GM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms
First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...
Read MoreVolvo’s self-driving trucks will haul limestone from a mine
Sometimes, it’s the least glamorous uses of self-driving tech that can be the most important. Volvo has struck a deal that will have six...
Read MoreDriverless cars on the streets of London’s Hounslow before 2019
Driverless cars are to hit the streets of Hounslow in London, England, before Christmas. Following successful trials in Oxford, England,...
Read MoreContinental and EasyMile are making self-driving vehicles for Singapore roads – here’s what it’s like inside
The future where self-driving vehicles roam the roads is coming at us full-speed. German automotive manufacturing company Continental...
Read MoreFord partners with Walmart and Postmates to test autonomous grocery delivery
Ford is partnering with Walmart and Postmates to test the business of delivering goods like groceries and pet food using self-driving...
Read MoreNew £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre will be Europe’s main site for autonomous and electric car R&D
Research into the next generation of autonomous and electric vehicles will be conducted at a new £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre in the...
Read MoreVolkswagen and Ford explore self-driving and EV partnerships
The auto industry is transitioning into a new phase, as businesses prepare to roll out self-driving and electrified vehicles. The effort...
Read MoreComfortDelGro to trial self-driving shuttle bus at NUS from March 2019
A self-driving shuttle bus service will be on trial at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Kent Ridge campus from March 2019,...
Read MoreAImotive unveils third-generation neural network for self-driving cars
AImotive has been working on its autonomous vehicle (AV) technology for a number of years, focusing on vision-first technology that will...
Read MoreAutonomous cars not really around the corner — more like 2035, says QNX VP
The vice president of an automotive software company told a Windsor audience Tuesday that the age of fully autonomous vehicles is a little...
Read MoreUber will resume testing self-driving cars
Uber will resume testing self-driving cars on public roads near its Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
Read MoreMuji and Sensible 4 collaborate on ‘friendly’ autonomous shuttle bus design
Autonomous shuttle buses are not new, but previously their design has tended towards an emphasis on function rather than form. Now...
Read MoreCities could be the first customer for HD maps this startup built for autonomous cars
Lvl5 has taken a novel, crowdsourced approach to building and updating its high-definition maps that auto manufacturers could use to help...
Read MoreFord and Baidu team up to test self-driving vehicles in China
Ford and Chinese internet giant Baidu announced a tie-up Wednesday that will see the two firms jointly test self-driving vehicles in China...
Read MoreAstaZero unveils mixed reality testing for driverless cars
The Sweden-based AstaZero proving ground is one of the most advanced sites for testing autonomous vehicles and new automotive...
Read MoreWaymo may start charging for its autonomous-car rides in Phoenix
Thus far, the roughly 400 people signed up as “early riders” in Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids have been riding in the...
Read MoreUrban planning guru says driverless cars won’t fix congestion
Peter Calthorpe thinks Silicon Valley has it all wrong. He rejects the ideas of tech industry visionaries who say personal autonomous...
Read MoreVolkswagen, Intel, and Mobileye will launch a self-driving taxi service in Israel in 2019
Volkswagen and Mobileye, the computer vision firm owned by Intel, announced Monday a plan to launch a commercial self-driving ride-hailing...
Read MoreIntel: 43% of U.S. respondents don’t feel safe around self-driving cars
Autonomous cars are on the way, with some experts forecasting that 33 million will hit the road by 2040. But public acceptance hasn’t...
Read MoreNew autonomous trucking company Ike aims to bring ‘some patience’ to field
This year has seen its fair share of autonomous trucking news, but the space shows little sign of cooling off. Earlier this month, a new...
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