following the path of its larger peer Tencent to back a wide spectrum of startups for financial gains....
Read MoreAffectiva raises $26 million to bring emotional intelligence AI to car safety systems
Affectiva today announced the close of a $26 million funding round to advance its emotion and object detection AI for monitoring vehicle...
Read MoreTesla launches Model 3 leases, will keep cars for autonomous Uber-like service after term
Tesla announced today that it is launching a lease program for Model 3 and interestingly, it won’t let people buy the cars after the...
Read MoreUber’s 250 autonomous cars have driven ‘millions’ of miles and transported ‘tens of thousands’ of passengers
Hot on the heels of Lyft’s public market debut, Uber filed its S-1 today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, setting the...
Read MoreCreating autonomous vehicles that think like humans
Utopia is one of those goals often dreamed of, but rarely achieved. But in attempting to create the technology aimed at achieving...
Read MoreIowa lawmakers advance basic AV legislation in Senate
Fully autonomous vehicles still may be years — if not decades — away, but some Iowa lawmakers are hoping to take a proactive approach to...
Read MoreWhy edge computing is key to developing autonomous cars
Self-driving cars will generate huge amounts of data (potentially in the form of terabytes of data in an hour). This can hamper response...
Read MoreThe political, economic and social drivers behind autonomous and electric vehicles
Reducing accidents, making transport cleaner and economic potential are among the key drivers for a future of autonomous and electric...
Read MoreBaidu dominates Chinese autonomous driving tests
Eight tech companies in China’s capital city of Beijing have logged a total of 95,442.6 miles (153,600 kilometers) in their autonomous...
Read MoreBoeing’s cold-blooded risk calculation may tarnish trust in “self-driving” cars for years
When experts want to illustrate the potential safety of self-driving cars, they point to the remarkable safety record of modern aircraft,...
Read MoreFrequency of Tesla Autopilot crashes up, human error down in Q1 2019
Tesla has updated its quarterly safety report to include fleet-wide accident data from the first quarter of 2019. The report, which is...
Read More“Autonomy” documentary provides evidence that self-driving vehicles will make our lives better
When you think of driving, do you conjure up a psychologically satisfying experience? Do you feel nostalgia for the cars of your youth,...
Read MoreLooking for hands on wheel of autonomous vehicle regulation
The auto industry is running headlong into a future where the driving experience will morph into a riding experience as autonomous...
Read MoreReuters hosts Newsmaker with Raquel Urtasun, Uber’s Chief Scientist & Head of Advanced Technology Group, Toronto
On Monday, Reuters hosted a Newsmaker event in New York with Raquel Urtasun, Uber’s Chief Scientist & Head of Advanced Technology...
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