Exploring the three elephants in the autonomous vehicle room
The expression “elephant in the room” refers to an important question that everyone knows about but no one wants to discuss...
Read MoreWhy the complete version of Tesla Full Self-Driving will take longer than Elon Musk says it will
During Tesla’s 2019 Autonomy Day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is expected to have one million vehicles on the road by the end of...
Read MoreWhy Elon Musk’s autonomous driving ideas don’t worry insurers
Five years ago, the impact of technology on auto insurers was thought to be straightforward: Self-driving cars were coming soon, and they...
Read MoreSelf-healing software for driverless cars
Researchers in Austria are testing out self-healing technology that corrects the internal errors of software used for driverless cars....
Read MoreOur Neanderthal DNA might get triggered by AI, initially set off by self-driving cars
Scientists are scouring human DNA to try and see if there might be any predispositions toward COVID-19 vulnerability. This search for...
Read MoreIndustry survey finds >57% of auto tech leaders expect COVID-19 to increase consolidation; >85% predict lasting impact on shared mobility
A global survey of more than survey found that more than 120 auto tech leaders by Informa Tech Automotive Group found that 57% expect that...
Read MoreElon Musk on Tesla self-driving: ‘I can almost go from my house to work with no intervention’
Elon Musk said that he is testing Tesla’s latest alpha built of its self-driving system and claim that he can “almost” go from his house...
Read MoreWaymo, Fiat Chrysler expand autonomous vehicle partnership
DETROIT (Reuters) – Self-driving car company Waymo LLC and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) are expanding their autonomous...
Read MoreFord partners with Mobileye on self-driving tech. What does that mean for Argo.AI?
Ford made a $1 billion investment in Argo.AI three years ago. Ford has also partnered with Volkswagen to jointly develop the Argo.AI...
Read MoreAirplane makes emergency landing on busy highway, perplexing for self-driving cars
Watch out, is it a bird, is it a plane, or is it superman? Turns out, it was a plane. A news report and an accompanying video clip...
Read MoreMIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won’t arrive for ‘at least’ 10 years
Two years ago, MIT launched the Task Force on the Work of the Future, an “institute-wide” effort to study the evolution of jobs during...
Read MoreHow NASA built a self-driving car for its next Mars mission
LATER THIS MONTH, NASA is expected to launch its latest Mars rover, Perseverance, on a first-of-its-kind mission to the Red Planet. Its...
Read MoreSelf-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure
When Sebastian Thrun was starting Google’s self-driving car project in 2009, commercialising the technology was not on anyone’s mind. “We...
Read MoreThe famous AI Turing Test put in reverse and upside-down, plus implications for self-driving cars
How will we know when the world has arrived at AI? To clarify, there are lots of claims these days about computers that embody AI,...
Read MoreMeituan’s autonomous delivery trademark gets governmental preliminary approval
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Beijing Sankuai Technology Co.,Ltd., the operational entity of Chinese group-buying website, has already had the...
Read MoreEconomically political solutions for transportation equality involving autonomous vehicles
There are economic and racial inequities in transportation today. There are those who do not have an opportunity to drive to grocery...
Read MoreAurora will test its fleet of self-driving cars and semi trucks in Texas
Aurora, the startup founded by former lead engineer for Google’s self-driving project Chris Urmson, is bringing its fleet of test vehicles...
Read MoreWhy Volkswagen CEO Ralf Brandstätter& Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied to my tweets
A coup in three steps. The promise of autonomous vehicles that drive humans safely and reliably in every condition and place in the world...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle startupAutoX lands driverless testing permit in California
AutoX, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Alibaba, has been granted a permit in California to begin driverless testing on public...
Read MoreHow autonomous vehicles could improve mobility for the poor
One of the expected benefits of autonomous vehicles is improving access to transportation for underserved populations....
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