Florida bill considers ditching the backup driver in AVs
Is it time to revise Florida’s motor vehicle laws to prepare for a future dominated by driverless vehicles? At least two lawmakers think...
Read MoreHow do you feel about riding in a self-driving car?
New research from Thales has illustrated that 57 per cent of UK citizens would not feel safe riding in a self-driving car. The UK...
Read MoreVolvo’s self-driving car venture gets approval to test on Swedish roads
Volvo’s Zenuity autonomous cars joint venture has won approval to begin hands-free testing of its software for self-driving cars on...
Read MoreReimagining federal safety standards
Self-driving vehicles may not cause accidents, but they will surely be involved in them. Experts believe vehicles that can route...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles – will they be safer and where does this leave the “driver”?
Nearly 1.3 million people die every year in road crashes across the world and between 20 and 50 million people are injured or seriously...
Read MoreHow China will help fuel the revolution in autonomous vehicles
Self-driving cars could steer China’s automotive industry into the passing lane. From driverless taxis to automated cargo trucks,...
Read MoreNo driver? No problem, says Ottawa autonomous vehicle advocate
On a wintry week when just about everything that could go wrong on local roadways did go wrong, news the province would be easing...
Read MoreMichigan leans on manufacturing history in bid to become a hub for autonomous vehicles
This week, Waymo announced that it will turn an old factory in the Detroit, Michigan area into a retrofitting facility for level four...
Read MoreMicrosoft and MIT can detect AI ‘blind spots’ in self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are still prone to making mistakes, in part because the AI training can only account for so many situations. Microsoft...
Read MoreFinding the ‘blind spots’ in autonomous vehicle artificial intelligence
Autonomous vehicles are becoming more and more sophisticated, but concerns still abound about the safety of such systems. Creating an...
Read MoreTexas DOT forms connected and autonomous vehicle task force
Texas Department of Transportation is going to create a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Task Force to become a central point for...
Read MoreAs Google races ahead, German carmakers look to go faster on autonomous driving
Germany’s top carmakers including BMW and Volkswagen are looking at ways to speed up development of the next generation of...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles: Where are they taking us next? – Part 2
As the nation moves toward deployment of autonomous and connected vehicles, safety remains a top priority for public and private sector...
Read MoreJob cuts at enigmatic Apple car project underscore self-driving tech’s hard realities
Little is known about Apple’s plans for the automotive space, after years of speculation ranging from electric cars to fully autonomous...
Read MoreCrowdsourced maps should help driverless cars navigate our cities more safely
Swedish startup Mapillary is compiling a huge database of roadside objects such as signs and markings to help driverless vehicles get...
Read MoreApple cuts autonomous car team by 200, shifting some to machine learning projects
Apple’s autonomous car skunkworks endeavor, Project Titan, has spent years as one of the company’s most volatile divisions, going through...
Read MoreAdorable, unthreatening autonomous vehicles deliver meals around Virginia campus
Critics of autonomous vehicles’ safety and reliability have various valid points, but no one’s going to be afraid of these...
Read MoreChinese self-driving startup Roadstar.ai drops co-founder for alleged corruption, faked data
The Drive’s Alex Roy likes to ask who the “Theranos of self-driving cars” is, and now we might have an answer… as...
Read MoreRussia’s Yandex has created what may be the most aggressive AV tech
Back in the throes of the Cold War, Americans awoke on the morning of Oct. 4, 1957, to learn the Soviet Union successfully launched...
Read MoreAfraid of driverless technology? PAVE hopes to persuade you of AV safety
Many people in the US are hesitant to climb into a self-driving car. The media tend to focus on aberrant incidents with autonomous test...
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